Acting
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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 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.
Young Sherlock
2026
Hostages
2025
Brian and Charles
2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Alma's Not Normal
2020
Hold the Dark
2018
Innocent
2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
The Alienist
2018
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
2017
Papillon
2017
Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM
2017
Babs
2017
Agatha Raisin
2016
The Five
2016
The Last Kingdom
2015
Chewing Gum
2015
Arthur & Merlin
2015
Jacked
2015
The Crimson Field
2014
37 Days
2014
The Bletchley Circle
2012
Shadow Dancer
2012
Call the Midwife
2012
Death in Paradise
2011
Sherlock
2010
Luther
2010
My Last Five Girlfriends
2010
The Inbetweeners
2008
Doctor Who
2005
He Knew He Was Right
2004
Hustle
2004
The Basil Brush Show
2002
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Heartbeat
1992