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Nicol Williamson

Born on 14 September 1938, Nicol Williamson is a Scottish stage and film actor. He studied at Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and made his professional debut in 1960. In 1964 he won a Tony Award for his role in John Osborne's Inadmissible Evidence. The play subsequently transferred to Broadway and later film, where he again took the starring role. Other film roles have seen him portray Sherlock Holmes, Little John and The Wind In The Willows' Badger. His best remembered role will be as Merlin in John Boorman's 1981 film, Excaliber. After appearing in the 1997 film Spawn as Cogliostro, Williamson retired from acting to concentrate on music, poetry and writing.



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Nicol Williamson - what members say


  • Excalibur
  • Excalibur review by skeadugenga from Reading, England
    Rated - 3.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Macbeth
  • Macbeth review by nibor from London
    Rated - 2.0 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...   Read customer review
  • Hamlet
  • Hamlet review by feelinglistless from Liverpool, England
    Rated - 5.0 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...   Read customer review

Nicol Williamson - filmography


  • Spawn
  • Spawn on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Jai White,  John Leguizamo,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Mark Dippe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    One of the most popular independent comic books of its decade was transformed into this dark, bloody adventure intended to launch a profitable superhero franchise. Michael Jai White stars as Al Simmons, a corrupt assassin betrayed and murdered by his evil government supervisor, Jason Wynn (Martin ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 3,579 members
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  • The Wind In The Willows
  • The Wind In The Willows on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  Steve Coogan,  Eric Idle
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A live-action version of the classic story by Kenneth Grahame, featuring several members of the Monty Python comedy team. Toad of Toad Hall (director Terry Jones) is a whimsical fellow who is apprehended for driving too fast in his motorcar. The next thing he knows, a gang of weasels is trying to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 466 members
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  • Hour of the Pig
  • 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 59 members
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  • Black Widow
  • Black Widow on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Debra Winger,  Theresa Russell,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Bob Rafelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BLACK WIDOW bears no relation to the 1954 film of the same name--beyond its characterization of the female as the deadlier of the species, that is. Debra Winger stars as a federal agent who has sworn to bring Theresa Russell to justice. Ms. Russell has married several millionaires who have all died ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 971 members
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  • Return To Oz
  • Return To Oz on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Fairuza Balk,  Jean Marsh,  Nicol Williamson
    Director: Walter Murch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1899 Dorothy Gale returns to the land of Oz, only to find the enchanting Emerald City in ruins, and all her old friends have been captured by the Nome King and the evil Princess Mombi...
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,490 members
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  • Venom
  • Venom (1982)
    Starring: Klaus Kinski,  Oliver Reed,  Nicol Williamson
    Director: Piers Haggard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 222 members
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  • Excalibur
  • Excalibur on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Nicol Williamson,  Nigel Terry,  Helen Mirren
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,038 members
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  • The Human Factor
  • 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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 8 members
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  • Wilby Conspiracy
  • Wilby Conspiracy on DVD
    Starring: Sidney Poitier,  Michael Caine,  Nicol Williamson
    Director: Ralph Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael Caine stars as Jim Koegh in this underrated chase movie in which Sidney Poitier plays his unwilling partner, Shack Twala, an African political activist. Shack is on the lam with his new non-friend, Jim, who by mutual agreement has planned to escape. This makes for a great drama about ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 123 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 - 3.5 stars
The Exorcist 3 - 3.0 stars
Black Widow - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hour of the Pig - 3.5 stars
Excalibur - 3.5 stars
The Seven Per Cent Solution - 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 - 2.5 stars
Venom - 2.5 stars
Spawn - 3.0 stars
Wilby Conspiracy - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Theresa Randle - 2 times - show films
Gabriel Byrne - 2 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 2 times - show films
Sterling Hayden - 2 times - show films
Michael Jai White - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Boorman - 2 times - show films
Mark Dippe - 2 times - show films
Piers Haggard - 2 times - show films
Terry Jones - 1 times - show films
Walter Murch - 1 times - show films

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