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Nicholas Shaw 
Born 1982 Occupation Actor Years active 2004-present Nicholas Shaw (born 1982) is an English actor. He attended Macauley Catholic High School in Doncaster. He then attended the Drama Centre London and graduated in 2004. He is best known for his 2010 role as Matthew Leicester in the BBC soap opera, Doctors.
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Television and films
Shaw first gained attention in the lead role of Doug in The Rotters Club, the TV series based on Jonathan Coe’s novel, broadcast in 2004. He played guest roles in other TV series, Dalziel & Pascoe, Heartbeat and Afterlife, and appeared as the poet, John Keats, in The Romantics.
He was Justin, one of the lead roles, in the eight-part TV series, Goldplated, in 2006, and played the lead in the 2007 TV film, All About Me, co-starring with Phoebe Nicholls, Danny Webb and Phil Davis. In 2008, he played Sandoval in an episode of Heroes and Villains about Hernán Cortés. In 2010 played a role in the "shockumentary" The Possession of David O'Reilly.[1]
Theatre
In 2005, Shaw played Benjamin in the UK tour of Oxford Stage Company’s production of Gregory Moton’s translation of August Strindberg’s Easter, directed by Dominic Dromgoole.[2] The following year, his performance earned him a commendation in the annual Ian Charleson Awards.[3]
In summer 2007, Shaw appeared in two productions at Shakespeare's Globe theatre: The Merchant of Venice, alongside John McEnery, and Jack Shepherd’s new play, Holding Fire!, which saw Shaw reunited with Dominic Dromgoole as director. In summer 2008, he played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Lysander in Twelfth Night, both at the Open Air Theatre, London.[4]
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Categories:- Alumni of the Drama Centre London
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Shakespearean actors
- 1982 births
- Living people
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