Nicholas Woodeson is a British film and television actor.

Education

Woodeson attended Marlborough College and studied acting the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Film

Woodeson's first film work was a minor role in Heaven's Gate in 1980. He played Dr. Darling in "The Russia House"(1990), The Avengers (1998) and appeared in Topsy Turvy (1999). Woodeson's acting versatility has won him minor roles in many films, including Titanic Town, The Pelican Brief and The Man Who Knew Too Little.

Television

Woodeson is a veteran television actor, appearing in a variety of roles. Woodeson played Sir Henry Baskerville in the 1982 BBC production of Hound of the Baskervilles and Nazi Colonel Otto Hoffman in BBC/HBO production Conspiracy (2001), and guest starred on series such as Touch of Frost, EastEnders, and Miami Vice.

More recently, Woodeson played Posca, the personal slave, confidant, and aide-de-camp of Julius Caesar, in the HBO/BBC television production of Rome. In 2008 he appeared as a guest star in Foyle's War.

Trivia

Rome is the second time Woodeson has worked with Ciaran Hinds. They both appeared in the 1998 film Titanic Town, though they were never in the same scene.

References

External links

• Nicholas Woodeson at the Internet Movie Database