Nick Nevern (born 8 December 1980) is a British actor, screenwriter and director. He is best known for his roles in EastEnders, Shameless, The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan and The Hooligan Factory.
Early life Nevern was born and raised in London, England. His mother is Russian.
Career Nevern spent some time in Russia, returning years later to London where he started his acting career, with a first television performance in Dream Team as Pavel Kovac and since appearing in several other shows such as EastEnders, Jonathan Creek, Shameless and Motherland.
Nevern played the main character in the 2012 independent film The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan and two of the film's sequels.
In 2014, Nevern wrote, directed, produced and starred in The Hooligan Factory, a spoof film of football hooliganism. The film heavily parodies titles from the British hooligan genre films and focuses mainly on The Firm, along with The Football Factory, Rise of the Footsoldier, I.D., Green Street and Cass.
In 2020, Nevern directed the fifth film in the Rise of the Footsoldier franchise, titled Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins.
In 2022, Nevern directed the next film in the Footsoldier series, titled Tate: Ten Days of Blood, which was released in September 2023 as Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance. On 2 November 2022, it was announced that Nevern had joined the cast of EastEnders as Don, the ex boyfriend of Sam Mitchell played by Kim Medcalf. His two episodes aired on 8 and 9 November 2022.
Personal life On 3 December 2021, Nevern announced he was going to be a father. His daughter was born on 28 May 2022. He keeps his partner a secret, covering her face with a squirrel on any online posts.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 I Want Candy Angry Mourner 2008 Adulthood Police Officer2010 Black, No Sugar CharlieShort film2010 Mission London The Bodyguard 2010 Writer's Block Jack Short film2011 Terry Terry Also writer, director 2011 Turnout Andrew2011 The Tapes Danny's Brother2011 Victim Marky Also second unit director2011 7 Lives Policeman/Detective Echo2011 Demons Never Die Roger 2012 Outpost: Black Sun Carlisle2012 Strippers vs Werewolves Franklyn2012 The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan Mike Jacobs2012 The Sweeney Freddy2012 The Hooligan Wars Andy Hollington2013 The Fall of the Essex Boys Darren Nicholls2013 Communion Steve2013White Collar Hooligan 2: England AwayMike Jacobs2013VendettaRonnie2014The Hooligan FactoryDexAlso writer, director, producer2014Mrs. Brown's Boys D'MovieGregor2014White Collar Hooligan 3Mike Jacobs2014 Spring Thomas2016 Brotherhood Detective Danny Parkinson 2016 Eliminators Detective Inspector Quinn2017RiotDamien2019 Fault Lines Robert Short film 2019 Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella Greener 2020 Sam K Short film2020 Nemesis Dmitri Ozolov Pre-production2021 Twist Ron 2023 Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance Greener Director
Television Year Title Role Notes2002Out of ControlEstate BoyTelevision film 2006 Dream Team Pavel Kovac 2 episodes 2007 Bonkers Conrad Episode: #1.42007 Hotel Babylon Andrei Episode: #2.62007 The English Class Viktor 6 episodes2008West 10 LDNMaverickTelevision film2008 Matrioshki Youri Suslov 3 episodes 2008 Spooks: Code 9 Theo Danakis Episode: #1.12008 Jonathan Creek Lenny Episode: "The Grinning Man"2009ShamelessRogowskiEpisode: "Remember Me"2009 The Bill Elliot Johns Episode: "Powerless"2010The SilenceEly4 episodes2010The DeepStas4 episodes2012Trigger PointVictor2017Prime Suspect 1973Danny Mitcham5 episodes2017RivieraNikolai / Nikolai Slokov / Niokolai Slovern4 episodes2018BulletproofDarren GaltEpisode: #1.42017–2021MotherlandLee7 episodes 2022 FBI: International Florin Episode: "Chew Toy"2008–2022 EastEnders Don Rennie 4 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2010 GoldenEye 007 Additional voices 2012 Far Cry 3 Mikhail / Captain 2017 Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2005 Strange Lands
Production credits Year Title Role Notes2017Fanged UpWriter 2018 Trigger Finger! Writer, director Short film 2020 Let's Talk About George Director, executive producer Short film 2021 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins Writer, directorFeature
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