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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Nick Chinlund

Nick Chinlund (Zareh Nicholas Chinlund, born 1961, New York City) is an American character actor known for menacing roles in Con Air, Training Day, The Chronicles of Riddick, and The X-Files, with recurring TV parts in Desperate Housewives and The Terminal List.

Nick E. Tarabay

Nick E. Tarabay (Nick Emad Tarabay, عماد تاراباي), Lebanese-American actor born 1975 in Beirut, known as Ashur in Starz's Spartacus and Spartacus: House of Ashur, Cotyar in The Expanse, Eclipso in Stargirl, Haluk in Anthem.

Nick Frost

Nick Frost (Nicholas John Frost, born 1972) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter known for Spaced, the Cornetto trilogy with Simon Pegg, Paul, Truth Seekers, and playing Hagrid in HBO's Harry Potter series.

Nick Kroll

Nick Kroll (born 1978, Rye, New York) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for Kroll Show, The League's Ruxin, Oh Hello with John Mulaney, and co-creating Netflix's Big Mouth.

Nick Loeb

Nick Loeb (born 1975), American businessman and actor from the Loeb banking family, co-directed and starred in the 2021 film Roe v. Wade, produced The Smokers, and founded Onion Crunch and Carbon Solutions America.

Nick Mohammed

Nick Mohammed, an English actor and writer known as Nicholas George Mohammed, is recognized for his role as Nate in Ted Lasso and his long-running character Mr Swallow.

Nick Moran

Nick Moran (born 1969, London) is an English actor, writer, producer and director, best known as Eddy in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the writer-director of Telstar, The Kid, and Creation Stories.

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte (Nicholas King Nolte), American actor born 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska; breakthrough in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), hits 48 Hrs. and The Prince of Tides, Oscar-nominated for The Prince of Tides and Affliction.

Nick Offerman

Nick Offerman (born 1970, Joliet, Illinois) is an American actor, woodworker, and author famous as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation; Emmy winner for The Last of Us, married to Megan Mullally.

Nick Robinson (American actor)

Nick Robinson (born 1995, Seattle) is an American actor known for Love, Simon, Jurassic World, The Kings of Summer, A Teacher, and Maid; distinct from the BBC journalist of the same name.

Nick Sagar

Nick Sagar (Nicholas Dewan Sagar, born 1988) is a British actor of Jamaican-Guyanese descent known for Detective Alonzo Loya in Queen of the South, Victor Aldertree in Shadowhunters, and Kevin Richards in Netflix's The Princess Switch trilogy.

Nick Shakoour

Nick Shakoour is an American actor and voice actor known for playing Zebedee in The Chosen. He also voices characters in Care Bears: Unlock the Magic.

Nick Stahl

Nick Stahl (Nicolas Kent Stahl), American actor born 1979 in Harlingen, Texas; child star of The Man Without a Face, later John Connor in Terminator 3, Carnivàle lead, and Sin City's Yellow Bastard; addiction derailed his career in 2012 before a 2020s comeback.

Nick Thurston

Nick Thurston (born 1987) is an American actor and voice actor from the San Francisco Bay Area, known for White Irish Drinkers (2010) and as Blue Eyes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; distinct from the British writer-editor of the same name.

Nick Wechsler (actor)

Nick Wechsler (born Samuel Nicholas Wechsler, 1978, Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American actor known for Kyle Valenti on Roswell (1999-2002), Jack Porter on Revenge (2011-2015), and The Boys, High Potential, and The Hunting Party.

Nick Zano

Nick Zano (Nicholas Zano, born 1978) is an American actor known for Vince on What I Like About You, Dr. Nate Heywood/Citizen Steel on DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Chad McKnight in Netflix's Obliterated (2023).

Nicki Aycox

Nicki Aycox (1975–2022), American actress and musician, played Meg Masters on Supernatural and starred in Jeepers Creepers 2, Cold Case, and Dark Blue; died of leukemia at 47.

Nicki Clyne

Nicki Clyne (born 1983, Vancouver) is a Canadian actress who played Crewman Specialist Cally on Battlestar Galactica (2003–2008), married NXIVM member Allison Mack in 2017, and renounced cult leader Keith Raniere in March 2023.

Nicky Henson

Nicky Henson (Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson, 1945–2019), English stage, film and TV actor, Young Vic, RSC and National Theatre performer, best known as Mr Johnson in Fawlty Towers' The Psychiatrist and for Psychomania, Vera Drake and Downton Abbey.

Nico Mirallegro

Nico Mirallegro (Nico Cristian Mirallegro, born 1991) is an English actor from Greater Manchester, ex-Hollyoaks Newt, BAFTA-nominated for The Village, known for My Mad Fat Diary, Rillington Place, Peterloo, and leading Paramount+'s 2024 series Stags.

Nico Parker

Nico Parker (born 2004) is a British actress, daughter of Thandiwe Newton and Ol Parker, known for Dumbo (2019), Sarah in The Last of Us (2023), Sundance-winning Suncoast, and Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon (2025).

Nico Santos (actor)

Nico Santos (actor) (born 1979, Manila) is a Filipino-American actor and comedian, Mateo Liwanag on Superstore (2015-2021) and Oliver T'sien in Crazy Rich Asians (2018); also Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; distinct from the German singer of the same name.

Nico Tortorella

Nico Tortorella (born 1988, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, model, and author; played Josh on Younger (2015-2021), Trevor in Scream 4, Felix in The Walking Dead: World Beyond; nonbinary, they/them, married to Bethany Meyers.

Nicol Williamson

Nicol Williamson (Thomas Nicol Williamson, 1938–2011), Scottish stage and film actor; breakthrough as Bill Maitland in Inadmissible Evidence (1964), landmark Roundhouse Hamlet (1969), and Merlin in Excalibur (1981).

Nicola Correia-Damude

Nicola Correia-Damude (born 1981) is a Guyanese-Canadian actress from Toronto, known for Maryse Lightwood in Shadowhunters, Diane Evans in Burden of Truth, and Dr. Lucy Da Silva in Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent.

Nicola Coughlan

Nicola Coughlan (born 1987, Oranmore, County Galway) is an Irish actress known as Clare Devlin in Derry Girls and Penelope Featherington, alias Lady Whistledown, in Netflix's Bridgerton; later work includes Big Mood, Barbie and The Magic Faraway Tree.

Nicola Pagett

Nicola Pagett (Nicola Mary Pagett Scott), British actress (1945–2021) famous as Elizabeth Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs and as the BBC's 1977 Anna Karenina; also known for Frankenstein: The True Story, A Bit of a Do, and her 1997 bipolar disorder memoir.

Nicola Peltz

Nicola Peltz (Nicola Peltz Beckham), born 1995, American actress known for Katara in The Last Airbender, Tessa Yeager in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bates Motel, and her 2022 Palm Beach wedding to Brooklyn Beckham.

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker (born 1970, Stepney, London) is an English actress known for Ruth Evershed in Spooks, DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten, Gillian in Last Tango in Halifax, Hannah Stern in The Split, and her 2013 Olivier Award.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage (born 1964, Nicolas Kim Coppola) is an American actor, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, Oscar winner for Leaving Las Vegas (1995), known for expressionist acting, a meme era, and a 2020s indie comeback.