Nick Moran

{{short description|British actor, writer, producer and director}}

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| name = Nick Moran

| image = Nick Moran SMdL 20101008 41515.jpg

| caption = Moran in France, October 2010

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Actor, filmmaker

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| years_active = 1989–present

| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Sienna Guillory|1997|2000|end=div}}
{{marriage|Jasmine Piran
|2015}}

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Nick Moran (born 23 December 1969){{Cite web |last=Register |first=Orange County Register {{!}} Orange County |date=2012-12-23 |title=Dec. 23 celebrity birthdays |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/12/23/dec-23-celebrity-birthdays/|website=Orange County Register |access-date=21 December 2023}} is an English actor and filmmaker. His roles include Eddie the card sharp in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and as Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.

Early life

Moran was born in the East End of London, to a hairdresser mother and an Automobile Association worker father.{{Cite web|title=Nick Moran Biography (1968–)|website=Filmreference.com|date=1 November 2010|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/80/Nick-Moran.html|access-date=27 June 2020}} He grew up on the South Oxhey council estate near Watford and the Greater London boundary.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/08/nick-moran-my-family-values?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 |title=Nick Moran: My family values |last1=McGrath |first1=Nick|date=8 February 2013 |publisher=TheGuardian.com|access-date=5 July 2013}}

Career

= Film =

Moran's first hit film appearance was in 1990 alongside Roger Daltrey and Chesney Hawkes, in Buddy's Song (1990).{{fact|date=September 2024}} His first lead role was later that year, in Vera Neubauer's Don't Be Afraid (1990).{{fact|date=September 2024}} He then went on to star with Britpack waifs Hans Matheson and Samantha Morton in a Coky Giedroyc short, The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996). In Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), he shared the screen with Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and British singer Sting, who played the role of his father, JD.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Moran co-starred with John Hurt in New Blood (1999), and also starred with Joseph Fiennes, Sadie Frost and Tara FitzGerald in Rancid Aluminium (2000).{{fact|date=September 2024}} In 2001, he played the role of Aramis in The Musketeer, a film loosely based on Alexandre Dumas, père's classic novel, The Three Musketeers. The film co-starred Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea and Bill Treacher, with Justin Chambers in the role of D'Artagnan.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

After his directorial début in Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, Moran went on to film The Kid, an adaptation of Kevin Lewis's book of the same name. The film was released in 2010 and stars Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999426.html?categoryid=28&cs=1|title='The Kid' unveils key cast|last=Jaafar|first=Ali|date=2 February 2009|work=Variety|access-date=16 September 2009}}

He appeared as Scabior, a snatcher in Fenrir Greyback's gang, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/3/23/deathly-hallows-casting-news-ciaran-hinds-to-play-aberforth-dumbledore-more-on-nick-moran|title=Deathly Hallows Casting News: Ciaran Hinds to Play Aberforth Dumbledore, More on Nick Moran|date=23 March 2009|website=The-Leaky-Cauldron.org|access-date=26 June 2020}}

= Stage =

Moran's first stage appearances was understudying the lead in Blood Brothers in London's West End. He was in the original cast of Nick Grosso's Real Classy Affair at the Royal Court Theatre. Subsequent appearances include Paul Webb's Four Nights in Knaresborough,{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/6114256.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Nick Moran | date=3 November 2006 | access-date=26 June 2020}} Look Back in Anger both in 2001, Alfie in 2003, The Countess in 2005, and from November 2013 until March 2014, as 'Juror 7' in Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/twelve-angry-men-garrick-theatre--review-8934249.html|title=Twelve Angry Men, Garrick Theatre - review|author=Fiona Mountford|newspaper=London Evening Standard|publisher=ESI Media|date=12 November 2013|access-date=24 January 2014}}

Moran co-wrote the play Telstar with James Hicks. It is a dramatisation of the life of Joe Meek, one of Britain's early independent record producers, who had a massive worldwide hit with the Tornados' 1962 Telstar single.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

The play was directed by Paul Jepson and was staged at the New Ambassadors Theatre, London, from 21 June to 12 September 2005. This was the play's West End début after a small-scale National Tour that featured Linda Robson, Adam Rickitt and Con O'Neill.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

A screen adaptation of the play, directed by Moran, was released in 2009. Con O'Neill reprised his stage role as Meek; Kevin Spacey played his financier, Major Banks.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Moran also starred in the lead role of 'Roaring Trade' at Park Theatre in October 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/roaring-trade|title=Roaring Trade|publisher=Park Theatre|access-date=26 June 2020}}

Personal life

Moran fronts his own Frank Sinatra tribute band, often appearing at London's Café de Paris and various charity events.{{cite news|title= Artists details, Ken McReddie Associates Ltd |work= Ken McReddie Associates Ltd|url= http://www.kenmcreddie.com/Artistsdetails.asp?AType=1&Asx=1&artistID=58 |access-date=29 November 2010}}

In Moran's spare time, he practises karate.{{cite news |title= Film hardman Nick mugged at knife point |work= London Evening Standard |url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23378108-film-hardman-nick-mugged-at-knife-point.do |access-date= 11 June 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101218025043/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23378108-film-hardman-nick-mugged-at-knife-point.do |archive-date= 18 December 2010 |df= dmy-all}}

Filmography

= Feature films =

Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989) – Rick
Don't Be Afraid (1990)
Buddy's Song (1991) – Mike
The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996) – Matt
Clancy's Kitchen (1996) – Ivan
Miss Monday (1998) – Jeremy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) – Eddie
The Rules of Engagement (1999) – Jimmy
New Blood (1999) – Danny White
Star! Star! (1999) – Anatol
Rancid Aluminium (2000) – Harry the dealer
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) – Christie Malry
The Proposal (2001) – Terry Martin
Another Life (2001) – Percy Thompson
The Musketeer (2001) – Aramis
White Bits (2002) – Dave
Ant Muzak (2002) – Goddard
Ashes and Sand (2002) – Daniel
Ten Minutes (2003) – Andy
Noise Control (2003) – The Pilot
Chaos and Cadavers (2003) – Edward Taggert
The Baby Juice Express (2004) – Des
Spivs (2004) – Steve
Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004) – Bryan MacGreggor
American Daylight (2004) – Lawrence Stokowski
The Last Drop (2005) – Pvt. Alan Ives
Silent Partner (2005) – Gordon Patrick
Puritan (2005) – Simon Puritan
The Pistachio Nut (2005) – Peter Hall
The Amazing Grace (2006) – John Newton (also writer)
Clubbing to Death (2007) – Mark
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008) – Alex Meek (also writer and director)
Goal III: Taking on the World (2009) – Nick Ashworth
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) – Scabior
The Kid (2010) (writer and director)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) – Scabior
Prisoners of the Sun (2013) – Adam Prime
Little Favour (2013)
Our Lady of Lourdes (2014) - Detective
Age of Kill (2015) – Roy Dixon
Down Dog (2015) – Bill
Crow (2016)
My Name Is Lenny (2017) – Johnny Bootnose
London Heist (2017) – DCI Wickstead
Accident Man (2018) – Leonard Kent
Terminal (2018) – Illing
Boogie Man (2018)
Avengement (2019) – Hyde
82 (2020) – Nick
Nemesis (2021) – Frank Conway
Creation Stories (2021) – Malcolm McLaren (also director){{cite web|first1=Amber|last1=Wilkinson|access-date=2021-02-27|title='Creation Stories': Glasgow Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/creation-stories-glasgow-review/5157072.article|website=Screen}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-27|title=Creation Records' Alan McGee: 'A film producer taking me to a crack house? Never! I found them myself!'|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/creation-records-alan-mcgee-irvine-welsh-danny-boyle-britpop-ewen-bremner-883289|date=22 February 2021|website=inews.co.uk}}{{cite news|first1=Will|last1=Hodgkinson|access-date=2021-02-27|title=Creation Stories review — an authentic capturing of a chaotic world|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/creation-stories-review-an-authentic-capturing-of-a-chaotic-world-t3zwwg70c|issn=0140-0460|newspaper=The Times}}
Renegades (2022) – Burton
Hounded (2022)
Repeater (2022)
Boudica (2023) - Catus Decianus
Firecracker (2024) - Knight
Cookster: The Darkest Days (2025)

= Television =

Heartbeat – "Keep on Running" (1992) as Rick Parker
Eldorado (1992) – as Jim
Casualty – "Money Talks" (1992) as Jez
The Bill – "In Broad Daylight" (1993) as Dean Stacey / "Picking Up the Pieces" (1995) as Todd Grant / "A Bitter Pill" (1997) as Paul Shea
Midsomer Murders – "Blood Will Out" (1999) as Michael Smith
CI5: The New Professionals – "Miss Hit" (1999) as Tony Radelli
Born to Shine (2011)
Mr Selfridge (2012) as Reg Towler
The Wrong Mans as Stevens
By Any Means as Jamie Caine
The Great Train Robbery as Jack Slipper
Death in Paradise (2015) as Pete Thunders
Babs (2017) as John Deeks
Celebrity MasterChef (2017) as Contestant
Inside No. 9 – "Once Removed" (2018) as Spike
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – "This Rough Magic" (2018) as Steffan Shiplake
Richard Osman's House of Games (2022) as Contestant{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015p4d|title=Richard Osman's House of Games, Series 5, Week 19 – BBC Two|publisher=BBC|access-date=24 March 2022}}