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Nicholas Gledhill 
Nicholas, from his personal site.Born Nicholas Martin Gledhill
7 March 1975
Sydney, AustraliaOccupation Actor/Voice actor Years active 1984 – present Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film and stage actor.
Gledhill was born in Sydney to parents Bobbie Gledhill and Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, Sydney and went to school at St Andrew's Cathedral School. At the age of 19 he moved to England, to try out for drama school and attended Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from which he graduated in 1998.
He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of PS in Careful, He Might Hear You (1983), the story of a young boy in the middle of a custody battle between his two aunts and based on the novel by Sumner Locke Elliott. Gledhill was nominated for a Best Actor award by the Australian Film Institute for this role in 1984.
Gledhill has worked mainly in film and television, and as a Stage Combat Master and choreographer, an acting teacher and is a prize winning writer (ICI/STC Young Writers Competition).
Some of his stage roles include Edgar and Sebastian in the Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia's production of King Lear and The Tempest.[1] He was featured in a Sunday Life article on child stars and performed various roles at the Edinburgh Festival, in a collection of 12 short plays called Light Bites and Tasty Treats.[2]
He recently played Demetrius, in the Acting Factory production of A Midsummer Night's Dream[3] and his most recent role was as Watch in the SpaceCraft Productions production of the official Sydney Fringe Festival selection, Closing Time.[4][5]
Nicholas was recently seen pursuing his career as a singer-songwriter – in Newtown, Sydney[6] at the Newtown RSL. This music is rumoured to be music from the upcoming new show that Nicholas is co-writing, a "Murder Mystery Musical", as yet unnamed.
He lives in Sydney with his wife, Amelia, and their 2 children, Tigerlily and Wolfgang.
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External links
- Nicholas Gledhill at the Internet Movie Database
- Personal Site
- Article on being a child star
- Personal Blog[7]
- Writing – Plays[8]
- Writing – Short Stories[9]
Filmography
Production Type Company Role Year Panasonic TV / Olympics Commercial Panasonic Man on couch 2008 Lucky Restaurant Commercial Lucky Lotteries Waiter 2006 ESL Training Voice Various 2004 The Chaser – CNNNN TV Crackerjack Larry 2002 The Man Who Sued God Feature Dir: Mark Joffe Various V/O 2001 Speaking of Angela Radio Play University of Technology, Sydney Student Production David 2000 Cosi Feature Smiley Films 1995 G. P. TV RCC Jack 1993 Hard Copy TV Network Ten Disabled Boy 1991 Dead to the World Feature Huzzah Productions 1990 The Way to Ward Five Feature Honky Tonk Angel Productions Julian Ross 1989 The Dirtwater Dynasty TV Honky Tonk Angel Productions Julian Ross 1989 Black Beauty Animated Feature Yoram Gross Productions Young Boy (V/O) 1986 Jo Wilson TV Bilgola Beach Prods Young Wilson 1986 Blinky Bill TV Aust. Broadcasting Corp. Ranger Ken 1985 A Country Practice TV JNP Films Little Joe 1984 Bodyline TV Kennedy Miller Young Jardine 1984 Careful, He Might Hear You Feature Syme Entertainment P.S. 1983 Stage
Production Company Role Year Closing Time[10] SpaeCraft Productions[11] Watch 2010 A Midsummer Night's Dream[12] Acting Factory[13] Demetrius 2010 Light Bites and Tasty Treats[14] Straylight Australia Various 2009 Fallen Angels[15] Factory Space Theatre Fred 2008 Hamlet[16] Shakespeare Globe Theatre Australia Rosencrantz 2005 The Tempest[17] Shakespeare Globe Theatre Australia Sebastian 2004 King Lear (return Season)[18] Shakespeare Globe Theatre Australia Edgar 2004 Real Estate[19] Company of Players Simon 2004 King Lear[20] Shakespeare Globe Theatre Australia Edgar 2003 Camelot Blue Mountains Musical Society Arthur 2002 Moving In Company of Players Simon 2001 Peter Pan[21] MEAG / Henson's Creature Shop John Darling 2000 Midsummer Night's Dream New Theatre (Newtown) Starvling 1999 The Venetian Twins[22] Zenith Theatre Arleccino 1999 Having it All ANT HILL Productions Mark 1996 The Life of Galileo SUDS (Sydney University Dramatic Society) Various 1994 Time to Remember...[23] Cellar Theatre Writer 1994 (Prize Winner ICI/STC Young Writers Competition) The Crucible John Procter 1991 References
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://bitetreat.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://actingfactory.synthasite.com/past-prod_midsummer.php
- ^ http://closingtime2010.blogspot.com/p/cast.html
- ^ http://thesydneyfringe.com.au/shows/closing-time
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/fishingforfugu?feature=mhum
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://closingtime2010.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://spacecraftproductions.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://actingfactory.synthasite.com/past-prod_midsummer.php
- ^ http://actingfactory.synthasite.com/
- ^ http://bitetreat.blogspot.com/2009/06/nicholas-gledhill.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
- ^ http://nicholas-gledhill.blogspot.com/2008/05/theatre.html
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Australian film actors
- Australian stage actors
- Australian voice actors
- Australian singer-songwriters
- Australian child actors
- Australian television actors
- Australian screen actor stubs
- Australian actor stubs
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