Nicholas Brown
Biography
Nicholas Brown is an Australian actor, screenwriter, playwright and singer who grew up in western Sydney and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he was among its youngest students. His first screen work came as a teenager on Heartbreak High, followed by guest spots on series such as Home and Away, Packed to the Rafters and City Homicide. After moving to Mumbai he was cast as the villain Tony Grover in Kites (2010), and he was typecast as the villain in Indian films for several years. Later credits include the Stan film Christmas on the Farm (2021) and the Netflix film A Perfect Pairing (2022), in which he played Hamish. He has written episodes of The Unlisted and The Wonder Gang, and his play Sex Magick won the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting in 2024.
46years old
Turns 47 on January 1in 52 days
- Born Sydney
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 12 years2010 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022A Perfect PairingIMDb rating 6.1
- 2021Christmas on the FarmIMDb rating 5.2
- 2017Dance Academy: The MovieIMDb rating 6.8
- 2010KitesIMDb rating 6.0
Genres
Share
Did you know?!
Early training
In 1998, the National Institute of Dramatic Art accepted Brown, an Australian drama school that reportedly took him straight from high school, the first student to do so, and counted him among its youngest.
Big break
Brown moved to Mumbai from Sydney in 2007, and soon afterward he was cast as the villain Tony Grover in Kites, playing opposite Hrithik Roshan. Anurag Basu directed the film, and Rakesh Roshan produced it.
Behind the award
Brown wrote Sex Magick, which Griffin Theatre produced in 2023. Currency Press published the play, and it took the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the 2024 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
Beyond film
In 2015 Brown took the part of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, which Alyque Padamsee directed in Mumbai. He was also Lumiere in Disney India's Beauty and the Beast, a show that traveled to Mumbai and Delhi.
Beyond film
Brown served as the male understudy for Hi-5, a children's pop group known internationally, during their world tour in 2005.
Nicholas Brown movies on Netflix
Worked with
Nicholas Brown made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Luce Rains's page
Miranda Otto's page
Hrithik Roshan's page
Kangana Ranaut's page
Victoria Justice's page
Joey Vieira's page
Stuart McDonaldDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Stuart McDonald
All films by Jeffrey Walker
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.