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He is best known on television for his roles as Sir Robert Peel in the first two seasons of Victoria, Jo Jo Marshall in the Netflix series Safe and as Barry in the BAFTA-winning Chris Morris film Four Lions for which he was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the 2011 British Comedy Awards.
Actor: Four Lions. Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission, hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage.
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Actor: Four Lions. Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission, hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage.
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- January 17, 1969
Nigel Lindsay is an English actor. As well as many roles in TV and in film, most notably as Barry, the Muslim convert in Chris Morris's feature debut Four Lions for which he was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the British Comedy Awards 2011, he has worked extensively in theatre, most recently opposite Sir Antony Sher as ...
- “My Sharp Compared to Nigel Harman’S Sharp Is Never Going to Match Up”
- “Poker – I Suppose It’S The Equivalent of Golf For Business People Isn’T It?”
- “Actors Are Real Whingers. All of Us Are Doing Pretty Well and We Always Moan”
Not only does he have Frank Sinatra looking over his shoulder, but the current cast is following on from Ewan McGregor (Sky), Jane Krakowski (Adelaide) and Douglas Hodge (Nathan), all of whom (plus Russell) are award-nominated for their run in the musical. Lindsay, however, doesn’t find this a burden. “When I saw his [Hodge’s] performance I knew th...
Perhaps his humility comes from the fact that working with Harman and Lancashire has introduced Lindsay to a kind of fame he’d never experienced before. “The first night we did it I had to speak over the screaming when Nigel walked on, which was quite bizarre,” he says. “Afterwards, Grandage came into my dressing room and said ‘you look like you’ve...
The two men have another thing in common – gambling – something which Lindsay can even credit a role to. In 1995 he played Mugsy in Dealer’s Choice, Patrick Marber’s first play. “The reason I was in that was because Patrick and I used to play poker together,” he says. “I played poker for 10 years at Sam West’s house every Monday night. In fact, I m...
Jun 11, 2020 · Social divisions may have deepened since 2010, but Chris Morris' classic comedy can still teach us how to make sense of them. By Paul Bradshaw. 11th June 2020. Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak and...
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Jun 13, 2011 · Nigel Lindsay's impeccable record in contemporary plays at the Donmar, Almeida and Royal Court has left all but keen theatre-goers with only a dim sense of his distinctive profile. He is currently performing his most high-profile role yet - unless you count the doltish white Muslim jihadist Barry in Four Lions.
