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Aliases: ניקולאס פינוק

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Balham, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 14


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Biography

Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is a British actor. He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the ABC legal drama For Life and as Truman Dawes in the Peacock crime drama Long Bright River. Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia. On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance. After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time. In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician. A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV. In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty. TV films followed, such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy. Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke, and San Diego, directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival. He appeared in Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2009. Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011. After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters. The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013. Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.

Most Famous Work

Grange Hill
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7

Grange Hill

(1978) Jerome Cairns
Peak Practice
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6

Peak Practice

(1993) Ben
Marcella
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7

Marcella

(2016) Jason Backland
Suspect
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6

Suspect

(2022) Joseph Buckley
Fortitude
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7

Fortitude

(2015) Frank Sutter
Counterpart
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7

Counterpart

(2017) Ian Shaw
Criminal: UK
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7

Criminal: UK

(2019) Paul Ottager
For Life
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8

For Life

(2020) Aaron Wallace

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 DI Chambers
Walter
David
Deuce Williams
John
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
2023 John Ellis
2022 Joseph Buckley
2021 N/A
2020 The Hotel Manager
Dwight
Aaron Wallace
2019 Mr. Williams
Paul Ottager
Sheriff Reese Jordan
Marcus
2018 Terry
2017 Ian Shaw
Julian
2016 Mark
Jimmy
Hannibal
Jason Backland
2015 N/A
Frank Sutter
2014 Forrest
Bill
2011 SHIELD Tech
2003 Jon
2001 Ben Harris
1999 Weldon
1993 Ben
1978 Jerome Cairns
Truman Dawes
Daniel
N/A
Adam
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
Executive Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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