What key details about nicholas mcgaughey can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: nicholas mcgaughey is a welsh television actor best known for playing the character of brandon monk in the welsh soap '' pobol y cwm '' . he has appeared on a number of top english television programmes such as '' casualty '' in 1998 . he also appeared as praetorian officer in the 2000 hollywood blockbuster , '' gladiator '' , among actors such as '' russel crowe '' and '' oliver reed '' . he also appeared in '' sharpe 's gold '' in 1995 from the tv-series '' sharpe '' starring sean bean . his character , brandon monk was killed off on the 23rd of september 2011 after suffering a heart attack in hospital following the fire in the flat above the chip shop -lrb- y sosban chips . -rrb-
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- name is nicholas mcgaughey- birth place is portsmouth , england