Nick Kellington

{{Short description|British actor and musician (born 1975)}}

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Nicholas Chee Ping Kellington (born 5 June 1975) is a British actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in children's television series, the new Star Wars films and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. His television acting career began in 2007, when he portrayed Igglepiggle in the CBeebies show In the Night Garden....{{CN|date=April 2024}}

In 2010, he played Tang in "ZingZillas" also for CBeebies and in 2015, he took on the role of Dipsy the green Teletubby in the reboot of Teletubbies, previously portrayed by John Simmit before it went into a 14-year hiatus. He reprised his role as Dipsy in the upcoming Netflix reboot of Teletubbies.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

Kellington appeared in the 2016 Star Wars film Rogue One as Bistan, a Rebel Alliance gunner.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

He also appears in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Snook Uccorfay, a mole-like playboy in the casino city of Canto Bight.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

In 2018, Kellington played Ned the Neanderthal in the two-part documentary series Neanderthals : Meet Your Ancestors, presented by Ella Al-Shamahi and broadcast on BBC Four in May 2018. A VixPix Films production in association with Imaginarium Productions and the BBC.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b4dffq/neanderthals-meet-your-ancestors-series-1-episode-2 |publisher=BBC |date=May 2018 |title=Neanderthals : Meet Your Ancestors |first=Ella |last=Al-Shamahi |access-date=1 July 2019 |work=BBC Programmes}}

In 2019, he appeared in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as the creature suit performer providing the body movements for skekMal/The Hunter, one of the Skeksis new to the series.{{CN|date=April 2024}}

Kellington played cornet and ukulele in the rock band Ella Guru.{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Aislinn |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573563/Rocker-Nick-Kellington-revealed-as-Iggle-Piggle.html |title=Rocker Nick Kellington revealed as Iggle Piggle |newspaper=Telegraph |date=24 December 2007 |access-date=19 November 2015 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited}}