Paul Nicholls

Paul Nicholls was born Paul Greenhalgh on 12 April 1979 in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
He started his Film & TV career when his earliest TV appearance was at age 10 in Children's Ward (ITV(UK), 1989) followed by the BBC children's drama Earthfasts and later The Biz (BBC, 1994), a teenage performing arts drama filmed at Hampton Court. However, it was his character of Joe Wicks in BBC's long-running serial drama Eastenders which earned him national attention.
Although he was offered a lucrative long-term Eastenders contract by the BBC and was reportedly the highest-paid teen actor in the UK, Paul did not wish to be typecast and left the series in Sep 1997. Subsequently, the BBC created a role for him as PC Terry Sydenham in the police series City Central which he played from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, he portrayed Jesus (as the character Daniel) in the 3-part BBC Easter production of The Passion (ironically, in 2008 he portrayed Judas in another BBC Easter series of the same title).
Other TV appearances include acting alongside Julie Walters in the 2003 BBC adaptations of The Canterbury Tales (as a pomiscuous young actor whose character is based on King Arthur's knight in Chaucer's story), as notorious art thief Adam Rice in the final episode in series 3 of Hustle and as the romantic idealist Gary Scant in the lead role of the 2004 6-part BBC miniseries A Thing Called Love.
Movie appearances include the WW1 drama The Trench (1999), Trevor Bentham's 1999 adaptation of the 1776 romantic comedy play The Clandestine Marriage (for which he grew very long hair), Nick Love's Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), If Only (2004) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). He appeared briefly as a street boxer in Nick Love's 1999 short film Love Story.
He appeared in several teenage stage roles, notably as Aladdin in Aladdin - Genie of the Ring at the Central Theatre, Chatham (1996/97) and as Billy Fisher in the 1998 production of Billy Liar at the Bush Theatre, London. His West End debut was in 2000 as Edmund Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's adaptation of Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Lyric. Other London stage appearances include Mrs Steinberg and the Byker Boy at the Bush Theatre (2000), Vincent in Brixton at the Royal National Theatre (2002) and a return to the Lyric in Festen in 2005. He was due to play a leading role in the Donmar Warehouse's 2006 production of Phaedra, but had to withdraw with a severe throat condition.
In July 2007, Paul played the part of Terry in Channel 4's Clapham Junction. This hard-hitting drama depicted 36 hours in the life of several gay men and was shown as part of a series of programmes commemorating the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexual practices in England & Wales in 1967. His most recent television appearance was as Rob in "Harley Street" alongside Suranne Jones (July - August 2008).



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Paul Nicholls - what members say

Paul Nicholls - filmography

5 most recent films

Midsomer Murders - Series 14 - A Rare Bird - 3.5 stars
Candy Cabs - 2.0 stars
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - S04 E01 - 3 stars
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - S04 E07 - 3 stars
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - S04 E06 - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Secret Diary Of A Call Girl - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
The Passion - 3.5 stars
Harley Street - 3.5 stars
Fairy Tales - 3.5 stars
Gunpowder, Treason And Plot - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Candy Cabs - 2.0 stars
A Thing Called Love - 2.5 stars
The Clandestine Marriage - 3.5 stars
Midsomer Murders - Series 14 - A Rare Bird - 3.5 stars
The Trench - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Billie Piper - 20 times - show films
Gemma Chan - 19 times - show films
Iddo Goldberg - 19 times - show films
Roger Barclay - 19 times - show films
Ashley Madekwe - 19 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Owen Harris - 19 times - show films
Marc Munden - 3 times - show films
John Mackay - 3 times - show films
Julia - 3 times - show films
Andy de Emmony - 3 times - show films