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Nickolas Andrew Halliwell Grace (born 21 November 1947) is an English actor notable for his roles on television, including Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited (1979-1981), and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986). Other credits include Survivors (1975), The Professionals (1980), (1987), Salome's Last Dance (1988), Birds of a Feather (1989), The Green Man (1990), Evita (1996), The Hunchback (1997), Merlin (1998), (2005), My Family (2008), Doctor Who (2011), and Killing Eve (2019).
Grace then played Hamlet for the opening of the Derby Playhouse, Derby in 1975. Back at the RSC, from 1976 to 1978 he appeared as Dromio of Ephesus in Trevor Nunn's first ever musical, The Comedy of Errors (with Judi Dench, Michael Williams and Roger Rees), Hitler in Schweik and Witwoud in The Way of the World, directed by John Barton.
Grace secured the part of the flamboyant aesthete Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited (1979-1981). He played Richard II at the Young Vic in 1981, and Mozart in Amadeus, with Frank Finlay at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1982. He then began working in operetta, playing Koko in The Mikado.
Grace played Harry Hamilton-Paul in the film Heat and Dust (1983). It was around this time that he took the role of Robert de Rainault, the Sheriff of Nottingham, in ITV's Robin of Sherwood (1984–86).
Grace's theatre work in the late 1980s and early 1990s included Jenkins' Ear by Dusty Hughes at the Royal Court in 1986, Bernstein's Candide (Old Vic/Scottish Opera/BBC) in 1988–89 and The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester (1990), which transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre. He played Cole Porter in A Swell Party at the Vaudeville in 1991–92 and appeared as King Gama in Ken Russell's production of Princess Ida for ENO at the Coliseum Theatre in 1992.Arthur Jacobs. Princess Ida - English National Opera at the London Coliseum, November 14. Opera, January 1993, Vol.44 No.1, p107-110.
Grace played Underling the Butler in The Drowsy Chaperone with Elaine Paige at the Novello Theatre, which ended its run on 4 August 2007.
He had a recurring role in some Doctor Who audio stories, produced by Big Finish as a Time Lord ally; Straxus, of the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller (Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith) in the stories Human Resources, Sisters of the Flame and Vengeance of Morbius.
In 2012, Grace starred in Chariots of Fire, the stage adaptation of the film of the same title. In it he played the Master of Trinity College
Grace is President of the Vic-Wells Association.
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| "A Couple of Comic Turns: Part 2" | |
| "A Fair Swap" | |
| "A Good Meddle" | |
| "When My Ship Comes Home" | |
| "Sweet Girl" | |
| "True Patriots All" | historical drama series |
| "The Brotherhood" | |
| "Gone to the Angels" | |
| "The Anarchist" | |
| "The Comedy of Errors" | |
| "Agamemnon" | |
| "Mixed Doubles" | |
| "All's Well That Ends Well" | |
| "Prime Target" | |
| part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| "Robin Hood and the Sorcerer" "The Witch of Elsdon" "The King's Fool" "Seven Poor Knights from Acre" "Alan a Dale" "The Children of Israel" "The Betrayal" | 17 episodes total |
| "The Enchantment" "The Greatest Enemy" | 17 episodes total |
| Vicious Circle – BBC – Radio Times | |
| "Powerline" | |
| "Herne's Son: Part 1" "Herne's Son: Part 2" "The Power of Albion" "The Sheriff of Nottingham" "The Betrayal" "Adam Bell" "The Pretender" "The Time of the Wolf: Part 1" "The Time of the Wolf: Part 2" | 17 episodes total |
| "Impresiones y paisajes (1903–1918)" "La residencia (1918–1923)" "El amor oscuro (1925–1928)" "El llanto (1929–1935)" "Una guerra civil (1935–1936)" | 6 episodes total |
| "La muerte (1936)" | 6 episodes total |
| "Cheat!" | 3 episodes total |
| "Going, Going, Goner" | |
| "The Final Cut" | |
| "Hands Across the Sea" | |
| "Fashion" | |
| "Episode #7.4" | |
| "The Master Blackmailer" | |
| "Angel Trousers" | |
| "Suspicious Minds" | 3 episodes total |
| "A Man Lay Dead" | |
| "Prague, August 1917" | |
| "Episode #4.8" | |
| 31 minutes; directed by Dennis Iliadis | |
| "Double Duty" | |
| "Hot Metal" | |
| Voice acting | |
| "A Glitch in Time: Part 1" "A Glitch in Time: Part 2" "Dodgy Jammers: Part 1" "Dodgy Jammers: Part 2" | 4 episodes |
| cameo | |
| "Escape" | |
| "Absolutely Not!" | |
| "Rising Damp" | 3 episodes total |
| produced by Barrie Goulding | |
| "Judgement Day" | 2 episodes total |
| Voice acting | |
| "Driving Miss Crazy" | 3 episodes total |
| "Sleeping Murder" | Agatha Christie's Marple TV series |
| "The Search for Tutankhamun" | |
| docudrama about Ian Fleming | |
| "Blacklight" | The Commander TV series |
| 12 minutes | |
| "Body of Evidence" | |
| "Neighbour Wars" | 3 episodes total |
| "The Art of the Matter" | |
| "The Trap" | |
| "The Creeper" | 2 episodes total |
| 14 minutes | |
| "Mary Christmas" | 3 episodes total |
| "Joan Collins" | |
| "Death Is the Only Answer" | |
| "About a Boy" "Heartbreak Hotel" | documentary series |
| BBC1 TV drama | |
| BBC America drama |
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