"A Close Shave A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations. It is the third film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit, following ""A Grand Day Out"" (1989) and ""The Wrong Trousers"" (1993). In ""A Close Shave,"" Wallace and Gromit uncover a plot to rustle sheep by a sinister dog. Like ""The Wrong Trousers"", it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit operate a window cleaning business. As they clean the windows of a wool shop, Wallace falls for shopkeeper"
"Nick Dimitri Nick Dimitri (born December 27, 1932), is a stuntman and actor best known as Charles Bronson's black leather blazer wearing opponent in the climax of ""Hard Times"". In addition to fisticuffs, his speciality was dying violently on screen. He was a regular stuntman on the World War II TV series ""The Rat Patrol"" and a double for action actors Sean Connery and William Smith. He helped set up the great fights in ""Darker than Amber"" and ""Any Which Way You Can"". Dimitri was also memorable playing Angie Dickinson's undead husband in the 1973 cult TV Movie ""The Norliss"
"Tapes"". He later became a fixture in many of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films, stood up to Steven Seagal in ""Out for Justice"", and doubled for the one arm man in the big screen version of ""The Fugitive"". Nick Dimitri Nick Dimitri (born December 27, 1932), is a stuntman and actor best known as Charles Bronson's black leather blazer wearing opponent in the climax of ""Hard Times"". In addition to fisticuffs, his speciality was dying violently on screen. He was a regular stuntman on the World War II TV series ""The Rat Patrol"" and a double for action actors Sean Connery and"
"Nick Purcell Nicholas ""Nick"" Purcell (born June 28, 1990) is an American actor best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series ""The Troop"". He is originally from Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire. He graduated in 2008 from Concord High School. In his Nickelodeon series, ""The Troop"", Nick plays Jake Collins, a Freshman Monster Hunter with his fellow Troop members, Felix, Hayley, and Mr. Stockley. They go on various adventures trying to help save their town from deadly monsters. Also, he plays a role in the 2009 movie ""Surrogates"", as well as other roles listed in the filmography below."
"Nick Purcell Nicholas ""Nick"" Purcell (born June 28, 1990) is an American actor best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series ""The Troop"". He is originally from Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire. He graduated in 2008 from Concord High School. In his Nickelodeon series, ""The Troop"", Nick plays Jake Collins, a Freshman Monster Hunter with his fellow Troop members, Felix, Hayley, and Mr. Stockley. They go on various adventures trying to help save their town from deadly monsters. Also, he plays a role in the 2009 movie ""Surrogates"", as well as other roles listed in the filmography below."
"Bob Baker (scriptwriter) Robert John ""Bob"" Baker (born 26 July 1939) is a British television and film writer. He is best known as the co-author (with Nick Park) of the Wallace and Gromit films ""The Wrong Trousers"", ""A Close Shave"" and """" and ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"" (in which a character (Baker Bob) is named after him). Baker and Dave Martin began writing for Harlech Television (HTV), the local ITV franchise. One of their earliest works was Thick As Thieves starring Leonard Rossiter. Baker wrote for ""Doctor Who"" between 1971 and 1979. For all but the last of"
"at the London Olympians and at Valley Trojans. Stephen Marcus Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the film ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"". Marcus became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at Arts Educational Schools in London; he spent the first six months of his career touring throughout London's parks and schools in ""Robin Hood & The Tree Trick"", which was quickly followed by his first film role as Moose in the cult film ""My Beautiful Laundrette"". After a"
"He has two children, Brawley (b. 1986) (who has had a few acting roles himself) and Sophie (b. 2007) with his wife Clytie Lane. Nolte received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, November 20, 2017. Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film ""The Prince of Tides"". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for ""Affliction"" (1998) and"
"Nick Nolte Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor, producer, author, and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film ""The Prince of Tides"". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for ""Affliction"" (1998) and ""Warrior"" (2011). His other film appearances include ""The Deep"" (1977), ""Who'll Stop The Rain"" (1978), ""North Dallas Forty"" (1979), ""48 Hrs."" (1982), ""Teachers"" (1984), ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"" (1986), ""Another 48 Hrs."" (1990), ""Everybody Wins"" (1990), ""Cape"
"He was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Adam in 1992 and Trainspotter in 1997. Moll currently lives in Bristol. He has a daughter and son. Chris Moll Chris (or Christopher) Moll is a British film producer. He won the BAFTA for Best Short Animated Film in 1994 for The Wrong Trousers. Moll was born in Colchester. He was educated at Devonport High School for Boys and University of Bristol, graduating with a BA in Drama. His credits as a producer and executive producer include Of Time and the City, Nowhere Boy, Hamilton Mattress, The Girl with all"
"Nurse's Ball. Nick Viall Nicholas Joseph Viall (born September 29, 1980) is an American actor, television personality and model who had a starring role on the 21st season of ABC's ""The Bachelor"", after finishing as runner-up in two consecutive seasons of ""The Bachelorette"". Nicholas Joseph Viall was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin to Mary and Christopher. The family has eleven children: six daughters and five sons. Viall is the second of eleven, having six sisters and four brothers. Jessica is his older sister, and his younger sisters are Sarah, Maria, Teressa, Olivia and Bella. His younger brothers are Luke, James, Peter"
"Nyle DiMarco Nyle DiMarco (born May 8, 1989) is an American model, actor, and deaf activist. In 2015, DiMarco was the second male winner and the first deaf winner of The CW's ""America's Next Top Model Cycle 22"". The following year, he won season 22 of the ABC televised dance competition ""Dancing with the Stars"", with professional dance partner Peta Murgatroyd. DiMarco was born Nyle Thompson, explaining in 2016 that at some unspecified point, ""We changed our last name from Thompson to DiMarco (our mother's maiden name)."" DiMarco grew up in Frederick, Maryland, where he attended the Maryland School for"
"and the scowl and the leather jacket. He is like that, he is a Dickensian baddy."" Frankie Fitzgerald, who played Nick's son Ashley Cotton from 2000 to 2001, agreed: ""The look of Nasty Nick, you know, he was a bad guy. Even when he gets dressed up in a suit, he's still got the earring, he's still got the rings, he's still got the tattoo on his neck."" One of Nick's most notable returns to the series occurred in 1990. Nick returned to his mother's life with the claim that he was a born-again Christian, which happened to coincide with"
"Charles Rocket Charles Adams Claverie (August 28, 1949 – October 7, 2005), known by such stage names as Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and, most famously, Charles Rocket, was an American actor, comedian and television news reporter. He was best known for his tenure as a cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"", for his role as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film ""Dumb and Dumber"", and for his appearance as Dave Dennison, Max and Dani Dennison's father, in Disney's ""Hocus Pocus"". Rocket was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Mary Aurelia (Fogler) and Sumner Abbott ""Ham"" Claverie. He attended"
"the case. Rocket was 56 years old. Charles Rocket Charles Adams Claverie (August 28, 1949 – October 7, 2005), known by such stage names as Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and, most famously, Charles Rocket, was an American actor, comedian and television news reporter. He was best known for his tenure as a cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"", for his role as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film ""Dumb and Dumber"", and for his appearance as Dave Dennison, Max and Dani Dennison's father, in Disney's ""Hocus Pocus"". Rocket was born in Bangor, Maine, the son of Mary Aurelia (Fogler)"
"Stephen Marcus Stephen Marcus (born Stephen Mark Scott; 18 June 1962) is a British actor, best known for his role as Nick the Greek in the film ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"". Marcus became an actor in 1984 after three years of training at Arts Educational Schools in London; he spent the first six months of his career touring throughout London's parks and schools in ""Robin Hood & The Tree Trick"", which was quickly followed by his first film role as Moose in the cult film ""My Beautiful Laundrette"". After a few years working in theatre, commercials and supporting"
"Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, magician, and singer. He is known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On television, he is known for playing the title character on ""Doogie Howser, M.D."" (1989–1993), Barney Stinson on ""How I Met Your Mother"" (2005–2014, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf in ""A Series of Unfortunate Events"" (2017–present). Harris is also known for his role as the title character in Joss Whedon's musical ""Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"" (2008)"
"Tracy Letts Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. He received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play """" and a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the revival of ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" (2013). He is also known for his portrayal of Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of Showtime's ""Homeland"", for which he has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards as a member of the ensemble. He currently portrays Nick on the HBO comedy ""Divorce"". In 2017, Letts starred in three critically acclaimed"
"Nick Jones (writer) Nick Jones (born 1978) is an Alaskan born playwright, screenwriter, and performer. In television, he is known for working as a writer and producer on the first four seasons of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black as well as the Netflix series GLOW. He has also written several critically acclaimed works for the theater, including the 2008 puppet rock musical Jollyship the Whiz-Bang (in which he also starred) The Coward, (2010) and Trevor (2013). The Coward won 2 Lortel Awards(for Kristen Schaal and Gabriel Berry). Circle X Theatre's 2015 production of Trevor, starring Jimmi Simpson"
"Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. His father was born in Iraq. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley in the 1983 film ""Flashdance"". He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including ""NCIS"" as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer (later Special Agent) Ziva David, ""The O.C."" as Dr. Neil Roberts, and ""Damages"" as Phil Grey. He also appeared as Congressman Stewart with Queen Latifah in the 2006 comedy movie ""Last Holiday"" and LAPD Detective Thomas Beck in the science fiction action film ""The"
"bottle, and he is later taken to the police, who imprison him in a city zoo. Wallace and Gromit celebrate paying off their debts with the reward money while the techno trousers, consigned to the dustbin, walk off into the sunset. ""The Wrong Trousers"" was voted as the eighteenth-best British television show by the British Film Institute. It has a unanimously positive score on Rotten Tomatoes with 24 reviews, 100% positive and an average score of 9.1/10. The film was awarded the Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival and the Grand Prix at the World Festival of Animated film"
"""Shades of Truth"" with Christopher Lamber and Giancarlo Giannini. In 2017 he is joining the Adventure game ""Pechino Express "" hosted by Costantino della Gherardesca. Alessandro Egger Alessandro Egger (born September 6, 1993) is an Italian-Serbian male model and actor. He is recognised as Nick in the teen-drama situation comedy called ""The band"". He is known for being present in most of the Dolce Gabbana fashion shows since the beginning of his career. Egger was born in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, and moved to Como, Italy, when he was 6 years old. He lives in Belgrade. Egger's career started at"
"Blake Berris Blake Everett Berris is an American actor known for his roles both in independent films and television. Berris originated the role of Nick Fallon on NBC's soap opera ""Days of Our Lives"" for which he received an Emmy nomination. Other TV credits include AMC's ""Breaking Bad"", CBS's ""The Big Bang Theory"", Netflix's ""Longmire"", and Freeform's hit show, ""Pretty Little Liars"". In 2015 was the Axe - Man in Europe, South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Performed onstage with Laura Dern in the play, If All The Sky Were Paper, at the Kirk Douglas Theater in 2014. Berris"
"current affairs series ""Newsnight"". In 1989 he moved away from the central BBC in London to become the Head of Television Features at BBC Bristol. There he oversaw over forty environmental documentaries made by the BBC Natural History Unit, and was also responsible for forging the BBC's relationship with Bristol-based animation studio Aardman Animations, becoming an executive producer on the company's Academy Award-winning short film ""The Wrong Trousers"" (1993). In 1993 he left the BBC to take up a position as Head of Factual Programmes at Channel 4, having been specifically identified as a ""rising star"" by the channel's Chief"
"Marc Evan Jackson Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as Sparks Nevada in the ""Thrilling Adventure Hour"", Kevin Cozner in ""Brooklyn Nine-Nine"", Trevor Nelsson in ""Parks and Recreation"", Dr. Murphy in ""22 Jump Street"", and Shawn in ""The Good Place"". Jackson was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in nearby Amherst, New York, along with his two siblings, a brother and a sister. He graduated from Amherst Central High School in 1988, and obtained a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in 1992 with a"
"Nick Swardson Nicholas Roger Swardson (born October 9, 1976) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernadino in the comedy series ""Reno 911!"", for his work with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, and for his own personal sketch comedy series ""Nick Swardson's Pretend Time"". A native of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, Swardson was born to Pamela and Roger Eric Swardson, and is the youngest of three siblings — he has a sister, Rachel, and a brother, John. Roger Swardson (1934–2003) was an editor and journalist — having written"
"Nick Gomez (actor) Nick Gomez is an American actor best known for his roles on ""The Walking Dead"", ""Dexter"" and ""The Red Road"" Gomez began acting as a child. There was a film set near his home town that he would frequently visit, directors would often use him as an extra. He got his first speaking role in ""Young Guns II"", speaking one word opposite Kiefer Sutherland. Gomez has had an array of supporting roles in film and television. He most notable television roles are Jay on ""Treme"", Tomas on ""The Walking Dead"", Javier 'El Sapo' Guzman on ""Dexter"" and"
"into the sunset, making a delivery and listening to ""Puppy Love"" (performed, according to the record cover, by ""Doggy Osmond""). In 2010, ""Empire"" magazine placed Gromit first in their list of ""The 50 best animated movie characters"". ""Empire"" wrote that: ""Gromit doesn't ever say a word, but there has never been a more expressive character (animated or otherwise) to grace our screens."" Gromit's birthday is 12 February. In ""The Wrong Trousers"", he is seen circling the date on a calendar. Although not overtly setting the series in any particular town, Nick Park had previously hinted that its milieu was inspired"
"Hidden"". He also starred opposite Julie Andrews as King Marchand in the 1995 Broadway adaptation of ""Victor/Victoria."" Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. His father was born in Iraq. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley in the 1983 film ""Flashdance"". He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including ""NCIS"" as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer (later Special Agent) Ziva David, ""The O.C."" as Dr. Neil Roberts, and ""Damages"" as Phil Grey. He also appeared as Congressman Stewart with Queen Latifah in the"
"George Houvardas George Houvardas is an Australian actor who is best known for his role as Nick ""Carbo"" Karandonis in the television series ""Packed to the Rafters"". Houvardas is the son of Anastasia (a teacher) and Michael (an accountant) and has two brothers, Steve and Tony (""fat Tony"") Houvardas. Houvardas is a graduate of Screenwise drama school and works part-time, along with his brothers, at his family's restaurant in McMahons Point, Sydney. Houvardas’s school years saw many sporting achievements reached. From years 7 to 10, he was the school marathon champion. He also won Goalkeeper of the Year (in his"
"one hit Nick in the face and temporarily blinded him and in the aftermath, he dated Ramona (Ashleigh Seagar) but they broke up when Nick clumsily misplaced her baby, Lucy. Nick started an awkward fling with Rachel when she was struck by lightning which soon ended when Rachel recovered. Nick dated a woman named Vanessa but when Waverley returned to town, the two finally reconciled. Nick forgave Waverley when she cheated on him but couldn't accept her when she cut his hair without consent. The two broke up. Nick saved good friend Minnie Crozier (Katrina Devine) from entering prostitution and"
"""True Justice"" and Frank Pike on ""Arrow"". His most notable role is Nick Barron in the English Language version of ""19-2"" on Bravo, which garnered him a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 2017. His film work includes ""Red Riding Hood"", ""Elysium"" and ""The Cabin in the Woods"". Adrian Holmes Adrian Holmes (born 1974) is a Welsh-born Canadian actor. He is known for his work on the Bravo television series ""19-2"", for which he won a Canadian Screen Award in 2017. Holmes was born in Wrexham, North Wales. He moved, with his family,"
"Nick Knowles Nicholas Simon Augustine Knowles (born 21 September 1962) is an English television presenter, writer and musical artist. He is best known for his presenting roles on the BBC, including game shows ""Who Dares Wins"" (2007–present), ""Break the Safe"" (2013–2014) and ""5-Star Family Reunion"" (2015–2016). Knowles presents the DIY series ""DIY SOS"" (1999–present) for BBC One and co-presented the daytime series ""Real Rescues"" (2007–2013). Knowles was born in Southall, Middlesex. He has one brother, John, and three sisters, Karen, Angela and Sheila. Aged 11, Knowles moved to Mildenhall in Suffolk, attending St Louis Middle School. After he moved again,"