
Acting
February 12, 1971 (54 years old)
Hereford, England, UK
Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history plays in 2009 and is known for television roles such as Winston Churchill in the BBC's 37 Days, Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and Jim in the BAFTA award-winning Alma's Not Normal.
Asbury attended Hereford Cathedral School, then Dartington College of Arts. In 1998 he performed at The Watermill Theatre, before joining the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1999 until 2008. He subsequently acted in the all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, for whom he also composed music. A diary of his experiences acting in Propeller's 2011/12 productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale was featured as a series in The Guardian.
His first book, Exit Pursued by a Badger, is a record of his involvement in Michael Boyd's The Histories Cycle with the RSC. It won the Michael Meyer Award from The Society of Authors in 2011. He has since appeared in television series such as The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum, Sherlock, and Alma's Not Normal. His second book, White Hart, Red Lion, is a work of travel literature revisiting the subject of Shakespeare's history plays through the locations that feature in them.

Hostages
2025
as Keith

Brian and Charles
2022
as Stu

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
as Mr. Angel

All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Biggins

Alma's Not Normal
2020
as Jim

Hold the Dark
2018
as Doctor (uncredited)

Innocent
2018
as Ryland

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Trevor Cordiss

The Alienist
2018
as Dr. Tuthill

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
2017
as Vladimir Lenin

Papillon
2017
as Commandant

Theresa vs Boris: How May Became PM
2017

Babs
2017
as Gerald Thomas

Agatha Raisin
2016
as Peter Rice

The Five
2016
as Martin Clark

The Last Kingdom
2015
as Brother Iestyn

Chewing Gum
2015
as Keys

Arthur & Merlin
2015
as Orin

Jacked
2015
as Dying

The Crimson Field
2014
as Padre