Will Merrick

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| name = Will Merrick

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| caption = Merrick at the NME Awards in 2012

| birth_name = William Charles MerrickBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ledbury, Herefordshire, England

| education = The Downs School
Dean Close School

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2009–present

| known_for = Skins (2011–2012)
About Time (2013)
The Rack Pack (2016)
Brief Encounters (2016)
Dead Pixels (2019)

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William Charles Merrick (born 9 April 1993) is an English screen and stage actor. His debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series Skins as the character Alo Creevey.[http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s89/skins/tubetalk/a296161/meet-the-skins-will-merrick.html/ Meet the Skins Will Merrick]

Early life and education

Merrick originates from Ledbury in Herefordshire.[http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/8771516.Ledbury_teenager_throws_party_to_mark_debut_in__Skins_/?ref=rss/ Will Merrick throws party to mark debut in Skins] He attended The Downs School, Malvern and Dean Close School. He came in the top ten of over 50,000 candidates for the 2009 drama GCSE examination.{{cite web|url=http://www.skinsfansite.com/2010/09/will-marrick-theatre-formation.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309125847/http://www.skinsfansite.com/2010/09/will-marrick-theatre-formation.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2011|title=Will Merrick theatre formation|work=skinsfansite}}

Career

As a member of the Close up Theatre, Merrick performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and 2011, in the productions of The History Boys playing Posner and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, playing Charley.[http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/227967-death-of-a-salesman/ Death of a salesman] At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012–2013 Merrick started a theatre company No Prophet at the age of 18. With it he played roles in Punk Rock, a stage production by Simon Stephens, and Boys written by Ella Hickson.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/256066-punk-rock/|title=Punk Rock, Edinburgh Festival Guide|work=edinburghfestival|access-date=17 June 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/boys|title=Punk Rock, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe|work=edfringe|access-date=15 July 2013}}

In 2011, Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins, playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck.{{cite web|url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/interviews/exclusives/578-will-merrick-skins-interview|title=Will Merrick ('Skins') interview|date=1 March 2011|access-date=14 May 2012|work=cultbox}} He described his character as a "loving person, very open-minded, positive and enthusiastic kind of guy."[http://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2010/11/skins-season-5-meet-will-merrick.html/ Skins 5 meet Will Merrick]

In February 2012, Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star.[https://twitter.com/buckingabout/status/170256920530255872/ RTS Bristol Best Actor Will Merrick] In the same year he was also nominated for Best Actor at TV Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/node/6167|title=Nominations TV Choice Awards 2012|work=tvchoicemagazine|access-date=22 May 2012}}

In May 2012, Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns,{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/time-stardom-lands-big-screen-role/story-16248453-detail/story.html|title=About time for stardom as Will lands big screen role|work=thisisgloucestershire|access-date=31 Aug 2012}} in the role of Dean.{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/will-merrick#profile-1|title=Will Merrick Credits|work=unitedagents|access-date=31 Aug 2012}} In the same year he has landed his first big screen role as Jay in Richard Curtis' new romantic comedy About Time alongside Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.

Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-12-06/skins-actor-will-merrick-to-appear-in-doctor-who|title=Skins actor Will Merrick appeared in Doctor Who|work=Radio Times|first=Susanna|last=Lazarus|date=6 December 2012|access-date=8 December 2012}} He played the role of Tom, alongside Jessie Cave, in an episode of Coming Up aired on Channel 4 in July 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coming-up/episode-guide/series-8/episode-1|title=Coming Up Episode Guide|access-date=15 July 2013|work=Channel 4}} and was a guest star in BBC fantasy series Atlantis.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s230/atlantis/news/a531181/atlantis-episode-8-review-blood-ties-and-past-lies.html|title='Atlantis' episode 8 review: Blood ties and past lies|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|date=16 Nov 2013|access-date=1 Dec 2013|work=Digital Spy}}

Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack. In 2016 Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters. He played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark. From 2019 to 2021 Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels.

Film

class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \| About Time \| Jay \| Director: Richard Curtis
2017 \| Modern Life Is Rubbish \| Olly \|
2021 \| A Classic Horror Story \| \|
2023 \| Barbie \| Young Mattel Employee \|
2025	{{pending film\|F1}}	Nickleby	Filming

Television

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Platform

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2011–2012

| Skins

| Alo Creevey

| E4

| 17 episodes
Won—RTS Award for Best Actor
Nominated—TV Choice Award for Best Actor

2012

|In with the Flynns

|Dean

| BBC One

| 1 episode "Frozen Assets" No.2.6

2013

| Doctor Who

| Brains

| BBC One

| |Series 7, 1 episode No.3.13 "Nightmare in Silver"

2013

| Coming Up

| Tom

| Channel 4

| 1 episode No.8.2 "Burger Van Champion"

2013

| Atlantis

| Arcas

| BBC One

| 1 episode No.1.8 "The Furies"

2015

| Count Arthur Strong

| Jeremy

| BBC Two

| 1 episode No. 2.2 "The Day The Clocks Went Back"

2016

| Brief Encounters

| Russell

| ITV

| 6 episodes

2016

| The Rack Pack

| Steve Davis

| BBC iPlayer

| 1 episode

2017

| Poldark

| Arthur Solway

| BBC One

| 2 episodes

2019–2021

| Dead Pixels

| Nicky

| E4

| 12 episodes

2023

|Silo

| Danny

| Apple TV+

| 2 episodes

2023

| Bodies

| Constable Byrne

| Netflix

| 3 episodes

2023

| Miss Scarlet and the Duke

| Martin Crabtree

| Alibi / PBS

| 1 episode "The Heir"

Theatre

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2"|2009

| The Taming of the Shrew

| Grumio

| Close Up Theatre

Amadeus

| Venticello

| Close Up Theatre

rowspan="2"|2010

| Hamlet

| Polonius

| Close Up Theatre

The History Boys

| Posner

| Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2011

| Death of a Salesman

| Charley

| Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2012

| Punk Rock

| William Carlisle

| Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2013

| Boys

| Benny{{cite web|url=http://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/ehe8-boys|title=EHE8: Boys|access-date=3 Oct 2013|work=Arcola Theatre}}

| Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Arcola Theatre

2013–2014

| Wendy & Peter Pan

| Slightly

| Royal Shakespeare Company{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/wendy-and-peter-pan/cast.aspx|title=Wendy And Peter Pan|access-date=9 Sep 2013|work=Royal Shakespeare Company}}

2014–2015

| Merlin

| Merlin

| Royal & Derngate

2018

| Death of a Salesman

| Bernard

| Royal Exchange Theatre