Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film and stage actor, voice artist, writer and choreographer.
Biography Gledhill was born in Sydney, New South Wales to parents Bobbie Gledhill and actor Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, New South Wales and attended St Andrew's Cathedral School. At the age of 19 he moved to England, to try out for drama school and attended Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from which he graduated in 1998.
He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of PS in Careful, He Might Hear You (1983), the story of a young boy in the middle of a custody battle between his two aunts based on the novel by Sumner Locke Elliott. Gledhill was nominated for a Best Actor award by the Australian Film Institute for this role in 1984.
Gledhill has worked mainly in film and television, and as a Stage Combat Master and choreographer, an acting teacher and is a prize-winning writer (ICI/STC Young Writers Competition).
Some of his stage roles include Edgar and Sebastian in the Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia's production of King Lear and The Tempest. He was featured in a Sunday Life article on child stars and performed various roles at the Edinburgh Festival, in a collection of 12 short plays called Light Bites and Tasty Treats.
In 2010 he played Demetrius, in the Acting Factory production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in the same year played the role of Watch in the SpaceCraft Productions production of the official Sydney Fringe Festival selection, Closing Time.
Nicholas, along with PJ Collins, founded the Arts Party in October 2013 and registered by the Australian Electoral Commission in August 2014. Creation of the Party was inspired by the importance of the arts and of creative action.
Money for the party's registration was raised through a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo to gather the funds and the list of signed-up members required to register the party. Although the Party garnered a large amount of support at the time of its creation, it was voluntarily deregistered with the Australian Electoral Commission on 25 June 2019, but remains registered for local elections with the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
Personal life He lives in Sydney with his wife, Amelia, and their two children, Tigerlily and Wolfgang.
Filmography Production Type Company Role Also featuring Year Dead Down Under Film Terror Australis Carlisle 2012 Wild Boys TV Seven Network Cobb & Co Passenger Daniel MacPherson, Michael Dorman 2011 Panasonic TV / Olympics Commercial Panasonic Man on couch 2008 Guardian Angel Film International Film School Sydney James 2008 Lucky Restaurant Commercial Lucky Lotteries Waiter 2006 ESL Training Voice Various 2004 The Chaser – CNNNN TV Crackerjack Larry Charles Firth, Andrew Hansen, Julian Morrow, Chas Licciardello, Dominic Knight, Anna Skellern 2002 The Man Who Sued God Feature Dir: Mark Joffe Various V/O Billy Connolly, Peter Whitford 2001 Speaking of Angela Radio Play University of Technology, Sydney Student Production David Raelee Hill 2000 Così Feature Smiley Films 1995 G.P. TV RCC Jack 1993 Hard Copy TV Network Ten Disabled Boy 1991 Dead to the World Feature Huzzah Productions 1991 The Way to Ward Five Feature Honky Tonk Angel Productions Julian Ross 1989 The Dirtwater Dynasty TV Honky Tonk Angel Productions Julian Ross 1988 Black Beauty Animated Feature Burbank Animation Studios Bertie Gordon (V/O) 1987 Jo Wilson TV Bilgola Beach Prods Young Wilson 1986 Blinky Bill TV Australian Broadcasting Corporation Ranger Ken 1985 A Country Practice TV JNP Films Matthew Brookes Shane Porteous, Georgie Parker, Lorrae Desmond, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel 1984 Bodyline TV Kennedy Miller Young Jardine Arthur Dignam, Carl Schultz, Hugo Weaving 1984 Careful, He Might Hear You Feature Syme Entertainment P.S. Robyn Nevin, Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Colleen Clifford, Peter Whitford 1983
Stage Production Company Role Also featuring Year Women, Power and Culture The New Theatre Mr Rossi 2011 Closing Time SpaceCraft Productions Watch 2010 A Midsummer Night's Dream Acting Factory Demetrius 2010 Light Bites and Tasty Treats Straylight Australia Various 2009 Fallen Angels Factory Space Theatre Fred 2008 Hamlet Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia Rosencrantz Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood 2005 The Tempest Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia Sebastian 2004 King Lear (return Season) Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia Edgar 2004 Real Estate Company of Players Simon 2004 King Lear Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia Edgar 2003 Camelot Blue Mountains Musical Society Arthur 2002 Moving In Company of Players Simon 2001 Peter Pan MEAG / Henson's Creature Shop John Darling Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Philip Quast 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream New Theatre (Newtown) Starvling 1999 The Venetian Twins Zenith Theatre Arleccino 1999 Having it All ANT HILL Productions Mark 1996 Life of Galileo Sydney University Dramatic Society Various 1994 Time to Remember... Cellar Theatre Writer 1994 The Crucible John Procter 1991
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External links
Personal website Official Facebook Page Article on being a child star