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Neil Maskell (born 1976)[1] is an English actor, writer and director who is known for his appearances in British crime and horror films such as The Football Factory and Kill List.[2]

Neil Maskell
Born	1976 (age 45–46) London, England
Alma mater	North West Kent College
Occupation	Actor writer director
Years active	1991–present

Early life

Maskell was born in London. As a youth, he played football for Long Lane JFC as a full back. He first trained in acting at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington, London, where he attended classes from the age of 11,[3] and studied at the Miskin Theatre, Dartford at North West Kent College from 1992. He later worked as a director at the Miskin Theatre.[4]

Career

Film

Maskell's film career began in 1997 with an appearance as Schmuddie in Gary Oldman's directorial debut Nil by Mouth. His leading role in the 2011 thriller Kill List attracted positive reviews from critics and saw him nominated for the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards.[5]

Television

Maskell's first television appearance was in 1991 in the ITV police drama The Bill. Between 1992 and 2002, he made a further five appearances on the show, portraying a different character each time. He has had one-off roles in a number of other popular British serial dramas such as Casualty, London's Burning, Soldier Soldier. His most regular television roles have been in the 2005 comedy series Mike Bassett: Manager, in the comedy sketch show The Wrong Door, and in the 2013–2014 thriller drama action series Utopia. Since 2015, he has been a series regular in sci-fi thriller Humans. In 2019 Maskell played prime minister Winston Churchill in the series finale of Peaky Blinders.

Between 2018 and 2020 he played the recurring character Winkle in the BBC One sitcom King Gary, friend and employee of the titular character played by Tom Davis. Maskell has previously worked with Davis in Murder in Successville (where he played Frankie Boyle in one episode),[6]The Warm-Up Guy[7] and The Morgana Show.[8]

Personal life

Maskell is a supporter of Arsenal.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Nil by Mouth	Schmuddie
	Crocodile Snap	Ray
1998	Titanic Town	Soldier
2000	Sorted	Record Shop Geezer
2001	Redemption Road	Leading Mugger
2002	AKA	Marcus
2003	The Sequel	Lenny
2004	The Football Factory	Rod
	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Jack Stoddart
	Fat Slags	Policeman
2006	Basic Instinct 2	Detective Ferguson
2007	The Englishman	John
	Rise of the Footsoldier	Darren Nicholls
	Atonement	Soldier in Bray Bar
	True Colours	Neil
2009	Paintball	Frank
	Tony	Mike Hemmings
	Doghouse	Banksy
2010	The Shouting Men	Terry
	Bonded by Blood	Craig Rolfe
2011	Ghosted	Nathan
	Kill List	Jay	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
	Jack Falls: Sid's Story	Sid
	Turnout	Scott
	Wild Bill	Dicky
	How to Stop Being a Loser	Hands Henry
	Level Up	Dmitri
2012	Pusher	Marlon
	Wasteland (known as The Rise in England)	Steven Roper
	St George's Day	Jimmy McCudden
2013	Open Windows	Chord
2014	Hyena	Martin
2015	Bone in the Throat	Lewis
	High-Rise	PC White
2017	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	Back Lack
2018	Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Colin
2021	Bull	Bull
TBA	Klokkenluider		Directorial debut

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Bill	Billy Potter	Episode: "Joey"
1992	Perfect Scoundrels	Dean	Episode: "Let No Man Put Asunder"
	The Bill	Gary	Episode: "Fireworks"
1995	The Bill	Damien Burns	Episode: "Over the Top"
1996	Soldier Soldier	Para 1	Episode: "Money for Nothing"
	London's Burning	Gary	Episode: "Episode No.9.8"
	The Thin Blue Line	Football Official	Episode: "Come on You Blues"
1997	Casualty	Luke Lowther	Episode: "United... By Blood"
	Chalk	Arse Face	Episode: "The Inspection"
	The Bill	Warren Heskey	Episode: "Neighbours"
	Wycliffe	Tully	Episode: "Old Crimes, New Times"
1998	Bramwell	Manky Matkin	Episode: "Our Brave Boys"
1998	Ultraviolet	Neil	Episode: "In Nomine Patris"
1999	The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999	Murder Most Horrid	Martin Greaves	Episode: "Whoopi Stone"
1999	The Bill	Frank Wilson	Episode: "Screwdriver"
2000	Killers
2000	Silent Witness	Gary Lomax	Episode: "The World Cruise"
2002	The Jury	Chris Maher
2002	The Bill	Gary Roach	Episode: "013"
2003	Strange	Youth	Episode: "Dubik"
2004	Shameless	Corporal	Episode: "Episode No.2.0"
2005	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Martin Moran	Episode: "Word of God"
2005	Mike Bassett: Manager	Wirral Web Presenter
2007	Casualty	Tom Faulkner	Episode: "It Never Rains"
2008	The Wrong Door
2009	Casualty	Lenny
2012	Silent Witness	Stuart Thompson	Episode: "Domestic"
2013–2014	Utopia	Arby / Piètre
2013	The Mimic	Neil
2013	Dates	Nick
2013	By Any Means	Joe Tyrus	Episode 2
2013	The Great Train Robbery	Buster Edwards
2015	Raised by Wolves	Michael
2015–2016	Humans	DS Peter Drummond
2016	Murder in Successville	Frankie Boyle	Episode: "Miranda"
2018	No Offence	Dennis Caddy	Series 3
2018–2020	King Gary	Winkle
2019	Cleaning Up	Warren
2019	Peaky Blinders	Winston Churchill	Series 5
2020	Sex Education	Police Officer 'Neil'	Season 2: Episode 3
2020	Baghdad Central	Douglas Evans	Episodes 2 to 6
2022	Stuck[10]	Dr. Pete Cosmos	BBC original comedy
TBA	Litvinenko	Brent Hyatt	Post-production

References

External links

• Neil Maskell at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Neil Maskell

Neil Maskell (* 1976 in London) ist ein britischer Schauspieler, Autor und Regisseur. Er wuchs in London auf und ist bekannt für seine prägnanten Auftritte in Krimi- und Horrorfilmen wie in The Football Factory, Kill List und der Serie Utopia.[1]

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- [en] Neil Maskell

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[es] Neil Maskell

Neil Maskell (nacido en 1976) es un actor, escritor y director inglés, conocido por sus apariciones en películas de terror británicas como La Fábrica de Fútbol.[1][2]

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[ru] Мэскелл, Нил

Нил Мэскелл (англ. Neil Maskell, род. 1976 года[1]) — британский актёр кино и телевидения, сценарист и режиссёр. Известен по ролям в британских криминальных и хоррор фильмах, таких как «Фабрика футбола» и «Список смертников».

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