Nicholas Rowe (actor)

Nicholas Rowe
Born	Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe 22 November 1966 (1966-11-22) (age 44) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Occupation	Actor

Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is a Scottish actor.^[1]

Biography

Rowe was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of English parents Alison, a singer, and Andrew Rowe, a Member of Parliament and editor.^[2] He attended Eton and received a BA in Hispanic Studies from Bristol University. Rowe was the partner of Lou Gish until her death in February 2006.

He has appeared in numerous movies, television programmes and theatre plays, though he is most recognised as Sherlock Holmes in Steven Spielberg's production Young Sherlock Holmes, having read for the part while a pupil at Eton.^[3] The film's director Barry Levinson felt Rowe's performance was closest to a young Basil Rathbone.

Filmography

Films

Title	Year
Another Country	1984
Young Sherlock Holmes	1985
True Blue	1996
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	1998
Hit List	2000
All Forgotten	2000
Enigma	2001
Nicholas Nickleby	2002
Girl on a Cycle	2003
Seed of Chucky	2004
Anton Chekhov's The Duel	2010

TV

Title	Year
The Lawrenceville Stories	1987
Sharpe's Enemy	1994
Poldark	1996
A Dance to the Music of Time	1997
Longitude	2000
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells	2001
Shackleton	2002
Outside the Rules	2002
La Femme Musketeer	2004
The Fugitives (Series)	2005
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man	2006
Margaret	2009

TV guest appearances

Series	Character	Episode	Broadcast Date
Pie in the Sky	Kevin Wright	"Lemon Twist" (episode # 2.10)	19 March 1995
Dalziel and Pascoe	Gervase Butt	"An Autumn Shroud" (episode # 1.3)	30 March 1996
Kavanagh QC	Charles Beaufort	"Blood Money" (episode # 3.2)	10 March 1997
Kavanagh QC	Charles Beaufort	"Diplomatic Baggage" (episode # 3.4)	24 March 1997
Dangerfield	Dan Spearill	"The Long Weekend" (episode # 5.2)	18 September 1998
Let Them Eat Cake	Julian Desire	"Murder" (episode # 1.2)	16 September 1999
Relic Hunter	Peter Graham	"The Last Knight" (episode # 1.18)	24 April 2000
Holby City	Nathan Cairns	"Desperate Measures" (episode # 5.29)	22 April 2003
Midsomer Murders	David Heartley-Reade	"The Fisher King" (episode # 7.3)	11 January 2004
Hotel Babylon	Jonah Slaughter	"The Faith Healer" (episode # 3.8)	August 2008

References

1. ^ New York Times
2. ^ Nicholas Rowe Biography (1965-)
3. ^ IMDB biography

External links

• Nicholas Rowe (actor) at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial Nicholas Rowe fansite

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Name	Rowe, Nicholas
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Date of birth	22 November 1966
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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