Nicholas Denton is a writer and Australian stage and screen actor.[1][2]
Nicholas Denton | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
editIn 2017 Denton appeared with Lucy Moir in the John Kolvenbach play Love Song at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.[3] He also appeared as Billy Bibbit in a version of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at the South Bank Theatre in Melbourne.[4] In 2018 Denton appeared in the play Wild by Mike Bartlett for the Melbourne Theatre Company, a role loosely based on whistle-blower Edward Snowden.[5] According to Time Out Denton "navigates the shift in status beautifully" of the main character.[6]
Denton appeared in the Australian TV series Glitch.[7] Denton co-wrote with Bonnie Moir and appeared with Richard Moir in the short film Not Dark Yet. Denton played the son of a man with a degenerate disease. The film was premiered at the 2022 Melbourne International Film Festival.[8][9]
Denton beat 200 or so actors to the role of Vicomte de Valmont in the television production of Dangerous Liaisons after passing a number of auditions and screen tests beginning in early 2020. The process was not straight forward, Denton's sister had to read parts with him during quarantine and COVID-19 lockdown which, given the nature of the scenes between Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, he described to the New York Times as "Disgusting. Bless her soul". Also, he an Englert had to do scenes together in different hotel rooms over Zoom and didn't meet in person until on set in Prague in 2021.[10] Denton said he found the costumes from the period altered his posture by positioning his spine at a stricter angle.[11] Denton described the sex scenes in the production as "not sex for the sake of sex. It's not gratuitous. It's actually quite beautifully emotional."[12]
In September 2024, it was it was announced that Denton would portray Guy Anatole in The Talamasca.[13]
Select filmography
edit| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2017 | Glitch | Angus | Recurring role |
| 2019 | My Life Is Murder | Finn | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Utopia | Jamie | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Pascal Valmont | Main role, 8 episodes |
| 2025 | The Talamasca | Guy Anatole | Main role |
Film appearances
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jones Family Christmas | Danny Jones | |
| 2023 | Foe | Outermore Market Trader | |
| 2022 | Not Dark Yet | Luke | Short film. Also co-writer |
| 2021 | The Unlit | Luke | Film |
| 2020 | Witches of Blackwood | Luke | |
| 2019 | Bloom | Spencer | Short film |
| 2015 | Holding the Man | Tony | Film |
| 2014 | Coral | Nick | Short |
| 2014 | Rabbit | Boy | Short film |
| 2013 | The Pilgrim Report | Michael | Short |
| 2012 | Kath & Kimderella | Nick |
References
edit- ^ "Dangerous Liaisons Star Nicholas Denton on Villains and Vulnerability". Townandcountrymag.com.
- ^ "Tatler meets Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton, who are hot under the collar from Dangerous Liaisons". Tatler.
- ^ "Melbourne Fringe 2017: LOVE SONG". Theatre-press.com.
- ^ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". monstermedia.com.au.
- ^ "Q&A NICHOLAS DENTON ON PLAYING ANDREW IN WILD". MTC.com.au.
- ^ "Wild". Time Out.
- ^ "Dangerous Liaisons': Release Date, Cast, Trailer, and Everything You Need to Know About the Series". Collider.
- ^ "Nicholas Denton: from Not Dark Yet to Dangerous Liaisons". screenhub.com.
- ^ "NOT DARK YET WILL PREMIERE AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". filmink.com.au.
- ^ "In 'Dangerous Liaisons,' Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton Play the Game". New York Times.
- ^ "Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton explore 'Liaisons' characters' vulnerability". UPI.com.
- ^ "Nicholas Denton on His 'Demoralizing' Mishap During Nude Sex Scene in a Carriage for 'Dangerous Liaisons'". People.com.
- ^ Rice, Lynette (4 September 2024). "Nicholas Denton To Headline 'Anne Rice's The Talamasca' For AMC". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
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