Nathan Wright (actor)
{{short description|British actor}}
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Nathan Wright is a British actor.
Background
Nathan Wright grew up in Dudley (England).{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/education-training/2014/06/dont-underestimate-amateur-theatre-source-training/ |title=Don't underestimate amateur theatre as a source of training |work=The Stage |author=Susan Elkin |date=16 June 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2014}} He became interested in acting while he was still a child. He took part in plays at primary and secondary school.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/49kqGrjyrnbdB59Lc1Xjbzg/nathan-wright-interview |title=Nathan Wright interview. |publisher=BBC |accessdate=16 August 2014}} In Dudley he took part in an amateur drama alongside his grandfather and established his determination to become an actor. Wright was trained as an actor at the Arts Ed in London. He graduated in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.wheretheskinlies.com/single-post/2016/09/05/Cast-Nathan-Wright |title=Cast: Nathan Wright |work=wheretheskinlies.com |accessdate=13 February 2018}} In 2010 he appeared as Orlando in the play As You Like It at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/oct/10/as-you-like-it-review |title=As You Like It – review. |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2010 |accessdate=13 February 2018 |last1=Brennan |first1=Clare }} In the same year Wright got the role of the recurring character Hugh in the TV series Being Human.{{cite web |url=http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.de/2010/03/being-human-season-2-review.html |title=Being Human – season 2 – review |work=taliesinttlg.blogspot.de |date=1 March 2010 |accessdate=16 August 2014}} Later that year Wright appeared the first time as Josh Mathers in the British television series Doctors. He played another guest character in 2011, before getting the role of the main character Chris Reid in 2012. He left the series in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s16/doctors/scoop/a564093/doctors-behind-the-scenes-at-chris-reids-exit-video.html#~oN68feOtYH3uqt |title=Doctors: Behind the scenes at Chris Reid's exit |work=Digital Spy |author=Daniel Kilkelly |date=11 April 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2014}} For his role as Chris Reid he got two nominations for the British Soap Awards as sexiest male.{{cite web |url=http://tv.uk.msn.com/soaps/british-soap-awards-2013-sexiest-male-and-female-nominations?page=12#image=12 |title=British Soap Awards 2013: Sexiest male and female nominations. British Soap Awards 2013 nominations: Nathan Wright as Chris Reid (Doctors). |publisher=MSN |date=14 March 2013 |accessdate=16 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091348/http://tv.uk.msn.com/soaps/british-soap-awards-2013-sexiest-male-and-female-nominations?page=12#image=12 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/tv/268830-british-soap-awards-2014-longlist-revealed |title=British Soap Awards 2014 longlist revealed |work=Entertainment.stv.tv |date=18 March 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2014}} In 2015 Wright played the character Robert in the second series of The Musketeers{{cite web |url=http://www.thebwhagency.co.uk/site2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=330:nathan-wright&catid=35:television&Itemid=56 |title=NATHAN WRIGHT |work=Thebwhagency.co.uk |accessdate=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085342/http://www.thebwhagency.co.uk/site2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=330:nathan-wright&catid=35:television&Itemid=56 |archivedate=19 August 2014 }} and Colin Pitchfork in episode two of Code of a Killer.{{cite web |url=http://dvd-fever.co.uk/code-of-a-killer-part-2-the-dvdfever-review/ |title=Code of a Killer Part 2 – The DVDfever Review. |work=dvd-fever.co.uk |date=14 April 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2018}} In 2017 he appeared as Mike Anderson in the horror film Where the Skin Lies.{{cite web |url=http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2017/12/28/horror-on-sea-2018-interview-michael-boucherie-on-where-the-skin-lies/ |title=Horror-On-Sea 2018 Interview: Michael Boucherie on 'Where the Skin Lies'. |work=nerdly.co.uk |accessdate=13 February 2018}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Adjustment | Brian | short film |
| 2017 | Where the Skin Lies | Mike Anderson |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|2010 | Being Human | Hugh | Episode 2.1–2.3 |
| rowspan="3"| Doctors | Josh Mathers | Episode 11.194: Three Go Wild | |
| 2011 | Barney Hamilton | Episode 13.52: Pink and Blue | |
| 2012–2014 | Chris Reid | Episode 14.116 – Episode 16.9 (184 episodes) | |
| rowspan="2"| 2015 | The Musketeers | Robert | Episode 2.6: Through a Glass Darkly |
| Code of a Killer | Colin Pitchfork | Episode 1.2 | |
| 2016 | Hollyoaks | Barman | Episode 1.4555 |
=Theatre=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Theatre ! Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | As You Like It | Orlando | West Yorkshire Playhouse | Leeds |
Awards and nominations
= Nomination =
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=3769485|name=Nathan Wright}}
References
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