Nicholas Burns

Nicholas Burns is an English actor who studied at LAMDA and is best known for his comic lead in the 2005 Channel 4 comedy Nathan Barley. He played Martin Weedon on the ITV holiday sitcom Benidorm across its first three seasons and returned to the show in 2014, and he was Alex in No Heroics. His recurring television work includes Absolute Power, Roman's Empire and Man Stroke Woman, with guest spots in The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd, Doctor Who, The Crown, Manhunt and Strike. He played Ben, Errol's father, in all three series of the BBC's Uncle from 2014 to 2017, and later took the role of Antoine de Bourbon in The Serpent Queen. On stage he appeared at the Sheffield Crucible in Much Ado About Nothing, at the Royal Court in The Village Bike and at the Donmar Warehouse in The Recruiting Officer, while Ghost Stories and The Madness of George Dubya both transferred to the West End.