Nathaniel Curtis (born 29 December 1990) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Ash Mukherjee in the Channel 4 drama It's a Sin (2021).
Early life and education Curtis grew up just outside Bournemouth to an English mother and an Indian father. He completed his acting degree at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex in 2014.
Career After graduating, Curtis went five years without an acting job. One of his first acting roles was as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet for Fuller's Brewery's Shakespeare in the Garden theatre series, run by Open Bar TheatreOpen Bar Theatre https://twitter.com/weareopenbar?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor in 2019 which was nominated for the 2019 Offie. He later played Ferdinand, Alonso, and Trinculo in the following year's production of The Tempest.
Curtis played Ash Mukherjee in It's a Sin, the British television series developed by Russell T Davies that premiered in early 2021 on Channel 4 in the UK and on HBO Max in the United States. Curtis was named the winner of the 2021 Great British Bake Off Christmas Special after competing in baking challenges with other members of the cast of It's a Sin.
In the summer of 2022, Curtis returned to the stage to play the title role in Britannicus at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
He played the role of Brian in The Witcher: Blood Origin, a Netflix miniseries that serves as a prequel to The Witcher and was released on 25 December 2022.
Following his performance in the world premiere of Andrew Stein's play, Disruption, at the Park Theatre in London in the summer of 2023, Curtisr joined the cast of 2:22 A Ghost Story.
In December 2023, he had a brief appearance as Sir Isaac Newton in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special "Wild Blue Yonder".
In 2024, Curtis portrayed the character Zaid in The Real Ones at Bush Theatre in London.
Personal life Curtis identifies as queer and stands 6'5" tall. He has an older sister.
Stage and screen credits Television Year Title Role NetworkNotesRef 2021 It's a Sin Ash Mukherjee Channel 4 (UK)HBO Max (US) 5 episodes 2021 The Great Christmas Bake Off Himself Channel 4 2021 Winner 2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Brian Netflix 2023 Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Dolph Laserhawk Lead voice role 2023 Doctor Who Isaac Newton BBC One Episode: "Wild Blue Yonder" 2026 Lynley Prof Hamish Milne BBC One Episode: "With No-One as a Witness"
Theatre Year Title Role NotesRef 2013 Pride and Prejudice Ensemble Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London 2019 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Fuller's Shakespeare in the Garden 2020 The Tempest Ferdinand Fuller's Shakespeare in the Garden 2022 Britannicus Britannicus Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London 2023 Disruption Ben Park Theatre (London), London 2023 2:22 A Ghost Story Sam UK Tour 2024 The Real Ones by Waleed Akhtar Zaid Bush Theatre, London
Audio Year Title Role Notes 2021 Torchwood Lancelyn Green Episode: "The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough"
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2022 BPG Awards Breakthrough Award It's a Sin
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