{{Short description|English stage and film actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Nolan Hemmings | image = Nolan Hemmings.jpg | caption = Hemmings in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}} | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1985–present | education = | spouse = | children = | parents = David Hemmings<br>Gayle Hunnicutt }} '''Nolan Hemmings''' (born 1970) is an English stage and film actor. He is known for his role as Charles E. Grant in ''Band of Brothers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=38204|title=Nolan Hemmings|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref>
==Early life== Hemmings is the son of British actor/director David Hemmings and American actress Gayle Hunnicutt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/05/guardianobituaries.film|title=Obituary: David Hemmings|first=Tim|last=Pulleine|date=5 December 2003|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> He is named after his father's character, Captain Nolan, in ''The Charge of the Light Brigade''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448543/Rollercoaster-life-of-60s-icon-David-Hemmings.html |title=Rollercoaster life of 60s icon David Hemmings |first=Hugh |last=Davies |date=5 December 2003 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
==Career== An early appearance was as the young David in the 1986 BBC series ''David Copperfield''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3967667|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506233317/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3967667|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2021|title=Nolan Hemmings|website=BFI}}</ref>
In 1993 he appeared as Ensign Christopher Denny in Sharpe's Eagle, in the first series of ''Sharpe (TV Sharpe)''.<ref>Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme)</ref> He accompanied Sharpe and Harper when they broke through the French lines to capture the eagle, and was killed during the fighting. He may be most known worldwide for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Charles 'Chuck' Grant in the HBO miniseries ''Band of Brothers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nolan-hemmings/credits/168272|title=Nolan Hemmings | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> His character survived a gunshot to the head after the war ended while on occupation duty.<ref name="Ambrose 285">{{cite book |title=Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest |first=Stephen E. |last=Ambrose |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-7434-6411-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bandofbrothers00ambr_0 |page=285}}</ref>
In the film ''Last Orders'', he played a younger version of Lenny, his father David's character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/last-orders-v255210/cast-crew|title=Last Orders (2001) - Fred Schepisi | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> He is also an actor in London's West End Theatre, and played vicar Jamie Flynn in ''Heartbeat'' (2006).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/6ad/nolan-hemmings|title=Nolan Hemmings | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/tt5zx/heartbeat--s15-e18-runners-and-riders/|title=Heartbeat - S15 - Episode 18: Runners and Riders|website=Radio Times}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0376110|Nolan Hemmings}}
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