Nigel Lindsay(I)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world
of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial
analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission,
hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage.
He had a place at bar school beginning on the same day as the start of
his three year course at the Webber Douglas Academy - but the lure of
the stage prevailed and he chose the academy,where he won the Amherst
Webber Scholarship. His finals role was in 'Charley's Aunt' directed by
Michael Fry,for whom he first worked professionally with the
Lincolnshire touring company Great Eastern Stage playing an assassin in
'Shoot the Archduke'. Since then he has appeared on many stages,the
Royal Court,the National,the Old Vic and on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's
'The Real Thing'. With a range extending from Pinter to musicals - most
notably under layers of green make-up in the title role of 'Shrek - the
Musical - he also took the Whatsonstage award as best supporting actor
in 2011 for 'Broken Glass'. On television he has been nice,as Sally
Phillips' kindly boyfriend in comedy 'Jam and Jerusalem', and nasty,as
a sinister policeman investigating one of the 'Midsomer Murders' and on
film as a fervent white Muslim in the black farce 'Four Lions'.
