Nolan Hemmings
{{Short description|English stage and film actor}}
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Nolan Hemmings (born 1970) is an English stage and film actor. He is known for his role as Charles E. Grant in Band of Brothers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=38204|title=Nolan Hemmings|website=www.aveleyman.com}}
Early life
Hemmings is the son of British actor/director David Hemmings and American actress Gayle Hunnicutt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/05/guardianobituaries.film|title=Obituary: David Hemmings|first=Tim|last=Pulleine|date=5 December 2003|via=www.theguardian.com}} He is named after his father's character, Captain Nolan, in The Charge of the Light Brigade.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448543/Rollercoaster-life-of-60s-icon-David-Hemmings.html |title=Rollercoaster life of 60s icon David Hemmings |first=Hugh |last=Davies |date=5 December 2003 |work=The Telegraph}}
Career
An early appearance was as the young David in the 1986 BBC series David Copperfield.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3967667|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506233317/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3967667|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2021|title=Nolan Hemmings|website=BFI}} He may be most known worldwide for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Charles 'Chuck' Grant in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nolan-hemmings/credits/168272|title=Nolan Hemmings | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}} His character survived a gunshot to the head after the war ended while on occupation duty.{{cite book |title=Band of Brothers: Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest |first=Stephen E. |last=Ambrose |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-7434-6411-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bandofbrothers00ambr_0 |page=285}}
In the film Last Orders, he played a younger version of Lenny, his father David's character.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/last-orders-v255210/cast-crew|title=Last Orders (2001) - Fred Schepisi | Cast and Crew | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}
He is also an actor in London's West End Theatre, and played vicar Jamie Flynn in Heartbeat (2006).{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/6ad/nolan-hemmings|title=Nolan Hemmings | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/tt5zx/heartbeat--s15-e18-runners-and-riders/|title=Heartbeat - S15 - Episode 18: Runners and Riders|website=Radio Times}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0376110|Nolan Hemmings}}
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