--- name: "Nicholas Aaron" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-aaron" fi1m_id: "nicholas-aaron" imdb_id: "nm1056790" tmdb_id: 68535 wikidata_id: "Q5540681" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 January 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-30T22:52:43.708021+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nicholas Aaron ## Identity Nicholas Aaron - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-aaron - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-aaron - **IMDb ID:** nm1056790 - **TMDB ID:** 68535 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5540681 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5540681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1056790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68535 Actor. Born 1 January 2000 in United Kingdom. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 January 2000, United Kingdom - **Active:** 2003–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2020s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5540681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1056790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68535 ## Streaming the US now - **AMC+:** [*Touching the Void*](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Nicholas Aaron > Nicholas Aaron makes physical effort convincing without asking us to admire the acting. His Simon Yates in *Touching the Void* is persuasive, unshowy work, and the clearest reason to seek him out. In *Touching the Void* (2003), Nicholas Aaron makes the climbing look like hard work, which is more useful here than making it look heroic. Playing Simon Yates opposite Brendan Mackey's Simpson, he keeps our attention on the effort the ascent requires. We found the reconstructions frightening because the physical strain is convincing, even with the climbers themselves present in interviews to tell the story. Aaron gives us little reason to step back from the mountain and admire the actor. He began his acting career with Robert 'Popeye' Wynn in *Band of Brothers* (2001), followed by Yates two years later. Those early parts placed him in a war drama and a survival story based on real events. Aaron performed much of his own climbing for *Touching the Void*. There is no need to know that while watching, but it helps explain why the exertion looks so persuasive without becoming the whole point of the scene. Kevin Macdonald gives that physical acting the right setting. Patrick Bill's production design makes the staged passages credible beside the interviews; the actors are not left to persuade us on their own. The film never conceals its reconstructions, and their success depends on a viewer accepting both ways of telling the story. Aaron and Mackey make that easy: after a while, we are no longer checking their scenes against the testimony. His subsequent career has taken him through television guest roles in *The Bill*, *Casualty* and *Outlander*, and supporting film parts including *Villain* (2020). *The English* (2022), in which he plays Billy Myers, adds a Western to that work. These are reasons to look further, though our recommendation rests on the climbing film rather than the length of his credits. Start with *Touching the Void*, with a little patience for its slow opening. ## Biography Nicholas Aaron is a British actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He is known for his role as Robert E. (Popeye) Wynn in the television miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001) and as Simon Yates in the film *Touching the Void* (2003). Other credits include appearances in *The English* (2022) as Billy Myers and *Outlander* (2014) as Arnold, as well as the video game *Baldur's Gate III* (2023). *Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, sv.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The English* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Billy Myers — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md) - *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, as Simon Yates — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) ## Complete filmography (20) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Enola Holmes 3* (2026), as Sergeant Nicholas Smith - *Surprised by Oxford* (2023), as Elton - *The English* (2022), series, as Billy Myers — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md) - *Villain* (2020), as Steve - *Jarhead: Law of Return* (2019), as Benedetti - *Death Race: Beyond Anarchy* (2018), as Johnny Law - *Nightshooters* (2018), as O'Hara - *Royal Hearts* (2018), as Zeke - *Black Butterfly* (2017), as Delivery Man - *Bitter Harvest* (2017), as Walter Duranty - *Outlander* (2014), series, as Arnold — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md) - *Fast Track: No Limits* (2008), as Wolf - *Blood on Benefits* (2007), as Skin - *After...* (2006), as Jay - *Rottweiler* (2004), as Sugarman - *Unstoppable* (2004), as McNab - *Touching the Void* (2003), as Simon Yates — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) - *The Bench* (2001), series, as Dale Willis - *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Robert E. (Popeye) Wynn — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) - *Improper Bastards*, as The Butcher --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nicholas-aaron