Nick Moran

Nick Moran is an English actor and filmmaker, best known for his role as Eddie the card sharp in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He appeared as Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
Early life
Moran was born in the East End of London, to a hairdresser mother and an Automobile Association worker father. He grew up on the South Oxhey council estate near Watford and the Greater London boundary.
Career
Film
Moran's first hit film appearance was in 1990 alongside Roger Daltrey and Chesney Hawkes, in Buddy's Song (1990). His first lead role was later that year, in Vera Neubauer's Don't Be Afraid (1990). He then went on to star with Britpack waifs Hans Matheson and Samantha Morton in a Coky Giedroyc short, The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996). In Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), he shared the screen with Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and British singer Sting, who played the role of his father, JD.
Moran co-starred with John Hurt in New Blood (1999), and also starred with Joseph Fiennes, Sadie Frost and Tara FitzGerald in Rancid Aluminium (2000). In 2001, he played the role of Aramis in The Musketeer, a film loosely based on Alexandre Dumas, père's classic novel, The Three Musketeers. The film co-starred Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea and Bill Treacher, with Justin Chambers in the role of D'Artagnan.
After his directorial début in Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, Moran went on to film The Kid, an adaptation of Kevin Lewis's book of the same name. The film was released in 2010 and stars Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham.
He appeared as Scabior, a snatcher in Fenrir Greyback's gang, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
Stage
Moran has also made a number of stage appearances; his first job was understudying the lead in Blood Brothers in London's West End. He was in the original cast of Nick Grosso's Real Classy Affair at the Royal Court Theatre. Subsequent appearances include Paul Webb's Four Nights in Knaresborough, Look Back in Anger both in 2001, Alfie in 2003, The Countess in 2005, and from November 2013 until March 2014, as 'Juror 7' in Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre.
Moran co-wrote the play Telstar with James Hicks. It is a dramatisation of the life of Joe Meek, one of Britain's early independent record producers, who had a massive worldwide hit with the Tornados' 1962 Telstar single.
The play was directed by Paul Jepson and was staged at the New Ambassadors Theatre, London, from 21 June to 12 September 2005. This was the play's West End début after a successful small-scale National Tour that featured stars such as Linda Robson, Adam Rickitt and Con O'Neill.
A screen adaptation of the play, directed by Moran, was released in 2009. Con O'Neill reprised his stage role as Meek; Kevin Spacey played his financier, Major Banks.
Moran also starred in the lead role of 'Roaring Trade' at Park Theatre in October 2015.
Personal life
Moran fronts his own Frank Sinatra tribute band, often appearing at London's Café de Paris and various charity events.
In Moran's spare time, he practises karate.
Filmography
Feature films
Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989) – Rick
Don't Be Afraid (1990)
Buddy's Song (1991) – Mike
The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996) – Matt
Clancy's Kitchen (1996) – Ivan
Miss Monday (1998) – Jeremy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) – Eddie
The Rules of Engagement (1999) – Jimmy
New Blood (1999) – Danny White
Star! Star! (1999) – Anatol
Rancid Aluminium (2000) – Harry the dealer
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) – Christie Malry
The Proposal (2001) – Terry Martin
Another Life (2001) – Percy Thompson
The Musketeer (2001) – Aramis
White Bits (2002) – Dave
Ant Muzak (2002) – Goddard
Ashes and Sand (2002) – Daniel
Ten Minutes (2003) – Andy
Noise Control (2003) – The Pilot (RAF Fighter jet pilot)
Chaos and Cadavers (2003) – Edward Taggert
The Baby Juice Express (2004) – Des
Spivs (2004) – Steve
Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004) – Bryan MacGreggor
American Daylight (2004) – Lawrence Stokowski
The Last Drop (2005) – Pvt Alan Ives
Silent Partner (2005) – Gordon Patrick
Puritan (2005) – Simon Puritan
The Pistachio Nut (2005) – Peter Hall
The Amazing Grace (2006) – John Newton (also writer)
Clubbing to Death (2007) – Mark
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008) – Alex Meek (also writer and director)
Goal III: Taking on the World (2009) – Nick Ashworth
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) – Scabior
The Kid (2010) (writer and director)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) – Scabior
Prisoners of the Sun (2013) – Adam Prime
Little Favour (2013)
Our Lady of Lourdes (2014) - Detective
Age of Kill (2015) – Roy Dixon
Down Dog (2015) – Bill
Crow (2016)
My Name Is Lenny (2017) – Johnny Bootnose
London Heist (2017) – DCI Wickstead
Accident Man (2018) – Leonard Kent
Terminal (2018) – Illing
Boogie Man (2018)
Avengement (2019) – Hyde
82 (2020) – Nick
Nemesis (2021) – Frank Conway
Creation Stories (2021) – Malcolm McLaren (also director)
Renegades (2022) – Burton
Hounded (2022) (also known as Hunted)
Repeater (2022)
Boudica: The Queen of War (2023) - Catus Decianus
Television
Heartbeat – "Keep on Running" (1992) as Rick Parker
Eldorado (1992) – as Jim
Casualty – "Money Talks" (1992) as Jez
The Bill – "In Broad Daylight" (1993) as Dean Stacey / "Picking Up the Pieces" (1995) as Todd Grant / "A Bitter Pill" (1997) as Paul Shea
Midsomer Murders – "Blood Will Out" (1999) as Michael Smith
CI5: The New Professionals – "Miss Hit" (1999) as Tony Radelli
Born to Shine (2011)
Mr Selfridge (2012) as Reg Towler
The Wrong Mans as Stevens
By Any Means as Jamie Caine
The Great Train Robbery as Jack Slipper
Death in Paradise (2015) as Pete Thunders
Babs (2017) as John Deeks
Celebrity MasterChef (2017) as Contestant
Inside No. 9 – "Once Removed" (2018) as Spike
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – "This Rough Magic" (2018) as Steffan Shiplake
Richard Osman's House of Games (2022) as Contestant
References
External links
http://www.musicomh.com/theatre/telstar.htm "Telstar" – The play
Living people
Male actors from London
Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
English male television actors
English male film actors
English male stage actors
English male radio actors
English male voice actors
English male musical theatre actors
Audiobook narrators
British male karateka
English dramatists and playwrights
English screenwriters
English male screenwriters
English television directors
English film directors
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
English male dramatists and playwrights
Year of birth missing (living people)