Nicholas Asbury

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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...

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LutherSeries • 2010Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011Doctor WhoSeries • 2005Call the MidwifeSeries • 2012SherlockSeries • 2010HeartbeatSeries • 1992The Last KingdomSeries • 2015HustleSeries • 2004All Creatures Great & SmallSeries • 2020Professor TSeries • 2021The AlienistSeries • 2018Young SherlockSeries • 2026Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsSeries • 2018The InbetweenersSeries • 2008Agatha RaisinSeries • 2016Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSeries • 1996The FiveSeries • 2016The Basil Brush ShowSeries • 2002InnocentSeries • 2018Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Series • 2022Shadow DancerMovie • 2012Chewing GumSeries • 2015PapillonMovie • 2017The Bletchley CircleSeries • 2012