Nicholas Pinnock

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 2, 1973

Place of Birth:
Balham, London, England, UK

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Nicholas Pinnock

Biography

Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is a British actor. He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the ABC legal drama For Life and as Truman Dawes in the Peacock crime drama Long Bright River.

Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia.

On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance.

After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time.

In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician. A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV.

In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty. TV films followed, such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy.

Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke, and San Diego, directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival. He appeared in Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2009.

Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011. After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters. The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013.

Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Heavyweight Adam
2025 The Assessment Walter
2025 The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2024 Asa John
2024 Reawakening DI Chambers
2024 The Book of Clarence Jesus of Nazareth
2024 The Book of Clarence Jesus
2024 Here Devon Harris
2023 Black Dog David
2021 Things I Never Told My Father Anthony
2020 Four The Hotel Manager
2020 The Line Dwight
2019 Origami Marcus
2019 Dark Encounter Sheriff Reese Jordan
2019 The Last Tree Mr. Williams
2018 VS. Terry
2016 Lock In Jimmy
2016 Goalie Mark
2014 The Keeping Room Bill
2014 Monsters: Dark Continent Forrest
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger SHIELD Tech
2001 Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind Ben Harris
1999 New World Disorder Weldon
Hedda Roland
Can I Help? Daniel
Year TV Show Role
2025 Long Bright River Truman Dawes
2024 This Town Deuce Williams
2023 Django John Ellis
2022 Suspect Joseph Buckley
2020 For Life Aaron Wallace
2020 Unsaid Stories Oliver
2019 Criminal: UK Paul Ottager
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2017 Counterpart Ian Shaw
2017 Guerrilla Julian
2016 Marcella Jason Backland
2016 Barbarians Rising Hannibal
2015 Fortitude Frank Sutter
2015 Midwinter of the Spirit
2013 The Ice Cream Girls Evan
2003 Spine Chillers Jon
2002 Footballers' Wives Dean
1993 Peak Practice Ben
1978 Grange Hill Jerome Cairns
Two Weeks in August Solomon
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