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Acting

Nicholas Ball

Career: Active from 1972 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 19
top three billing

Average score: 48/100

Highest rated: Overlord
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Nicholas Ball Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Family Dynamics
3.1, average 4.8
Wholesome
1.7, average 3.4
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 3
Character-Driven 2
British Drama 2
Social Commentary 2
Neo-Noir 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
True Crime 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Historical Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 38

The Kingdom by the Sea

as Ray

A New Breed of Criminal

42

as Charlie Kray

Trafficking

49

as David Willis

The Haunting of Pendle Hill

23

as Uncle Alfred

2010s

6 titles · average score 31

Pentagram

25

as Mr Halsey

Muse

as Mr. Williams

The Krays: Dead Man Walking

30

as Harry Webster

Doom Room

40

as Man

Fifteen

as Mr. Allen

Peter

as Martin Clement

2000s

11 titles · average score 50

Dead Man Running

35

as Fight Bookie

Sisterhood

as Jack

Mutant Chronicles

32

as Plutocrat

Norfolk Coast

as Tucker

Footballers' Wives: Extra Time

TV show

Hustle

73

TV show · as Frank Rice

The Commander

65

TV show · as John Dawson

Footballers' Wives

39

TV show · as Garry Ryan

Out of Depth

as Lenny

The Coral Island

TV show · as Pirate Captain

Urban Gothic

55

TV show · as Mr Dimes

1990s

9 titles · average score 68

The Manor

59

as Sir Everett Blake

Croupier

77

as Jack Snr.

Jonathan Creek

77

TV show · as Vincent Rees

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

TV show · as Larry Lockton

Pie in the Sky

80

TV show · as DCI Doggett

as Sheffield

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

37

TV show · as Derek Perkins

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Gregory Flambard / Charlie Fenton

Cluedo

TV show · as Mr. Hall

1980s

14 titles · average score 71

Colin's Sandwich

TV show · as Alan Hunter

Red Dwarf

83

TV show · as Simulant

Lifeforce

56

as Roger Derebridge

Claudia

as Howard

A.D.

63

TV show · as Römischer Offizier

Video Stars

as Bob

The Young Ones

86

TV show · as Dr. Jim Morrison

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Hardaker

Sorry

as Terry

Hammer House of Horror

72

TV show · as William

Life for Christine

as Colin

Thicker Than Water

as John Arnott

1970s

10 titles · average score 71

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Ken Johnson

Hazell

62

TV show · as James Hazell

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

71

as Skeffington

The Crezz

TV show · as Colin Pitman

Rogue Male

60

as 2nd Seaman

The Picture of Dorian Gray

81

as James Vane

Overlord

79

as Arthur

as Geoff

Play for Today

72

TV show · as John Arnott / Terry

TV show · as Karl

1960s

2 titles · average score 61

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Philip

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as James Vane