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  • Excalibur
  • Excalibur review by skeadugenga from Reading, England
    Rated - 3 stars Hide the coconuts.. 17 October 2005
    ...I thought this film was great - until Nicol Williamson as Merlin opened his mouth...and spoke in a high squeaky voice. He didn't say 'My name is..Tim!', but he might as well h...  
  • Macbeth
  • Macbeth review by nibor from London
    Rated - 2 stars A mixed bag 1 April 2005
    ...n best memory is a marvellous live performance by Derek Jacobi at the Barbican. Nicol Williamson doesn't reach those heights though it is clearly a well thought-out interpretat...  
  • Hamlet
  • Hamlet review by feelinglistless from Liverpool, England
    Rated - 5 stars Thrift, thrift 30 March 2005
    ...s words, and that's a device used throughout the piece. On first appearance, Nicol Williamson might seem a bit old for the part. Certainly, I've seen Claudius's who look you...  

Nicol Williamson - filmography


  • Spawn on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Jai White,  John Leguizamo,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Mark Dippe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Five years after he was murdered by his own colleagues in a covert government operation, Al Simmons makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected so that he may see his wife Wanda once more. In return for the favor, the devil requires, in typically Faustian fashion, that Simmons lead Hell's Army ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 2,073 members
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  • Hour of the Pig (1993)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ian Holm,  Donald Peasence
    Director: Leslie Megahey
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 65% from 50 members
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  • Black Widow on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Debra Winger,  Theresa Russell,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A femme fatale serial killer lures wealthy men into marriage and then murders them for their money. Debra Winger is the Federal Agent who is totally obsessed with cornering her and solving the crime. In the process she too comes under the seductive spell of the murderess.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 900 members
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  • Venom on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Klaus Kinski,  Oliver Reed,  Nicol Williamson
    Director: Piers Haggard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When an international terrorist (Kinski) hatches a plot along with a sexy maid (George) and chauffeur (Reed), to kidnap the 10 year old child of a wealthy couple--it seems like the perfect crime. Unfortunately, it goes terribly wrong when, during the kidnapping, the boy's pet Black Mamba snake is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 183 members
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  • Excalibur on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Nicol Williamson,  Nigel Terry,  Helen Mirren
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director John Boorman's passionate adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's LE MORTE D'ARTHUR stars Nigel Terry as the faithful King Arthur. Necromancer Merlin (Nicol Williamson) offers the magic sword Excalibur to the warlike Uther Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) in exchange for a promise that he'll make peace ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,117 members
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  • The Human Factor (1979)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Joop Doderer,  John Gielgud
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 6 members
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Nicol Williamson facts

5 most recent films

Spawn - 3.0 stars
The Wind In The Willows - 3.0 stars
Hour of the Pig - 3.0 stars
The Exorcist 3 - 3.0 stars
Black Widow - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Seven Per Cent Solution - 3.5 stars
Excalibur - 3.5 stars
Hour of the Pig - 3.0 stars
Return To Oz - 3.0 stars
The Exorcist 3 - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can - 1.0 stars
The Human Factor - 2.0 stars
Venom - 2.5 stars
Wilby Conspiracy - 3.0 stars
Spawn - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Klaus Kinski - 1 times - show films
Michael Caine - 1 times - show films
Robert Duvall - 1 times - show films
Sami Frey - 1 times - show films
John Cleese - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mark Dippe - 1 times - show films
Tom Clegg - 1 times - show films
Herbert Ross - 1 times - show films
Ralph Nelson - 1 times - show films
Piers Haggard - 1 times - show films