Nicholas Bell

{{Short description|British actor (born 1958)}}

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| birth_place = Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

| occupation = Actor

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Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years.{{cite web|title=Nicholas Bell|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/5137/Nicholas-Bell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018085227/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/5137/Nicholas-Bell|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2007|archive-date=2007-10-18}}

Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to his work in film and television, Bell has also recorded over a dozen audiobooks with Bolinda, a company based in Melbourne, Australia.{{cite web|title=Bolinda Audio|url=http://www.bolinda.com/aus/search/results.aspx?/1/C46406F3-704D-48EB-8AD4-87654C560909/10/1/1/1/1/1/1/32/nicholas%20bell}}

In 2001, he accepted on behalf of the cast and crew of the Australian comedy series The Games the TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.{{cite web|work=TV Week Logie Awards|title=2001 Logie Awards|url=http://www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au/logie-history/2000s/2001/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126183950/http://www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au/logie-history/2000s/2001/|archivedate=26 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}

In 2023, Bell appeared in the Stan series Scrublands,{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=16 November 2023 |title=Scrublands | TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/11/scrublands.html |website=TVtonight}} as well as the Tasmanian drama series Bay of Fires.{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=12 August 2022 |title=More cast join Bay of Fires for ABC | TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/more-cast-join-bay-of-fires-for-abc.html |website=TVtonight}}

Also in 2023, Bell was named in the extended cast of the Foxtel/Binge series High Country.{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=4 May 2023 |title=More cast added to High Country | TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/more-cast-added-to-high-country.html |website=tvtonight}}