Nigel Pilkington

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Nigel Pilkington
Born (1975-11-28) 28 November 1975 (age 48)
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Cambridge University
Occupation Actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter
Years active 2004–present
Website www.nigelpilkington.com/

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

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 lives within London, England.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Brothers Grimm Various
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Additional voices
2006 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Asmar Voice
Casino Royale Croupier
2007 Nobody's Perfect Neil
2009 Awaydays Various
2011 Alone
2012 Thinking Inside the Box Darrel
Cold Warrior Commentator Voice
2013 The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle Tabaqui Voice
Direct-to-video
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Percy Voice (UK Version)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Cutting It Compere Episode #3.6
2005 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky Ned
JoJo
Swift K.I.D.
Tricky
Voice
2007 A Room with a View Various TV movie
2008 Trial & Retribution Episode: "The Rules of the Game: Part 1"
"The Rules of the Game: Part 2"
Masterpiece Episode "A Room with a View"
Burn Up Episode #1.1
Roman Mysteries Episode: "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem"
The Commander: Abduction Additional voices TV movie
2009 The Tudors Episodes: "Search for a New Queen"
"Protestant Anne of Cleves"
"The Undoing of Cromwell"
2010–present The Jungle Book Tabaqui, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Additional voices
Voice
2011 So Random! Himself (singing "Somebody That I Used to Know") Episode 11
2012–present Peter Rabbit Squirrel Nutkin Voice
UK version
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts Jimmy Rella
Evil Earl
Chuck Charming
Voice
2013–present Richard Hammond's Secret Service Various
2014 Grandpa in My Pocket Simon Snapham Episode: "A Sunnysands Shelter for Bella La Belter"
2015–present Thomas & Friends Percy
Trevor
Voice (UK version)

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Inazuma Eleven Ryūgo Someoka
Additional voices
English version
2013 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Young Marcassin

References

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  5. https://vimeo.com/108880848

External links

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