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Nicol Williamson Biography

Birth Name:
Thomas Nicol Williamson
Birth Place:
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Was a member of the Dundee Repertory Company during the early 1960s
  • As part of his National Service, he was a gunner in the Airborne Division
  • Broadway appearances included William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth, and Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing
  • Described as "touched by genius" by dramatist Samuel Beckett in his autobiography

Awards

  • 1970BAFTA Film Awards-Best Actor: nominated
  • 1969BAFTA Film Awards-Best Actor: nominated

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