# Nicholas Bell

Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years.
Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to his work in film and television, Bell has also recorded over a dozen audiobooks with Bolinda, a company based in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2001, he accepted on behalf of the cast and crew of the Australian comedy series The Games the TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.
In 2023, Bell appeared in the Stan series Scrublands, as well as the Tasmanian drama series Bay of Fires.
Also in 2023, Bell was named in the extended cast of the Foxtel/Binge series High Country.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Father | Paul Jamieson | |
| 1990 | Hunting | Piggott | |
| 1993 | Gross Misconduct | Det. Matthews | |
| 1994 | Paperback Romance | Sophie's Doctor | |
| 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Zordon | |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Edwin | |
| 1996 | Shine | Ben Rosen | |
| 1998 | Dead Letter Office | Kevin | |
| 1998 | Dark City | Mr. Rain | |
| 1999 | The Craic | Derek Johnson | |
| 2000 | The Dish | TV Scientist | Uncredited |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | McCloy's Accountant | |
| 2003 | Take Away | Squire | |
| 2003 | Bad Eggs | Detective Wicks | |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Richard Cook | |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Duke | |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Church Minister | |
| 2006 | The Caterpillar Wish | Father Caleb | |
| 2006 | Opal Dream | Judge McNulty | |
| 2007 | Noise | Snr. Det. Noel Burchall | |
| 2009 | Prey | Bill | |
| 2010 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Psychiatrist | |
| 2010 | I Love You Too | Alice's Dad | |
| 2011 | Taj | Tony | |
| 2012 | Dangerous Remedy | Dr. Troup | |
| 2012 | Crawlspace | Caesar | |
| 2012 | Kath & Kimderella | Priest | |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein | Carl Avery | |
| 2022 | Elvis | Senator James Eastland | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Dixon of Dock Green | Billy | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Walter and Connie | William | 1 episode |
| 1981 | Strangers | Roger Wood | 1 episode |
| 1981 | My Father's House | Ray | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | The Agatha Christie Hour | Jeremy | 1 episode |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Dr. Swain | 1 episode |
| 1987 | Walter Dixon's Wombat | Frank | Television film |
| 1988 | Tickets for the Titanic | Canvasser | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Braun | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Skirts | Gary Block | 40 episodes |
| 1990 | More Winners: Boy Soldiers | Commandant | Television film |
| 1991 | Neighbours | Martin Tyrell | 5 episodes |
| 1992–1993 | The New Adventures of Black Beauty | Weeks | Season 2, 23 episodes |
| 1993 | RFDS | John | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Dan | 1 episode |
| 1994–1997 | Ocean Girl | Dr. Hellegen | 41 episodes |
| 1995 | Correlli | Holland | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Frontline | Mike Moore's Doctor | 1 episode |
| 1995 | The Feds: Deception | Stephen Garrard | Television film |
| 1995–2003 | Blue Heelers | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | One West Waikiki | George | 1 episode |
| 1997 | State Coroner | Provis | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Dennis | 1 episode |
| 1997–1998 | Raw FM | Neil Mulholland | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Driven Crazy | Principal | 1 episode |
| 1998 | The Genie from Down Under 2 | Nigel Huntly | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Chameleon | Cam's Controller | Television film |
| 1998–2000 | The Games | Nicholas | 21 episodes |
| 1998–2001 | Stingers | Bill Hollister | 27 episodes |
| 1999 | Halifax f.p. | Barry | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Tales of the South Seas | The Major | 1 episode |
| 2000 | The Magicians | Thompson | Television film |
| 2001 | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Greg / Guildford Four | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | The Lost World | Edgar Gray | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Abschied in den Tod | Archie | Television film |
| 2002 | MDA | Oliver Maudson | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Something in the Air | Michael Fox | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Crashburn | Clive | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Kath & Kim | Airline Rep | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot | Frank | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Am Hap der Liebe | Jonathan | Television film |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Us | Marc | Season 4, 3 episodes |
| 2005 | The Surgeon | Julian Sierson | 8 episodes |
| 2005 | Holly's Heroes | Mr. Crawford | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Scooter: Secret Agent | Stepford | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Life | William Burton | Television film |
| 2005 | Attack of Sabretooth | Niles | Television film |
| 2006 | Tripping Over | James Frost | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Real Stories | Gordon | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Nightmares and Dreamscapes | Health Official | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Wicked Science | Virgil | 1 episode |
| 2007 | The Librarians | Barrister | 1 episode |
| 2007–2008 | Satisfaction | Alexander | Season 1, 8 episodes |
| 2008 | Underbelly | Colin | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Monash: The Forgotten Anzac | General Rawlinson | Television film |
| 2012 | Rake | John Garden | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Conspiracy 365 | Rathbone | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Lowdown | Jeremy Bristol | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | Clive Bell | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Murdoch Foyle | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Tangle | Sean Roscoe | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Australia on Trial | George | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Jack Irish Bad Debts | Martin Scullin | Television film |
| 2007–2008 | Newstopia | Various | 30 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | All Saints | Oliver Maroney | 9 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | City Homicide | Gordon / Mark | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Dirt Game | Nigel Hay | 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Sleuth 101 | Ern / Ian | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Rush | Brett Cohen | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Sea Patrol | Jack | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Killing Time | Rod Conroy | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Serangoon Road | Maxwell Black | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War | Rupert Henderson | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Upper Middle Bogan | French Man | 1 episode |
| 2013 | The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Robert Waterman | 1 episode |
| 2013–2018 | Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Various | 15 episodes |
| 2014 | ANZAC Girls | General William Birdwood | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Time of our Lives | Caroline's Lawyer | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Parer's War | Bob Hawes | Television film |
| 2015 | Childhood End | Major General Cal | 1 episode |
| 2015–2016 | Winners & Losers | Keith Maxwell | 5 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | The Ex-PM | Sonny | 12 episodes |
| 2016 | Wentworth | Dr. Foster | 1 episode |
| 2016–2017 | Wanted | Ray Stanton | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Gorman | 1 episode |
| 2018 | A Place to Call Home | Neil Burton | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Brother Davies | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Underbelly Files: Chopper | Detective Damian Bugg | 1 episode |
| 2018–2021 | The Bureau of Magical Things | Sean Regan | 19 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Bill Cotterill | 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Announcer | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | How to Stay Married | Brian | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Shantaram | Professor Carr | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Thai Cave Rescue | Vern Unsworth | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Scrublands | Max Fuller | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Queen of Oz | Michael Grayston | 1 episode |
| 2023–present | Bay of Fires | Graham | 7 episodes |
| 2024 | High Country | Senior Sergeant Cripps | 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Mystery Road: Origin | | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company |
| | Voice of the Prairie | Barney | Soho Poly Theatre |
| | Blood, Swear and Tears | Cooper | |
| | An Ideal Husband | | |
| | Lady Windermere's Fan | | |
| | Piaf | | York Theatre Royal |
| | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole | | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | See How They Run! | Intruder | York Theatre Royal |
| | Cider with Rosie | Jack | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | Having a Ball | Anestecista | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | Once a Catholic | Cuthbert | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | Relatively Speaking | Gordon | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | Breezeblock Park | John-John | York Theatre Royal |
| 1983 | Hamlet | Rosencrantz | York Theatre Royal |
| 1985 | Hamlet | Sailor 2 | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1985–96 | Richard III | Earl of Surrey / Lord Grey | Royal Shakespeare Company & Australian tour |
| 1985 | Henry V | Soldado | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1985 | Rattle of a Simple Man | Rick | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | Equus | | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | Pinnochio | Harlequin | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Charlie Brown | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | What the Butler Saw | Nick | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | Dangerous Corner | Gordon | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Civic Theatre |
| 1985 | Red Noses | Mistral | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1985 | Love's Labours Lost | Villager | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1986 | Richard III | | Festival Theatre, Adelaide, State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, QPAC |
| 1991 | Bouncers | Eric | Universal Two |
| 1992 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | Adelaide Botanic Gardens |
| 1993; 1994 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne |
| 1997 | After Dinner | Gordon | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2004 | The Memory of Water | Frank | Space 28 with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2006 | The Dumb Show | Greg | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2006 | Festen | Lars | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2007 | Enlightenment | Nick | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2008 | The Winterling | Len West | Red Stitch Actors Theatre |
| 2008 | The Great | Arzobispo / Orlo | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2008 | The Hypocrite | Cleante | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2009 | Tender | | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Madagascar | Nathan | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Richard III | King Edward IV / Stanley | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2012 | 8 - The Play | | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Town Hall |
| 2012 | Promises, Promises | | State Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2013 | War Horse | Uncle Arthur | State Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Lyric Theatre, Lyric Theatre QPAC, The National Theatre of GB with Global Creatures |
| 2014 | The Speechmaker | White House Chief of Staff Bob | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2015 | Wet House | Dinger | Red Stitch Actors Theatre |
| 2015 | Dreamers | | Fortyfivedownstairs |
| 2015–16 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader | Playhouse, Melbourne, State Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2018 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader & various roles | Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre QPAC |
| 2018 | The Architect | John Stafford | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2019 | The Lady in the Van | Underwood / Leo Fairchild / Doctor | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2019 | Golden Shield | Judge Durham | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2022 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader & various roles | Sydney Lyric Theatre |
| 2022 | Into the Woods | Jack | Laycock St Theatre |

## Audiobooks

* Reader of Murder at the Nineteenth by J. M. Gregson, 2001
* Reader of the part of Julian in Us by Richard Mason, 2005
* Reader of In the Evil Day by Peter Temple, 2008
* Reader of The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville, 2008
* Reader of Hurry Up and Meditate by David Michie, 2008
* Reader of John by Niall Williams, 2008
* Reader of Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI, 2008
* Reader of Walking Ollie by Stephen Foster, 2008
* Reader of Buddhism for Busy People: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World by David Michie, 2008
* Reader of Along Came Dylan by Stephen Foster, 2008
* Reader of The Leader's Way by the Dalai Lama and Laurens van den Muyzenberg, 2009
* Reader of Barack Obama: The Movement for Change by Anthony Painter, 2009
* Reader of Think! Before It's Too Late by Edward de Bono, 2010