Nigel Lindsay

Nigel Lindsay is an English stage and screen actor. He was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the 2011 British Comedy Awards for his performance as Barry, the Muslim convert in Chris Morriss BAFTA winning film Four Lions. Additionally, he played the title role in the original West End run of Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Lindsay was born in St Johns Wood in London. He attended Merchant Taylors School, Northwood and the University of Birmingham, where he studied English and French. After university, he worked for three years as a financial analyst specialising in French and Belgian equities at stockbrokers Savory Milln and Swiss Bank SBC. After performing in a friends charity production of Robert Bolts The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, he gave up the City to take a twoyear course at the Webber Douglas Academy, where he won the Amherst Webber scholarship. His finals show, Charleys Aunt, was directed by Michael Fry, who gave him his first professional job with his Lincolnshire touring company Great Eastern Stage.

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