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name: "Nicholas Le Prevost"
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born: "18 March 1947"
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# Nicholas Le Prevost

Actor. Born 18 March 1947 in Wiltshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1947, Wiltshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1984–1998
- **Also known as:** Nicholas le Prevost

## Biography

Nicholas Le Prevost is an English actor. Born on 18 March 1947 in Wiltshire, he was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School and Kingswood School, Bath, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1973.

His television credits include the role of Nigel Rowan in the 1984 series *The Jewel in the Crown*, as well as appearances in *Brideshead Revisited*, *The Camomile Lawn*, *Midsomer Murders*, *Foyle's War*, *Agatha Christie's Poirot*, *Doc Martin* and *Father Brown*. Film roles encompass *Clockwise* (1986), *Shakespeare in Love* (1998) and *Testament of Youth* (2015). He has also worked extensively in radio, including as Jules Maigret for BBC Radio since 2003, and received an Olivier Award nomination in 2002 for his performance in a West End production of *My Fair Lady*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Fi1m 79, as Sir Robert De Lesseps — [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Fi1m 85, as Nigel Rowan — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)

## Also known for

- *Testament of Youth* (2015), Mr Leighton
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Major James Porter
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Esslyn Carmichael, Jerry Drinkwater
- *The War of the Worlds* (2019), Chamberlain
- *Clockwise* (1986), Headmaster
- *Doc Martin* (2004), Robert
- *Father Brown* (2013), Count Fiskon
- *Silent Witness* (1996)

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