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Nicholas Farrell
Actor

Nicholas Farrell

Brentwood, Essex, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Charles Frost, in September 1955) is an English stage, film and television actor. His early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. In 1983, he starred as... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot

Thomas Napper 2024 1h 31m 7.0

After her husband's death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine business, defying her critics and ultimately revolutionizing the champagne industry, establishing her as one of the world's first great businesswomen.

Dream Horse

Dream Horse

Euros Lyn 2020 1h 53m

The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites.

Hurricane

Hurricane

David Blair 2018 1h 47m

Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both Great Britain and their own Poland from the German advance.

Mindhorn

Mindhorn

Sean Foley 2016 1h 29m

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Mortdecai

Mortdecai

David Koepp 2015 1h 47m 4.3

Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

Legend

Legend

Brian Helgeland 2015 2h 12m 6.6

Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

James Kent 2014 2h 9m 7.0

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

Jon Wright 2014 1h 30m 3.0

Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

Olivier Dahan 2014 1h 43m 6.8

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

Summer in February

Summer in February

Christopher Menaul 2013 1h 41m

The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight.

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Phyllida Lloyd 2011 1h 45m 6.3

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

Julie Gavras 2011 1h 28m

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hurt’s distinguished architect chases after his glory days, while Rossellini’s housewife installs handrails about the house.

Persuasion

Persuasion

Adrian Shergold 2007 1h 33m 7.3

Persuasion is the newest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name published in 1818

Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

Jeremy Brock 2006 1h 38m 6.7

A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

Michael Apted 2006 1h 57m 6.3

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

Den tredje vågen

Den tredje vågen

Anders Nilsson 2003 1h 55m 6.0

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Sparkhouse

Sparkhouse

2002 1h 5.0

The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Paul Greengrass 2002 1h 47m 7.9

The movie tells the dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972. The march ended in a massacre by British troops.

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Michael Bay 2001 3h 3m 5.9

Pearl Harbor is a fictional enriched film from 2001 about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Second World War.

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

Gillian Armstrong 2001 2h 1m 7.5

A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.

Plunkett & Macleane

Plunkett & Macleane

Jake Scott 1999 1h 33m 6.7

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen".

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

Jasmin Dizdar 1999 1h 47m 7.3

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations.

Legionnaire

Legionnaire

Peter MacDonald 1998 1h 38m 5.3

Alain is a boxer in 1925 Marseille, France. When he doesn't take the dive paid to take by a mob boss, he has to split. He joins the Foreign Legion and is sent to Morocco. He makes 3 friends and they watch each other's backs.

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

Paul Wilmshurst 1997 1h 30m

An overview of Richard Sharpe's career, from being raised in the ranks, to the battle at Waterloo, as depicted by fellow rifleman, Cooper.

Twelfth Night or What You Will

Twelfth Night or What You Will

Trevor Nunn 1996 2h 14m 5.0

Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. When she lands in a foreign country, Viola dresses as her brother and adopts the name Cesario, becoming a trusted friend and confidante to the Count Orsino.

Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment

Tom Clegg 1996 1h 42m 5.0

The South Essex is to be disbanded due to dwindling personnel. This doesn't make sense as the entire 2nd Battalion is in England and taking new recruits. Sharpe and Harper head to England to work out what is going on and save the regiment.

Hamlet

Hamlet

Kenneth Branagh 1996 4h 2m 7.7
Othello

Othello

Oliver Parker 1995 2h 3m 9.0

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

To Play the King

To Play the King

1993 55m

Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Hugh Hudson 1984 2h 23m 6.7

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed.

Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

1983 50m

Mansfield Park is a British six-part television drama serial based on Jane Austen's 1814 novel of the same name. Produced by the BBC and adapted by Kenneth Taylor, it stars Sylvestra Le Touzel as Fanny Price, who is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund.

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Hugh Hudson 1981 2h 3m 7.4

Based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture.

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