Nicholas Asbury

Acting

Born February 13, 1971, Hereford, England, UK

Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history plays in 2009 and is known for television roles such as Winston Churchill in the BBC's 37 Days, Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and Jim in the BAFTA award-winning Alma's Not Normal. Asbury attended Hereford Cathedral School, then Dartington College of Arts. In 1998 he performed at The Watermill Theatre, before joining the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1999 until 2008. He subsequently acted in the all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, for whom he also composed music. A diary of his experiences acting in Propeller's 2011/12 productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale was featured as a series in The Guardian. His first book, Exit Pursued by a Badger, is a record of his involvement in Michael Boyd's The Histories Cycle with the RSC. It won the Michael Meyer Award from The Society of Authors in 2011. He has since appeared in television series such as The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum, Sherlock, and Alma's Not Normal. His second book, White Hart, Red Lion, is a work of travel literature revisiting the subject of Shakespeare's history plays through the locations that feature in them.

Filmography

• Young Sherlock — Dignitary Ezra Hornsby
• 2025Hostages — Keith
• 2022Brian and Charles — Stu
• Why Didn't They Ask Evans? — Mr. Angel
• All Creatures Great & Small — Biggins
• Alma's Not Normal — Jim
• 2018Hold the Dark — Doctor (uncredited)
• Innocent — Ryland
• Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators — Trevor Cordiss
• The Alienist — Dr. Tuthill
• 2017Babs — Gerald Thomas
• 2017Papillon — Commandant
• 2017Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution — Vladimir Lenin
• 2017Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM
• Agatha Raisin — Peter Rice
• The Five — Martin Clark
• 2015Arthur & Merlin — Orin
• Chewing Gum — Keys
• 2015Jacked — Dying
• The Last Kingdom — Brother Iestyn
• 37 Days — Winston Churchill
• The Crimson Field — Padre
• Call the Midwife — Mr. Wylton
• 2012Shadow Dancer — Agent
• The Bletchley Circle — Interviewer
• Death in Paradise — Gerry Wigsworth
• Luther — DCI Woodgate
• 2010My Last Five Girlfriends — No. 5 - Shakespeare
• Sherlock — Landlord
• The Inbetweeners — Mr Brown
• Doctor Who — Etoine
• He Knew He Was Right — Policeman
• Hustle — Talbot
• The Basil Brush Show — Mr Poxman
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates — Eric Pardew
• Heartbeat — Tomasz Burowski