{{short description|English actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Nicholas Blane | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Leicester, England | education = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1987–present }} '''Nicholas Blane''' is an English actor.
== Career== He is best known for his roles in stage productions such as ''Year of the Rat'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3671802/Year-of-the-Rat-A-wasted-opportunity-to-get-to-the-heart-of-George-Orwell.html|title=Year of the Rat: A wasted opportunity to get to the heart of George Orwell|first=Charles|last=Spencer|publisher=The Telegraph|date=14 March 2008|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/mar/23/theatre2|title=Year of the Rat|first=Clare|last=Brennan|publisher=The Guardian|date=23 March 2008|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref> ''See How They Run''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jun/30/theatre|title=See How They Run|first=Michael|last=Billington|publisher=The Guardian|date=30 June 2006|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/see-how-they-run-2-1200514917/|title=Review: See How They Run|first=David|last=Benedict|publisher=Variety|date=9 July 2006|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref> and ''Democracy''.<ref name=national>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/nicholas-blane|title=Nicholas Blane|website=National Theatre|accessdate=25 February 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173224/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/nicholas-blane|archivedate=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He has appeared in numerous British television and film projects, including ''Coronation Street'' (1993–2010), ''Heartbeat'' (1993–1998), ''Trial & Retribution'' (1997–2002), ''Dalziel and Pascoe'' (1997), ''Life Force'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.life-force.co.uk/credits.html |title=Credits |website=life-force.co.uk |access-date=July 28, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010307181313/http://www.life-force.co.uk/credits.html |archive-date=7 March 2001 }}</ref> ''Sharpe's Challenge'' (2006) and ''The Great Fire'' (2014).<ref name=national/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11168062/The-Great-Fire-review-ITV.html|title=The Great Fire review, ITV: 'historical hokum'|first=Sameer|last=Rahim|publisher=The Telegraph|date=16 October 2014|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref> He played the role of Wopsle in the BBC adaptation of ''Great Expectations'' (1999) and he appeared in minor roles in ''The Illusionist'' (2006) and ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007).<ref name=national/><ref name=times>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/627130/Nicholas-Blane|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305224859/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/627130/Nicholas-Blane|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2016|title=Nicholas Blane|first=|last=|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2016|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref>
In 2012 he starred as the Spice King in the second season of the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/recap-game-of-thrones-episodes-5-6-sees-season-two-somehow-get-bloodier-grimmer-20120508|title= Recap: 'Game Of Thrones' Episodes 5 & 6 See Season Two Somehow Get Bloodier & Grimmer|first=Oliver|last=Lyttelton|website=Indiewire.com|date=8 May 2012|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1995 |''Some Kind of Life'' |Mr. Rawlings |TV film |- |1999 |''Great Expectations'' |Wopsle |TV film |- | rowspan="2" |2005 |''Pierrepoint'' |Governor of Strangeways | |- |''Kinky Boots'' | |<ref name=national/> |- | rowspan="2" |2006 |''The Illusionist'' |Herr Doebler |<ref name=national/> |- |''Sharpe's Challenge'' |Crosby |TV film |- | rowspan="2" |2007 |''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' |Bob |<ref name=national/> |- |''The Shadow in the North'' |Mr. Harkness |TV film |- |2009 |''Glorious 39'' |Vicar |<ref name=national/> |- |2012 |''National Theatre Live: The Magistrate'' |Mr. Bullamy | |- |2013 |''In Secret'' |Chemist |<ref name=times/> |- |2017 |''Viceroy's House'' |Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe | |- |2019 |''Hope Gap'' |Priest | |- |2020 |''The Good Traitor'' |Winston Churchill | |- |2023 |''Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'' |Chancellor Anderton | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1987 |''Agatha Christie's Miss Marple'' |Paddington Porter |1.09 ("4:50 from Paddington") |- |1993–1998 |''Heartbeat'' |Bank Manager / Mr. Hepplewhite / Mr. Handley |3 episodes |- |1993–2010 |''Coronation Street'' |Mr. Stapleton / Neville Green / Judge |9 episodes |- |1996 |''The Bill'' |Roly |1 episode ("Bounds of Decency") |- |1997 |''Dalziel and Pascoe'' |Sir William Pledger |1 episode ("Exit Lines") |- |1997–2002 |''Trial & Retribution'' |Derek Waugh |6 episodes |- |2000 |''Life Force'' |Scuzz | |- |2008 |''Little Dorrit'' |Lawyer |4 episodes |- |2009–2014 |''Law & Order: UK'' |Coroner Oswald Spear |5 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |2010 |''The Tudors'' |Sidwell |1 episode ("Natural Ally") |- |''Whitechapel'' |Lord Hessel |1 episode ("Episode 2.2") |- |2012 |''Game of Thrones'' |The Spice King |3 episodes |- |2013 |''Spies of Warsaw'' |Papa Heiniger |2 episodes |- |2014 |''The Great Fire'' | Mayor Bludworth |2 episodes |- |2015 |''The Musketeers'' |Duc De Barville |1 episode ("A Marriage of Inconvenience") |- | rowspan="2" |2021 |''It's a Sin'' |Mr. Hart |2 episodes |- |''Doctor Who'' |Millington |1 episode ("Survivors of the Flux") |- |2025 |''Andor'' |Karloo |1 episode |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0087432|Nicholas Blane}}
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