Lachlan Nieboer is a retired British actor best known for his roles as Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in Downton Abbey, Count Antonio Rossi in The Princess Switch: Switched Again and Cpt. Charles Davenport in the film Into the White; and as executive producer for Shane, a documentary on Australian cricketer, Shane Warne.
Career Nieboer played Captain Jack Harkness's brother, Gray, in the second series of the BBC television series Torchwood. He played Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in the second series of Downton Abbey. He starred alongside Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint as Captain Davenport in the Norwegian feature film Cross of Honour (originally Into the White), based on a true story. He played Dominic in Mike Figgis's suspense thriller Suspension of Disbelief and Ted in Fredrik Bond's Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and Aubrey Plaza.
Nieboer also starred in The Unfolding, Identicals and Trendy, a thriller shot in East London, which premiered in competition at the Raindance Film Festival. Nieboer has lead roles opposite Jim Brolin in Royal Hearts, and Vanessa Hudgens in The Princess Switch: Switched Again.
Nieboer ran his own theatre company for three years, and has also worked at the National Theatre and in various fringe theatres in London.
He has retired from acting.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2007HeartlandRyan McGonagleShort film2009Vivaldi, the Red PriestLord Brandon Perry 2012 Into the White Captain Charles P. Davenport2012Suspension of DisbeliefDominic2013The House and EverythingJamesShort film2013Charlie CountrymanTed2015The UnfoldingTamOfficial Selection - London FrightFest Film Festival 20152015Identicals (Brand New-U)SlaterOfficial Selection - L'Étrange Festival 2015 Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Performance in a British Feature Film2016CheckmateDimitriShort film2017TrendyRichard AllenOfficial Selection - Raindance Film Festival 20172017Royal HeartsKing Nikolas2017Baghdad in my ShadowMartin2018Little KingdomJack Kovac2019The Princess Switch: Switched AgainCount Antonio Rossi2020Her Pen PalCameron Reisch2020Love in VeronaBud Logan
Television Year Title Role Notes2008TorchwoodGray2 episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds"2011Downton AbbeyLieutenant Edward Courtenay1 episode: "Episode #2.2"2013JoAlain Allanic1 episode: "Place Vendôme"
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