Nick Mohammed
{{Short description|British actor}}
{{for|the wrestler|Nick Mohammed (wrestler)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nick Mohammed
| image = NickMohammedCrop.png
| alt =
| caption = Mohammed in 2023
| birth_name = Nicholas George Mohammed
| birth_date =
| birth_place = England
| education = Durham University (BSc)
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Becca Mohammed|2014}}
| children = 3
}}
Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer. He has portrayed the character Mr. Swallow across both stage and television for over a decade. He is the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligence. Mohammed portrayed the character of Nathan Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Early life and education
Nicholas George Mohammed{{cn|date=May 2025}} was born in England. His mother was a Cyprus-born general practitioner and his Trinidad-born father worked in law.{{Cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/nick-mohammed-mr-swallow-vanishing-elephant-edinburgh-piglet-christoper-robin-269152|title=Nick Mohammed - the greatest showman|website=inews.co.uk|date=26 July 2018|access-date=8 February 2020|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704144715/https://inews.co.uk/culture/nick-mohammed-mr-swallow-vanishing-elephant-edinburgh-piglet-christoper-robin-180403|url-status=live}}
Mohammed was educated at Abbey Grange High School in Leeds. He turned down an offer to study at the University of Cambridge and instead chose to study Geophysics at Durham University, where he was a member of St Aidan's College{{cite news|title=Nick Mohammed: a profile of the up-and-coming comedian (pg.8–9)|url=http://issuu.com/durhamfirst/docs/dug2248_durhamfirst_31_single_page|publisher=Durham First|date=Autumn–Winter 2011|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315031238/https://issuu.com/durhamfirst/docs/dug2248_durhamfirst_31_single_page|url-status=live}} and played violin in the university orchestra.{{cite news|title=Send in the clowns|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/features/2109|work=Varsity|date=25 February 2010|access-date=27 May 2025|archive-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032410/https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/2109|url-status=live}} He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in, and instead frequented the local comedy circuit.{{cite news|title=Nick Mohammed's heart "lies in Durham"|url=http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=8922|publisher=Palatinate|date=6 December 2010|access-date=6 March 2012|archive-date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003053647/http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=8922|url-status=live}}
After graduating from Durham, Mohammed studied for a PhD in Geophysics at Magdalene College, Cambridge. His interest in comedy prompted him to audition for the Cambridge Footlights, which he did successfully.{{cite web|title=Cambridge Footlights Alumni 2000–|url=http://footlights.org/2000.html|publisher=Footlights Official Website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811110313/http://footlights.org/2000.html|archivedate=11 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}
Career
Mohammed featured in the second series of BBC One's Reggie Perrin and was a co-presenter in BBC Three comedy series The King Is Dead alongside Simon Bird and Katy Wix. He made guest appearances in Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches, Miranda, How Not to Live Your Life and Life's Too Short, and appeared in Series 2 Episode 4 of the BBC Radio 4 musical comedy show Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/nick-mohammed|title=Nick Mohammed - Writer/Performer|work=unitedagents.co.uk|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028141054/https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/nick-mohammed|url-status=live}}
Following his hit BBC Radio 4 debut (Quarters), Mohammed's second series Nick Mohammed in Bits attracted further critical acclaim.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tk9p0|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Nick Mohammed in Bits|website=BBC|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=30 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030203204/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tk9p0|url-status=live}} He was a cast member of BAFTA-nominated CBBC sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head, and supported Angelos Epithemiou (as one of his radio show characters, Mr. Swallow) on his 2010 national tour. He had a supporting role in all three seasons of C4 comedy series Drifters.
Mohammed developed The Mr. Swallow Show for BBC Television and wrote and starred in an original comedy-drama Magic for Channel 4 as part of the Coming Up Scheme. He appeared in CBBC show Hank Zipzer as Mr. Love. He made a guest appearance in the final episode of series 1 and first episode of series 2 of Uncle.
In 2015, he joined the cast of ITV comedy The Job Lot. He wrote and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station, for BBC Radio 4.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039v103/episodes/guide|title=BBC Radio 4 - Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed - Episode guide|website=BBC|access-date=16 August 2019|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030213233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039v103/episodes/guide|url-status=live}}
In 2018, he voiced Piglet in the Disney film Christopher Robin. Also in 2018, it was announced that he would collaborate on a new comedy series titled Intelligence with David Schwimmer for Sky One.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/david-schwimmer-sky-one-comedy-series-intelligence-nick-mohammed-1202521460/|title=David Schwimmer, Nick Mohammed Set For Sky One Comedy Series 'Intelligence'|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2018-12-18|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-05-13|archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513202508/https://deadline.com/2018/12/david-schwimmer-sky-one-comedy-series-intelligence-nick-mohammed-1202521460/|url-status=live}}
In 2019, Mohammed appeared in the second series of Stath Lets Flats. From 2020 to 2023, he played Nathan "Nate" Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV+.
In 2023, Mohammed starred as a police officer in the film Maggie Moore(s), alongside Jon Hamm and Tina Fey.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/ted-lasso-nick-mohammed-john-slatterys-maggie-moores-1234833517/|title='Ted Lasso' Breakout Nick Mohammed Joins John Slattery's 'Maggie Moore(s)'|access-date=15 September 2021|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915060322/https://deadline.com/2021/09/ted-lasso-nick-mohammed-john-slatterys-maggie-moores-1234833517/|url-status=live}}
He was a contestant on the 17th series of the Channel 4 show Taskmaster, which launched in March 2024.{{Cite web |title=Taskmaster season 17: Release date, cast and latest news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/taskmaster-season-17-release-date/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Radio Times}}
In November 2024, Mohammed opened A Christmas Carol (ish) at @sohoplace in London's West End for a Christmas run. The show was a re-telling of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol with Mr. Swallow as the protagonist, also starring Martha Howe-Douglas, David Elms, and Kieran Hodgson. He originally developed the show at Soho Theatre in 2022.{{Cite news |last=Waywell |first=Chris |title=A Christmas Carol-ish review: hysterical comedy version of A Christmas Carol |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/a-christmas-carol-ish-review |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230201020308/https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/a-christmas-carol-ish-review |archive-date=2023-02-01 |access-date=2024-12-20 |work=Time Out London |language=en-GB}}
In 2025, he is touring the UK as Mr. Swallow in new live show, Show Pony.{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=2024-07-22 |title=Nick Mohammed to return as Mr Swallow in 2025 tour Show Pony |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/7983/nick-mohammed-2025-mr-swallow-tour/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Asylum Seekers | Adeem Akwal | Short film |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Baguettes | Man | Short film |
| The Martian
| Tim Grimes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Casper | |
| Bridget Jones' Baby
| Ariyaratina | |
| rowspan="4" | 2017
| Postman Danny | |
| Bridget Jones' Baby: Extended End Credits
| Ariyaratina | Uncredited |
| The Designers: Comic Relief
| | rowspan="2" | Short film |
| Smear
| Dr. Wyndham |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Piglet (voice) | |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
| Short Butler | |
| 2019
| Mr. Hyde | |
| 2020
| Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse | Mr. Entwhistle | On Sky |
| rowspan="2" |2023
| |
| Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
| Dr. Fry (voice) | |
| TBA
| | Filming |
| TBA
| Control | | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
|---|
| 2006
| No Easy Task with Daniel Thornthwaite | Daniel Thornthwaite | Also writer |
| 2008–2011
| Various | 17 episodes |
| 2009–2010
| Steve | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| Himself | with Simon Bird and Katy Wix |
| The Persuasionists
| DVD Shop Assistant | Episode: "The Charity" |
| Miranda
|Pete (Skydive Receptionist) |Episode: "Before I Die" |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Pharaoh | Episode: "High Spirits" |
| Life's Too Short
| Toby | Episode: "#1.5" |
| 2013–2015
| Drifters | Ash | 7 episodes |
| 2014
| Uncle | Roopesh | 6 episodes |
| 2014–2016
| Mr. Love | 16 episodes |
| 2014–2018
| Cuckoo | Policeman | Episodes: "Neighbourhood Watch" and "Ken's New Friend" |
| 2014
| Morning Has Broken | Mike | Also writer |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Dynamo | Episode: "Bunch of Cults" |
| Yonderland
| Electrician | Episode: "Panic on the Streets of Yonderland" |
| 2015–2017
| Uncle | Roopesh | 5 episodes |
| 2015–2016
| William Burke / John William Polidori | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Ash | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2016
| Nas | 2 episodes |
| Camping
| Dr. Tolley | Episode: "#1.2" |
| Sexy Murder
| Simon Schinwold | 3 episodes |
| The Last Dragonslayer
| Brian - Dragonslayer | Television film |
| 2017
| Mr. Swallow's Valentine | Mr. Swallow | Also writer |
| rowspan="6" | 2018
| Fuzz Gupta | 2 episodes |
| Urban Myths
| Horace Lambardi | Episode: "Agatha Christie" |
| Oi Leonardo
| Disciple | Television miniseries |
| Sally4Ever
| Mark | Episode: "#1.4" |
| Space Chickens in Space
| Finley (voice) | 23 episodes |
| Comedy Blaps
| Benton | Episode: "Furious Andrew" |
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| Anthony Stappan | Episodes: "A Battle Of Our Lives" and "Congratulations, Please" |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
|Mr. Swallow |Episode: "18#4" |
| Comedians Giving Lectures
| rowspan="2" | Mr. Swallow | Episode: "#1.7" |
| Harry Hill's Clubnite
| Episode: "#1.2" |
| 2020–present
| Joseph Harries | Also writer |
| 2020
| Hitmen | The Human Spider | Season #1 Episode #1 |
| 2020–2023
| Nathan "Nate" Shelley | Main cast |
| 2021
| Gavin | Episode: "#6.2" |
| 2021, 2023, 2024
| 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Mr. Swallow | Christmas special 2021, Christmas special 2023, Episode: "26#2" |
| 2022
| Mandy | Future Doctor | Episode: "The Curse of Mandy Carter" |
| rowspan="4" | 2024
|Billy Blind |8 episodes |
| Taskmaster
|Himself |Season 17 Contestant |
| Inside No. 9
|Himself | Episode: "Plodding On" |
| Alma's Not Normal
| Jules Goodwin | Series 2 |
| 2025
| Himself |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Character !Venue !Notes |
| rowspan="2" |2023
| rowspan="2" |The Very Best and Very Worst of Mr Swallow | rowspan="2" |Mr. Swallow |UK tour | rowspan="2" |also writer |
| Duke of York's Theatre |
| 2024
|A Christmas Carol-ish |Mr. Swallow |also writer |
| rowspan="2" |2025
|Guest star |One-night only |
| Mr Swallow: Show Pony
|Mr. Swallow |UK tour |also writer |
Awards and nominations
Personal life
Mohammed learned to play the violin as a child and played it in his university orchestra, at St Aidan’s College at Durham University.{{Cite web |title=Does Nick Mohammed really play violin in Ted Lasso? |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/violin/nick-mohammed-plays-ted-lasso-spiegel-im-spiegel/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Classic FM |language=en}} There he met his wife, Becca, whom he married in 2014.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=In 'Ted Lasso,' Nick Mohammed Has Come Full Circle |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a44050186/nick-mohammed-ted-lasso-finale/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Nick |date=December 19, 2014 |title=X |work=X (formerly Twitter) |url=https://x.com/nickmohammed/status/546003513743269889}} Together they have three children.{{cite web |last1=McGuire |first1=Jen |title=Nick Mohammed From Ted Lasso Is A Proud Family Man |url=https://www.romper.com/entertainment/nick-mohammed-wife-kids |website=Romper |publisher=Bustle Digital Group |access-date=2021-10-05 |date=2021-09-17 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926012027/https://www.romper.com/entertainment/nick-mohammed-wife-kids |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=D. Watkins |title=Nate Is A "Troubled Soul" |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/ted-lasso-nate-nick-mohammed/ |website=Salon Talks |publisher=D. Watkins |access-date=2023-04-14 |date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412170938/https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/ted-lasso-nate-nick-mohammed/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Nick Mohammed}}
- {{IMDb name|2945137}}
- [http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/9098-0161-1118 Nick Mohammed on Spotlight]
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Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Category:Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham
Category:English male comedians
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:English sketch comedians
Category:Male actors from Leeds
Category:English people of Indo-Trinidadian descent