William Charles Merrick (born 9 April 1993) is an English screen and stage actor. His debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series Skins as the character Alo Creevey.Meet the Skins Will Merrick
Early life and education Merrick originates from Ledbury in Herefordshire.Will Merrick throws party to mark debut in Skins He attended The Downs School, Malvern and Dean Close School. He came in the top ten of over 50,000 candidates for the 2009 drama GCSE examination.
Career As a member of the Close up Theatre, Merrick performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and 2011, in the productions of The History Boys playing Posner and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, playing Charley.Death of a salesman At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012–2013 Merrick started a theatre company No Prophet at the age of 18. With it he played roles in Punk Rock, a stage production by Simon Stephens, and Boys written by Ella Hickson.
In 2011, Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins, playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck. He described his character as a "loving person, very open-minded, positive and enthusiastic kind of guy."Skins 5 meet Will Merrick
In February 2012, Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star.RTS Bristol Best Actor Will Merrick In the same year he was also nominated for Best Actor at TV Choice Awards.
In May 2012, Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns, in the role of Dean. In the same year he has landed his first big screen role as Jay in Richard Curtis' new romantic comedy About Time alongside Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.
Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains. He played the role of Tom, alongside Jessie Cave, in an episode of Coming Up aired on Channel 4 in July 2013 and was a guest star in BBC fantasy series Atlantis.
Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack. In 2016 Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters. He played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark. From 2019 to 2021 Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels.
Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 About Time Jay Director: Richard Curtis 2017 Modern Life Is Rubbish Olly 2021 A Classic Horror Story 2023 Barbie Young Mattel Employee 2025 F1 Hugh Nickleby 2026Resident EvilDave
Television Year Title Role Platform Notes 2011–2012 Skins Alo Creevey E4 17 episodes Won—RTS Award for Best Actor Nominated—TV Choice Award for Best Actor 2012In with the FlynnsDean BBC One 1 episode "Frozen Assets" No.2.62013 Doctor Who Brains BBC OneSeries 7, 1 episode No.3.13 "Nightmare in Silver"2013 Coming Up Tom Channel 4 1 episode No.8.2 "Burger Van Champion"2013 Atlantis Arcas BBC One 1 episode No.1.8 "The Furies" 2015 Count Arthur Strong Jeremy BBC Two 1 episode No. 2.2 "The Day The Clocks Went Back" 2016 Brief Encounters Russell ITV 6 episodes 2016 The Rack Pack Steve Davis BBC iPlayer 1 episode 2017 Poldark Arthur Solway BBC One 2 episodes 2019–2021 Dead Pixels Nicky E4 12 episodes 2023Silo Danny Apple TV+ 2 episodes 2023 Bodies Constable Byrne Netflix 3 episodes 2023 Miss Scarlet and the Duke Martin Crabtree Alibi / PBS 1 episode "The Heir" 2026 Zog Sir Gadabout the Great (voice) BBC / CBeebies 52 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Notes2009 The Taming of the Shrew Grumio Close Up Theatre Amadeus Venticello Close Up Theatre2010 Hamlet Polonius Close Up Theatre The History Boys Posner Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 Death of a Salesman Charley Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012 Punk Rock William Carlisle Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 Boys Benny Edinburgh Festival FringeArcola Theatre 2013–2014 Wendy & Peter Pan Slightly Royal Shakespeare Company 2014–2015 Merlin Merlin Royal & Derngate 2018 Death of a Salesman Bernard Royal Exchange Theatre
Awards and nominations
| 2012 | Best Actor | Royal Television Society Award
| 2012 | Best Actor | TV Choice Awards
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