Christien Anholt
Biography
Christien Anholt is an English stage, television and film actor. He was born on 25 February 1971 in London, England. Anholt began his acting career in 1988 at the age of 17. He has appeared in various stage and screen productions, including the film Reunion, for which he received a nomination at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Anholt is the son of actor Tony Anholt. He has been involved in several notable projects, including the television series Relic Hunter, in which he played the role of Nigel Bailey. Anholt has received recognition for his performances, including the Best Actor award at the E'Febo Doro award in Sicily in 1990.
Career overview
Christien Anholt is an English stage, television and film actor. He began his acting career in 1988 at the age of 17. Anholt's early success led to a nomination for Best Actor at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film Reunion. He also received the Best Actor award at the E'Febo Doro award in Sicily in 1990.
Anholt's early career was marked by notable performances in film and theater. He was recommended to playwright Ronald Harwood by Harold Pinter, who wrote the screenplay for Reunion. Anholt went on to appear in Harwood's play Another Time, starring Albert Finney. This early exposure helped establish Anholt as a talented young actor.
Throughout his career, Anholt has continued to work in film, television, and theater. He is perhaps best known for his role as Nigel Bailey on the television series Relic Hunter. Anholt's versatility as an actor has allowed him to take on a wide range of roles, from film to stage and screen. He is the son of actor Tony Anholt, but this information is not relevant to his acting career.
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- Tales of the Tardis (2023) as Perkins
- The Laureate (2023) as T. S. Eliot
- Deadly Disasters (2019) as Narrator
- World's Greatest Palaces (2019) as Narrator
- Nightmare on Everest (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- Ghosted (2016) as Nigel
- Hitler: The Rise and Fall (2016) as Narrator (voice)
- Severed Garden (2015) as Frank
- Father Brown (2013) as Sir Benedict Gellert
- Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008) as Eon
- Dark Corners (2006) as David Hamilton
- Adventure Inc. (2002) as Brother John
- Relic Hunter (1999) as Nigel Bailey
- The Harpist (1999)
- The Waiting Time (1999) as Ben Rogers
- Felicity (1998) as Paul
- 30 Years to Life (1998) as Derek
- Appetite (1998) as Nelson
- Preaching to the Perverted (1997) as Peter Emery
- The Ruby Ring (1997) as Robert Langley
- Cadfael (1994) as Meriet
- Hard Times (1994) as Tom
- Seventeen (1994)
- Hard Times (1994) as Tom
- The Blackheath Poisonings (1993) as Paul Vandervent
- Class of '61 (1993) as Terry O'Neil
- Money For Nothing (1993) as Gary Worrall
- The Power of One (1992) as Date at Dinner
- The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) as Paul Vandervent
- One Against the Wind (1991) as Maurice Lindell, Mary's Son
- Hamlet (1990) as Marcellus
- Screen One (1989) as Gary Warrell
- Press Gang (1989) as Donald Cooper
- Reunion (1989) as Hans Strauss
- Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric (1989) as Perkins
- Casualty (1986) as Jude
- Doctor Who (1963) as Perkins
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Maurice