Heavyweight
2026 · Movie
as Adam
Nicholas Pinnock
1973-09-02
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Balham, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Leopard
2026 · Movie
Two Weeks in August
2026 · TV Show
as Solomon
Fightland
2026 · TV Show
as Kingsley Marshall
Hedda
2025 · Movie
as Judge Roland Brack
The Assessment
2025 · Movie
as Walter
From Sidney, with Love
2025 · Movie
as Eustace
Long Bright River
2025 · TV Show
as Truman Dawes
Asa
2024 · Movie
as John
Reawakening
2024 · Movie
as DI Chambers
The Book of Clarence
2024 · Movie
as Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus
Here
2024 · Movie
as Devon Harris
Going
2024 · Movie
as Mike
This Town
2024 · TV Show
as Deuce Williams
Black Dog
2023 · Movie
as David
Django
2023 · TV Show
as John Ellis
Suspect
2022 · TV Show
as Joseph Buckley
Things I Never Told My Father
2021 · Movie
as Anthony
Four
2020 · Movie
as The Hotel Manager
The Line
2020 · Movie
as Dwight
For Life
2020 · TV Show
as Aaron Wallace
Unsaid Stories
2020 · TV Show
as Oliver
Origami
2019 · Movie
as Marcus
Dark Encounter
2019 · Movie
as Sheriff Reese Jordan
The Last Tree
2019 · Movie
as Mr. Williams
Criminal: UK
2019 · TV Show
as Paul Ottager
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
as Self
VS.
2018 · Movie
as Terry
Counterpart
2017 · TV Show
as Ian Shaw
Guerrilla
2017 · TV Show
as Julian
Lock In
2016 · Movie
as Jimmy
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Goalie
2016 · Movie
as Mark
Marcella
2016 · TV Show
as Jason Backland
Barbarians Rising
2016 · TV Show
as Hannibal
Fortitude
2015 · TV Show
as Frank Sutter
Midwinter of the Spirit
2015 · TV Show
The Keeping Room
2014 · Movie
as Bill
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014 · Movie
as Forrest
The Ice Cream Girls
2013 · TV Show
as Evan Farley
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · Movie
as SHIELD Tech
Spine Chillers
2003 · TV Show
as Jon
Footballers' Wives
2002 · TV Show
as Dean
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Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001 · Movie
as Ben Harris
New World Disorder
1999 · Movie
as Weldon
Peak Practice
1993 · TV Show
as Ben
Grange Hill
1978 · TV Show
as Jerome Cairns
Can I Help?
· Movie
as Daniel
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Sycoraxe
· Movie
as Benny
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Bare
· Movie
