Nicholas Woodeson

Early life and education

Woodeson was born in Sudan and grew up in Haifa, Israel. He later moved to England, where he started performing at prep school in Sussex, and Marlborough College.

Career Theatre Woodeson's first work after drama school was a season at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1974–75), in a company that included Jonathan Pryce (artistic director), Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite and Bill Nighy. He has worked in regional theatre in the UK and US, at the Hampstead Theatre, the Young Vic and Almeida Theatre in London, and at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and remained there seven years. starring Robbie Coltrane. In 1998, Woodeson appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death of a Hollow Man" as Avery Philips. He played SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hoffman in the acclaimed BBC/HBO production Conspiracy (2001), starring Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth. He portrayed Harman Grisewood, in the 2008 TV programme Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story. He has guest starred on series such as Miami Vice, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, and Poirot.

In the two 2005–06 HBO/BBC TV series of Rome, he played Posca, the personal slave of Julius Caesar. In 2007, he played Joseph Novak in "Broken Souls", an episode of Foyle's War. In 2010, he appeared as Alexander Grozin, president of the fictional Eastern European state of Turgisia, in DR television production of Borgen. In 2013, he played William Corcoran, a proponent of Lamarckism, in the episode "Am I not Monstrous?" of Ripper Street. He also appeared in Agatha Christie's Poirot "Dead Man's Folly" as Detective Sergeant Hoskins. In 2014, he appeared as Volkov in the American miniseries The Assets, and as Algernon Wyse in a BBC TV adaptation of E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia. In 2014, he played Yaakov in The Eichmann Show for the BBC. In 2016, Woodeson played the role of Reverend Matthew Denning in the BBC TV series The Living and the Dead. He has also appeared in episodes of New Tricks, George Gently and Holby City. Woodeson played the lawyer, Thoyt in the BBC One 2017 television drama series Taboo.

Personal life Woodeson lives in London, but has also lived in the United States.

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1980 Here's Boomer Theo Episode: "The Jockey" 1980 A Rumor of War Corporal Kazmarak 2 episodes 1982 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry Baskerville 4 episodes 1984 Piaf Emil Television film 1985 Miami Vice Artie Cross Episode: "Made for Each Other" 1989 Blackeyes Stilk Episode #1.1 1990 Max and Helen Martin Greenbaum Television film 1991 For the Greater Good Michael Parke-Walsh MP 3 episodes 1991 The Wolvis Family Dr. Graham Wilcockson 6 episodes 1992 A Fatal Inversion Inspector Winder 2 episodes 1992 ScreenPlay Geoff Harris Episode: "Bad Girl" 1992 The Life and Times of Henry Pratt Dr. Hargreaves Episode #1.3 1992 The Blackheath Poisonings Bertie Williams 3 episodes 1992, 1994 Screen Two Keith / Roland 2 episodes 1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins Brother Moses 4 episodes 1993 Bonjour la Classe Leslie Piper 6 episodes 1993 Performance Jorgen Tesman Episode: "Hedda Gabler" 1993 Cracker Hennessy Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 2" 1993 The Poetry Hall of Fame John Keats Television film 1994 The Chief Milverton Episode #4.8 1995 Pie in the Sky Maurice Plummer Episode: "Brown Bread" 1995 The Last Englishman Air Commodore Boyle Television film 1997 The Woman in White Asylum Proprietor 1998 Midsomer Murders Avery Phillips Episode: "Death of a Hollow Man" 1998 Animated Epics: BeowulfAschere Television film 1999 Great Expectations John Wemmick 2000 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries John Forrester Episode: "The Rising of the Moon" 2000 Conspiracy Otto Hofmann Television film 2001 Waking the Dead Reece Dickson 2 episodes 2002 Animated Tales of the World Greengrocer / Leader of Primitives Episode: "The Crown and Sceptre" 2002 Helen West Brian Redwood 3 episodes 2003 A Touch of Frost Anton Caldwell Episode: "Held in Trust" 2004 The Last Detective Gerald Leyman Episode: "Christine" 2005 Doc Martin Victor Episode: "Blood Is Thicker" 2005–2007 Rome Posca 17 episodes 2006 Eleventh Hour Martin Callan Episode: "Containment" 2007 Rough Diamond Russian Ambassador Episode: "Old Gold" 2008 Foyle's War Josef Novak Episode: "Broken Souls" 2008 Poppy Shakespeare Professor Television film 2008 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Harman Grisewood 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 Michael Warren 2010 Borgen Alexander Grozin Episode: "Statsbesøg" 2011 The Hour Professor Beckett 2 episodes 2011 Shameless Isaac Episode: "Frank Gallagher: Sent By God" 2012 Silk Professor Stephen Nyman Episode #2.4 2012 Secret State Lord Justice Holbeck Episode #1.2 2012 Loving Miss Hatto Erich Television film 2013 It's Kevin Various Episode #1.6 2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Detective Sergeant Hoskins Episode: "Dead Man's Folly" 2013 Ripper Street Dr. William Corcoran Episode: "Am I Not Monstrous?" 2013 The Escape Artist George Balfour QC 3 episodes 2013 Moonfleet Bailiff 2 episodes 2014 The Assets Volkov 2014 The Honourable Woman Judah Ben-Shahar 4 episodes 2014 New Tricks Viktor Proust Episode: "The English Defence" 2014 Mapp & Lucia Algernon Wyse 3 episodes 2014 Borgia Alonso Pimental 2 episodes 2015 The Eichmann Show Yaakov Jonilowicz Television film 2015 Inspector George Gently Norman Episode: "Breathe in the Air" 2016 The Living and the Dead Matthew Denning 6 episodes 2016 Friday Night Dinner Rabbi Episode: "The Funeral" 2016–2017 Holby City Artem Chernik 3 episodes 2017 Delicious Allen Billington Episode: "Funeral Plans" 2017 Taboo Robert Thoyt 5 episodes 2017 Will Phillip Henslowe 3 episodes 2019 Baptiste Peter Episode: "Shell" 2020 Quiz Nicholas Hilliard QC 2 episodes 2021 Silent Witness Derek Galton 2023 A Paris Proposal Jacques Laurent Television film 2024 Father Brown Bernard Ross Episode: "The Dead of Night" 2024 Beyond Paradise Father Brian Episode: "#2.4" 2024 Casualty Dr. Jack Clayton Episode: "Ghosts" 2024 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Diarmid Episode: "Elven Kings Under the Sky" 2025 Death by Lightning Major Charles D.A. Loeffler 2 Episodes