Nigel Pilkington

Nigel Pilkington
Born (1975-11-28) 28 November 1975
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Cambridge University
Occupation Actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, lawyer
Years active 2004–present
Website www.nigelpilkington.com/

Nigel Pilkington (born 28 November 1975) is a British actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter and former lawyer.

Early life

Pilkington was born and raised in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, and graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge University with a BA (Hons) in Law, after which he became a solicitor.[1]

Career

Pilkington has appeared in various television programs such as "Grandpa in My Pocket",[2] Cutting It, Trial & Retribution, Roman Mysteries and Richard Hammond's Secret Service.

As a voice actor Pilkington has provided many voices for animated films like Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest, television shows like The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky, The Jungle Book and Peter Rabbit and also the video games Inazuma Eleven and Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.[3]

From Series 19 onwards, he became the UK voice of Percy and Trevor in "Thomas & Friends".[2]

Pilkington had also directed, produced and written the short films Alone in 2011,[4] and "That's The Spirit" in 2014.[5]

Personal life

Pilkington currently resides within London, England.[1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Brothers GrimmVarious
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitAdditional voices
2006Azur & Asmar: The Princes' QuestAsmarVoice
Casino RoyaleCroupier
2007Nobody's PerfectNeil
2009AwaydaysVarious
2011Alone
2012Thinking Inside the BoxDarrel
Cold WarriorCommentatorVoice
2013The Jungle Book: Return 2 the JungleTabaquiVoice
Direct-to-video
2016Thomas & Friends: The Great RacePercyUK voice
2017Journey Beyond Sodor
2018Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Cutting ItCompereEpisode #3.6
2005The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend CorkyNed, JoJo, Swift K.I.D., TrickyVoice
2007A Room with a ViewVariousTV movie
2008Trial & Retribution2-part episode: "The Rules of the Game"
MasterpieceEpisode "A Room with a View"
Burn UpEpisode #1.1
Roman MysteriesEpisode: "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem"
The Commander: AbductionAdditional voicesTV movie
2009The TudorsEpisodes: "Search for a New Queen", "Protestant Anne of Cleves", "The Undoing of Cromwell"
2010–presentThe Jungle BookTabaqui, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, additional voices
2012–presentPeter RabbitSquirrel NutkinUK voice
2013–presentRichard Hammond's Secret ServiceVarious
2014Grandpa in My PocketSimon SnaphamEpisode: "A Sunnysands Shelter for Bella La Belter"
2015–presentThomas & FriendsPercy and TrevorUK voice
Succeeding Keith Wickham as the voice of Percy

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Inazuma ElevenRyūgo Someoka
Additional voices		English version
2013Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchYoung Marcassin
2016–17Final Fantasy XIV: HeavenswardPapalymo Totolymo

References

  1. 1 2 "Nigel Pilkington, actor – Mandy Actors". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1692945/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  3. ↑ "MobyGames – Nigel Pilkington". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Alone – written and performed by Nigel Pilkington on Vimeo". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ https://vimeo.com/108880848


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