Nicholas Le Prevost (born 18 March 1947) is an English actor.
Early life Le Prevost was born in Wiltshire. He was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset, from 1957 to 1961 and at Kingswood School, Bath from 1961 to 1964. At school, he studied Ecclesiastical Architecture, and has said that, had he not become an actor, he would have liked to be an architect. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1973 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).
Acting career Le Prevost's TV and radio credits include Coronation Street, The Imitation Game, It Takes a Worried Man, The Jewel in the Crown, HR, Brideshead Revisited, The Camomile Lawn, Harnessing Peacocks, Babblewick Hall, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Up the Garden Path, The War of the Worlds, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Vicar of Dibley and A Man for All Seasons.
At the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards, he was nominated for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical or Entertainment, for his performance in a 2001 West End production of My Fair Lady. Also in 2002, he appeared as Benedick in Gregory Doran's production of Much Ado About Nothing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, opposite Harriet Walter.
Since 2003, Le Prevost has been portraying Georges Simenon's fictional detective Jules Maigret for BBC Radio, replacing the late Maurice Denham in the role. In 2005, he appeared as W. Somerset Maugham in a BBC Radio adaptation of Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge.
His film work includes Clockwise, The Girl in a Swing, and Shakespeare in Love. In 2009 he appeared on television in Margaret.
In July 2010, he appeared in a double bill of Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Critic at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester.
In 2010, he appeared in ITV drama Wild at Heart as Gene.
From February 2015, he appeared in Man and Superman at the National Theatre, London.
Le Prevost is a director of The Wrestling School, a London theatre company specialising in the work of Howard Barker.
In 2015, he appeared as Count Fiskon in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode "The Lair of the Libertines".
Partial filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes1975The Nearly ManPhillipEpisode: "Millie - May 1945"1976–1978The Ghosts of Motley HallSir Francis 'Fanny' Uproar/ St John Desmond20 episodes1977Don't Forget to Write!Dusty2 episodes1978Crown Court Tony HodgsonEpisode: "The Song Not the Singer"1979Bless Me, FatherDr SpinksEpisode: "Father Neil's First Miracle"BBC2 PlayhousePeter MolyneuxAn Affinity With Dr Still1979–1981ShelleyInspector/ Nayland2 episodes1980Play for TodayTurnerThe Imitation Game1981Brideshead RevisitedDoctorEpisode: "The Unseen Hook"The BorgiasBaglioni5 episodesStrangersSilas WagstaffEpisode: "The Flowers of Edinburgh"1981–1983It Takes a Worried ManSimon12 episodes1982Crystal GazingExaminer No.1FilmThe Agatha Christie HourDerek WainwrightIn a Glass Darkly1982–1984Crown Court John Fletcher-Reed3 episodes1983The Bounder Softly SimpsonEpisode: "A Genuine Simpson"Jemima Shore InvestigatesNick BeckleighEpisode: "A Promising Death"1984The Jewel in the CrownNigel Rowan6 episodesDr. Fischer of GenevaAlbertTV movie1985We'll Support You EvermoreMardonTV movie1985Time and the ConwaysGerald ThorntonTV movie1986C.A.T.S. EyesRoy DonahueEpisode: "One Way"Clockwise Headmaster No.3FilmScreen TwoAlistairHard Travelling1988The Girl in a Swing Vicar FilmSouth of the BorderBridger1 episode1989The Ginger TreeSir Claude MacDonald2 episodes1990StolenTom4 episodes1990–1993Up the Garden PathMichael17 episodes1991The Lost Language of Cranes NickFilmVan der ValkVan HoornEpisode: "A Sudden Silence"1992The Camomile LawnHamish/ Hector5 episodes1993LovejoyBill ParkerEpisode: "Ducking and Diving"Harnessing PeacocksMungo DuffTV movie1994The Vicar of DibleyDaniel FrobisherEpisode: "The Window and the Weather"1995Inspector MorseDr. Alan HardingeEpisode: "The Way Through the Woods"1996Letters from the East AlanFilm1998Midsomer MurdersEsslyn CarmichaelEpisode: "Death of a Hollow Man"The Land GirlsAgricultural OfficerFilmShakespeare in Love Sir Robert De LessepsFilm2000Being ConsideredHouston JonesFilm2001Kavanagh QCLord CranstonEpisode: "The End of Law"2003Bright Young ThingsLord MaitlandFilmFortysomethingPeter Mailer1 episodeFoyle's WarArthur LewesEpisode: "Fifty Ships"2003–2004My Dad's the Prime MinisterHeadmaster2 episodes2004GladiatressCrassusFilm2005The Murder RoomMarcus Dupayne2 episodesAbsolute Power Lord Henry Cox-WycliffeEpisode: "The Nation's Favourite"2006PoirotMajor James PorterEpisode: "Taken at the Flood"Silent WitnessProfessor Lionel Clune2 episodes2008Miss ConceptionDr. DupompeFilmBroken LinesAlistair FilmFilth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryKenTV movie2009Midsomer MurdersJerry DrinkwaterEpisode: "The Dogleg Murders"Cranford Mr. Peter Jenkins2 episodesDoc MartinRobert2 episodesPsychovilleGraham2 episodes2010Made in RomaniaCedric WintersFilmWild at Heart Gene1 episode2012Run for Your WifeD. S. PorterhouseFilm2014Testament of YouthMr. LeightonFilm2015Father BrownCount FiskonEpisode: "The Lair of the Libertines"2019Here Comes HellIchabod QuinnFilmThe War of the WorldsChamberlain2 episodes2022The LarkinsSir George Bluff-Gore3 episodes
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