Nick Dunning

Nick Dunning
Born	Nicholas Dunning Wexford, Ireland
Spouse	Lise-Anne McLaughlin 1992 - present

Nick Dunning is an Anglo-Irish actor born in the county of Wexford in 1959. Dunning is a well known theatre actor who attended RADA (Dip Hons) where he won the Ronson Prize for Most Promising Young Actor. He has appeared on stage in the West End in London and at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. He has won two Irish Times Theatre awards. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. To date, he is best known for his role as Thomas Boleyn in The Tudors, a Showtime original series, for which he won an IFTA award for Best Supporting Actor.^[1] He has also appeared in numerous popular English TV shows such as Waking the Dead, Kavanagh QC, and the Midsomer Murders episode Death's Shadow. He is currently starring in a production of Dangerous Liaisons at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

Dunning was head of development at the now defunct website www.screenwritingonthenet.com. He wrote two books on screenwriting. He also wrote the screenplay for The Lorelei, directed by Terry Johnson, BBC Screen Two. He has developed several works for TV. He is currently writing a play with the Gate Theatre, Dublin, and developing a screenplay with a freelance TV and film director.

Dunning attended a private school in London and a comprehensive school in Leicester.^[2]

Dunning has been married to Lise-Anne McLaughlin since 1992. Their children are Kitty and Phoebe. His parents are Roy and Jean Dunning and he has a sister named Cathy.

Filmography

• Injustice (2011)
• My Boy Jack (2007)
• The Tudors (2007)
• Waking the Dead (2007)
• Malice Aforethought (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• The Account (2004)
• The Return (2003)

References

1. ^ "Tudors and Kings are IFTAs royalty". RTÉ.ie Entertainment (RTÉ Commercial Enterprises). 2008-02-18. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0218/iftas.html. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
2. ^ Smith, Andrea (24 August 2008). "Nick had a Lucky break". Independent Woman - Celebrity News & Gossip. Independent.ie. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/nick-had-a-lucky-break-1462216.html. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 

External links

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• Nick Dunning at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Dunning, Nick
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	London, UK
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