# Nicholas Rowe (actor)

Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is a British actor. At the start of his career he appeared as the lead in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes.

## Early life and education

Rowe was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to English parents Alison, a singer, and Andrew Rowe, an editor (who subsequently became a Conservative Party Member of Parliament). He received his formal education at Eton College, where he acted in school productions, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hispanic studies from the University of Bristol.

## Career

Rowe has appeared in a variety of films, television dramas and plays. He played Sherlock Holmes in Barry Levinson's film Young Sherlock Holmes, having read for the part while still at school. He returned to the role of Sherlock Holmes 30 years later in the 2015 film Mr. Holmes, in which he played the part in a film that the "real" Mr. Holmes, now a 93-year-old (played by Ian McKellen) goes to see at a theatre.

## Personal life

Rowe was the partner of Lou Gish for six years until her death from cancer in February 2006.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1984 | Another Country | Spungin |
| 1985 | Young Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1996 | True Blue | David Ball |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | J |
| 2000 | Hit List | Jeremy |
| 2001 | All Forgotten | Maidanov |
| 2001 | Enigma | Villers |
| 2001 | Lover's Prayer | Madianov |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Lord Verisopht |
| 2003 | Girl on a Cycle | Harry |
| 2004 | Hidden Flaws | Rental agent |
| 2004 | Seed of Chucky | Lawyer |
| 2010 | The Duel | Sheshkovsky |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Ralph |
| 2013 | Delicious | Adolf |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Matinee Sherlock |
| 2016 | Snowden | Assistant Editor Guardian |
| 2018 | Old Boys | Headmaster |
| 2020 | Waiting for Anya | The Mayor |
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat | Captain David Ainsworth |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | The Lawrenceville Stories | The Tennessee Shad | |
| 1994 | Sharpe's Enemy | Gilliand | |
| 1995 | Pie in the Sky | Kevin Wright | Episode: "Lemon Twist" |
| 1996 | Poldark | Lord Edward Fitzmaurice | |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Gervase Butt | Episode: "An Autumn Shroud" |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | David Pennistone | |
| 1997 | Kavanagh QC | Charles Beaufort | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Dangerfield | Dan Spearill | Episode: "The Long Weekend" |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | Julian Desire | Episode: "Murder" |
| 2000 | Relic Hunter | Peter Graham | Episode: "The Last Knight" |
| 2000 | Longitude | King George | |
| 2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Professor Gibberne | |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Thomas Orde-Lees | |
| 2002 | Outside the Rules | Dr. Gerry Saddler | |
| 2003 | Holby City | Nathan Cairns | Episode: "Desperate Measures" |
| 2004 | The Lady Musketeer | Duke of Buckingham | |
| 2004, 2013 | Midsomer Murders | David Heartley-Reade | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | World's Worst Century | Gui de Chauliae | |
| 2005 | Princes in the Tower | Ambassador de Puebla | |
| 2005 | The Fugitives | Boyer | |
| 2005 | Space Race | R.V. Jones | |
| 2005 | A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets | Richard Burbage | |
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Lord Charles Manners | |
| 2006 | The Complete Guide to Parenting | Marko | |
| 2006 | A Harlot's Progress | Henry Fielding | |
| 2007 | Sold | Richard | |
| 2008 | Hotel Babylon | Jonah Slaughter | Episode: "The Faith Healer" |
| 2009 | Stockwell | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | Kingdom | Robert Morston | Episode: "Kingdom" |
| 2009 | Margaret | Malcolm Rifkind | |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | Rivesh Mantilax (voice) | |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Nation | Father | |
| 2011 | The Borgias | Baron Bonadeo | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Loving Miss Hatto | James | |
| 2013 | Da Vinci's Demons | Cardinal Orsini | |
| 2014 | Inspector George Gently | Chief Martin Langham | Episode: "Gently Going Under" |
| 2015 | The Last Kingdom | Father Asser | |
| 2016 | The Crown | Jock Colville | |
| 2016 | Doctor Thorne | Mortimer Gazebee | |
| 2017 | Genius | Jost Winteler | |
| 2017 | Riviera | Geoffrey Anderton | |
| 2020 | Washington | George Washington | |
| 2020 | Roadkill | Adam De Banzie | |
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal | Ian Fraser | |
| 2022 | A Spy Among Friends | Anthony Blunt | |

### Theatre

| Production | Play | Character | Dates |
| Broadway | Hamlet | Guildenstern | 14 April 1995 – 22 July 1995 |
| London | Tammy Faye | | 2022 |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Poppibuster (Mech) | |
| 2018 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country | Imperial Captain | |