Nicholas Day (born 16 October 1947) is an English actor, who is currently the narrator on the Netflix series Myths & Monsters and also starred as Anthony Fox in ITV soap Emmerdale.
Life Day was educated at Alleyn's School, a private day school in the south London suburb of Dulwich, before studying at the University of Bristol acting with their drama department. Day was a supply teacher at Plumstead Manor School for Girls' for a brief time during the early 1980s, where he taught drama.
Acting He is perhaps best known for playing Detective Sergeant Michael Morley in Minder from 1991 to 1993. He also played Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan in Series One of the BBC drama New Tricks. He portrayed Jack The Ripper, in series six (episode five) of Goodnight Sweetheart in 1999, and played another police officer, DCS John Meredith, in a single episode of Foyle's War in 2008. In 2009 he appeared in Margaret and The Take, and as Martin Crisp in The Dogleg Murders (Series 12 of Midsomer Murders).
His film roles include appearances in Penelope Pulls It Off (1975), The Golden Bowl (2000), Russian Dolls (2005) and Amazing Grace (2006).
2010s
In 2010 he played Colonel Montford in Joe Johnston's horror film The Wolfman.
In 2013, he played the headmaster in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company for seven seasons including the World Shakespeare Festival, working on classics like The Tempest and Twelfth Night.
Since 2015 he has presented Murder Maps, which is made by Netflix in the United Kingdom and is now in its fifth series in the UK. Murder Maps is also shown on Yesterday. In 2021, he narrated Railway Murders.
2020s
Day played Anthony Fox, the father of Ruby and grandfather of Stephanie, in ITV soap opera Emmerdale. The character was killed off when it was discovered that he had sexually abused his daughter and was actually the father of Stephanie.
Filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes1975Penelope Pulls It OffJeremiah1977Ripping YarnsSgt. Major Errol1 episode "Escape from Stalag Luft 112 B"1980Can We Get on Now, Please?Mr. Marplot1 episode "Variations in Two Flats"1980GrundySalvatore1 episode "Hands Across the Table"1981CribbIgor Ozolin1 episode "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"1981ChintzJames Oglethorpe1 episode1981It Takes a Worried ManGaskell1 episode "Frankly Speaking"1981BBC2 PlayhouseSurg. Lt. Commander1 episode "The Grudge Fight"1982ITV PlayhouseDr. Holroyd1 episode "Grandad"1982Harry's GameBannen3 episodes1982–1983ShelleySissons/DHSS Man2 episodes1983The CitadelPaul Deedman3 episodes1983Crown Court1 episode "A Matter of Trust: Part 1"1983The BounderP.C. Baxter1 episode "Raffles"1983Heartattack HotelRoddieTV movie1983–1985Up the Elephant and Round the CastleCouncillor Arnold Moggs/D.H.S.S. Manager11 episodes1984Foxy LadyMark Patton1 episode1984Pull the Other OneVicar1 episode "Grandma Strikes Back"1985Summer SeasonMerton1 episode "A Still Small Shout"1985–1986C.A.T.S. EyesBurgas/Fairbrother2 episodes1986Lord Mountbatten: The Last ViceroyPeter Howes6 episodes1986Call Me MisterMartland1 episode "The Bombay Ducks"1986Full HouseMr. Blandford1 episode "And Baby Makes Five"1987BustHenry Webster1 episode "Selling a Dummy"1987The Michael Barrymore SpecialHimselfTV special1988ScreenPlayParkes1 episode "Home Front"1989Vote for ThemCaptain Carrington3 episodes1989After the WarFrank Kitson4 episodes1989SaracenTerence Swift1 episode "Three Blind Mice"1990Made in HeavenVicar1 episode "Falling for Love"1990Never the TwainGeorge1 episode "Happy Holiday"1990The Return of ShelleyDr. P. Smith1 episode "Brainstrain"1991LovejoyAlec Statham1 episode "One Born Every Minute"1991Trouble in MindMalcolm Barclay9 episodes1991–1993MinderD.S. Morley16 episodes1992KappatooBrian7 episodes1992CountdownHimself (Dictionary Corner)1 episode1993Drop the Dead DonkeyTax Officer1 episode "Henry's Lost Love"1995Screen TwoCharles Kendrick1 episode "The Absence of War"1995–1999The BillFrank Wallace/Referee2 episodes1996Kavanagh QCAlan Jacobs1 episode "True Commitment"1997–1999The LakesMr. Archer12 episodes1998Human BombPolice commissionerTV movie1999Goodnight SweetheartJack the Ripper1 episode "…The 'Ouses in Between"1999Extremely DangerousGregg4 episodes2000The WilsonsMr. Green1 episode, credited as Nick Day2000The Golden BowlLord Castledean2000In DefenceDCI Bran Minter1 episode, credited as Nick Day2000Sabotage!General 2 – AbelCredited as Nick Day2000The StretchDCI Frank ‘Raquel’ WelchTV movie2001The Inspector Lynley MysteriesChief Superintendent Hilllier1 episode "A Great Deliverance"2002Daniel DerondaLord Brackenshaw4 episodes2003Adventure Inc.Harold Ashcroft1 episode "Search for Arthur"2003Cambridge SpiesLord Raveley1 episode2004New TricksDonald Bevan6 episodes2004Rosemary & ThymeWarwick Jardine1 episode "The Memory of Water"2004Godot Isn't ComingPottsShort2004–2007Doc MartinTom Giddens/Dry Cleaner2 episodes2005Russian DollsPère William2006Amazing GraceSir William Dolben2008Foyle's WarDCS John Meredith1 episode "Plan of Attack"2009MargaretCranley OnslowTV movie2009Midsomer MurdersMartin Crisp1 episode "The Dogleg Murders"2009The TakeFreddie Senior2 episodes2009Garrow's LawJohn Julius Angerstein1 episode2009Easier Ways to Make a LivingLatimerShort2010The WolfmanColonel Montford2010DoctorsJohn Howell1 episode "Yetis on the Golf Course"2012Eliminate: Archie CooksonSpymaster George2013Agatha Christie's PoirotIngles1 episode "The Big Four"2015A Dark ReflectionCharles Jaspar2015Pleasure IslandTony2015–2020Murder MapsHimself25 episodes2016UNIT: The New SeriesKenneth LeBlanc/Heston (voice)Podcast series, 3 episodes2016Jump Cut JeffJeffShort2017OliverThe ManShort2017Brexit: The Uncivil WarJohn MillsTV movie2017Myths & MonstersHimself6 episodes2020The CrownJim Prior2 episodes2021The Worlds of Blake's 7Jorah (voice)Podcast series, 1 episode “Heart of Ice”2021Railway MurdersHimself6 episodes2024AguskaMalcolmShort2024–2025EmmerdaleAnthony Fox
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