Nicholas Gleaves

Nicholas Gleaves
Born	(1969-01-01) 1 January 1969 Bolton, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse(s)	Lesley Sharp (married 1994)
Children	2

Nicholas Gleaves is an English actor and playwright.

Originally from the Halliwell area of Bolton, England he attended Sharples School from 1980-1985. After completing his schooling his mother made him attend a play and this sparked his interest in acting. He is a fan of The Smiths and long time supporter of the Bolton Wanders Football Club. He is married to Lesley Sharp. They have two sons and reside in London.

Career

His first theatre part was as an extra in Don Carlos at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. He did several plays there including the lead in Macbeth. When interviewed about this play he said he never had the superstition that surrounded it, "...all that spitting and spinning round — it all seems like quite hard work".

Gleaves has been in many television shows since 1992. he was Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field. He had the role of Ray Fairburn in Conviction. Conviction was filmed at Salford Lads' Club which delighted Gleaves because of the building's connection to The Smiths. In The Chase he was the father Tom Bedford. In 2009 he said the idea for Survivors, in which he played the scientist Whitaker, was "great". He played DS Andy Roper in the first two series of Scott & Bailey. Of this role he said " I’ve done quite a few cop shows and as much as I enjoy testosterone, shouting at villains and all that, I really fell in love with this. As soon as I read it I saw something new and original. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to be involved because it was so different and very believable."

Gleaves has also started to write shows for radio.

List of credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1992	Boon	Carl	ITV	Series 7, Episode 5
1992	Casualty	George Reynolds	BBC One	Series 7, Episode 6
1993	Heartbeat	Eric Doubleday	ITV	Series 2, Episode 8
1994	Faith	Andy Morgan	ITV
1994	Soldier Soldier	Nicholas Pope	ITV	Series 4, Episode 4
1995	99-1	PC		Series 2, Episode 6
1995	Harry	Dean Hawkins	BBC One	Series 2, Episode 7
1995	Moving Story	Sam		Series 2, Episode 6
1995	Capital Lives	Phil		Series 2, Episode 3
1996	Ellington	Bradley Stokes		Series 1, Episode 5
1996	Madson	Phil Hartigan	BBC	Series 1, Episode 6
1996	Poldark	Stephen Cravenson		TV Movie
1997	Wokenwell	Rudy Whiteside	ITV
1997	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	Chalky	Channel 4	Short film: Ajax
1998	The Bill	Danny Charlton	ITV	Tainted Love: 3 Episodes.
1998-2002	Playing the Field	Rick Powell	BBC One	14 Episodes
2000	My Fragile Heart	Joe Macavoy
2001	In Deep	Bradley Sullivan	BBC	Romeo Trap: 2 Episodes
2001	Perfect	Mike		TV Movie
2001	Now You See Her	Paul	Sky 1	TV Movie
2001	Linda Green	Carl Williamson	BBC One	Series 1, Episode 8
2002	Being April	Eddie	BBC	6 Episodes
2003	The Queen's Nose	Duncan	CBBC	5 Episodes
2004	Dalziel and Pascoe	Sam Mattis	BBC One	Series 8, Episode 4
2004	Down to Earth	Steve Benson		2 Episodes
2004	Doctors	Pete Preston	BBC One	Series 6, Episode 1
2004	Conviction	Ray Fairburn		6 Episodes
2005	Heartbeat	Barry Calder	ITV	Series 14, Episode 15
2005	Silent Witness	Phil Elliot	BBC One	2 Episodes
2006	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Simon Wilson	BBC One	Series 5, Episode 1
2006-2007	The Chase	Tom Bedford	BBC One
2007	City Lights	Gary Tate	ITV	6 Episodes
2008	Fallout	Matt Ryder		TV Movie
2008-2010	Survivors	James Whitaker	BBC One
2009	Robin Hood	Thornton	BBC One	Series 3, Episode 9
2009	Murderland	Oliver	ITV
2010	Foyle's War	Larry Haines	ITV	Series 6, Episode 2
2010	Ashes to Ashes	Geoff Bevan || BBC One || Series 3, Episode 5
2010	Reunited	Andrew		TV Pilot
2011	Twenty Twelve	Anthony Preston	BBC Four	Series 1, Episode 1
2011	Waterloo Road	Richard Whitman	BBC One	6 Episodes
2011-2012	Scott & Bailey	Andy Roper	ITV	Series 1 and 2
2012	Public Enemies	Trevor Brotherton	BBC One
2013	Jo	Maurice Langlois	TF1	Series 1, Episode 1
2013	Vera	Tim Hopkins	ITV	Series 3, Episode 1
2014	Marvellous	Rev Mark	BBC Two	TV Movie
2014	Chasing Shadows	Alex wernley	ITV	2 Episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	Century	Daniel
1994	Fever	Jo
1999	Safer
2006	Half Light	Robert Freedman
2006	Starter for 10	Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
2006	Mysterious Creatures	Richard Nicholas
2008	Incendiary	Lenny
2009	A Congregation of Ghosts	Ellis Baxter
2010	Chatroom	Paul
2014	United Passions	Henri Delaunay

Theatre

His theatre credits include:

• The Front Page.This Sam Mendes production at the Donmore in 1997 had Gleaves as the newshound Wilson.
• On the Shore of the Wide World. In 2005 Gleaves portrayed the father Peter, first at the Royal Exchange Theatre and then at the Royal National Theatre. He was nominated for a MEN Theatre Award in the category of best actor in a leading role.
• Macbeth. He played the lead in 2009 production at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
• Dr Faustus. 2010 saw him take on the role of Mephistophilis.
• Chair. In this 2012 production Gleaves part is that of a soldier. Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) Studio.
• The Saga of Noggin the Nog. Gleaves got to be the nasty uncle Nogbad in the spring of 2013.

External links

• Nicholas Gleaves at the Internet Movie Database