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Nick Simpson-Deeks is a NIDA-trained Australian actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his portrayal of Archie McMahon in the SBS drama series The Circuit, and Rhys Mitchell in Seven Network's Winners & Losers.

Nick Simpson-Deeks
Simpson-Deeks in "Sunday in the Park with George"
Born	Nicholas Deeks Werris Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Notable work	The Circuit, Winners & Losers

Early life

Simpson-Deeks was born and raised in Werris Creek, New South Wales, and attended Oxley High School in Tamworth.[1] He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2001.[2] In 2006 he was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowship which he used to further his actor training at the School at Steppenwolf in Chicago.[3]

Career

Film and television

Simpson-Deeks was a series regular in both seasons of the award-winning[4] legal drama The Circuit, the second season of Winners & Losers (after guest starring in the show's first season), and the sci-fi series Stormworld. Additionally, he has guest-starred in Five Bedrooms, Fat Tony & Co., Wentworth, Mr & Mrs Murder, Play School, City Homicide, The Strange Calls, Temptation, and The Postcard Bandit.[5]

His film credits include roles in the short films After the Credits, Dropbear, A Simple Song, Shades of Grey and Home. He portrayed Irish rider Pat Smullen in the 2011 feature film The Cup, and filmmaker Billy Name in Jim Sharman's Andy X – a musical film based on the death of Andy Warhol.

In 2022 Simpson-Deeks was cast as James King in the Amazon Original noir comedy series, Deadloch.[6]

Theatre

Simpson-Deeks made his professional theatre debut in Falling on My Left Ear: A Show about George Wallace for the now defunct Railway Street Theatre Company in Parramatta in 2002.[7] The following year, he returned to Railway Street to play the role of Tom in Michael Gow's iconic Australian play, Away.[8] Both productions toured regionally and were directed by Mary-Anne Gifford.[9]

In 2005 he received critical acclaim for his performance in Mark Ravenhill's Handbag at the Seymour Centre.[10] Later that year, he starred in Somewhere – an original musical by Tim Minchin and Kate Mulvany – for Q Theatre.[11]

In 2009, Simpson-Deeks was cast in the ensemble of Jerry Springer: the Opera at the Sydney Opera House as part of Sydney Festival. He joined the original Australian cast of Jersey Boys, in the role of Franki Valli (Alternate), that same year, but left the production prematurely due to health complications.[12] In 2010, he sang the role of Skeets Miller in a one-off concert performance of Adam Guettel's Floyd Collins at City Recital Hall in Sydney.[13]

Simpson-Deeks played the role of Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick in Ned: A New Australian Musical at Bendigo's Ulumbarra Theatre in 2015, and is featured on the show's Official Cast Recording.[14] He reprised the role in concert at The National Theatre, Melbourne in 2017.[15]

He played Chris Bean in the Australian production of The Play That Goes Wrong, and briefly reprised the role during the Australian tour of Peter Pan Goes Wrong in 2019.[16] In between, he toured nationally as Cassius in Bell Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.[17]

Simpson-Deeks has worked extensively with Watch This – a Melbourne-based theatre company dedicated exclusively to the work of Stephen Sondheim – starring in seven of their nine productions to date.[18]

In 2019 he received a Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in Musical Theatre for his performance in Falsettos at Melbourne's Chapel Off Chapel. He has been nominated for six Green Room Awards in total.[19]

Other work

Simpson-Deeks created the character of Daniel "Danno" Bookham for the popular educational video game Murder Under the Microscope, and played the role from 2007 to 2012.

In 2018, Simpson-Deeks was featured in the six-part web series Freudian Slip, alongside writer and commentator Benjamin Law.

Theatrical credits

• Into the Woods for Watch This[20]
• Sunday in the Park with George for Watch This[21]
• Peter Pan Goes Wrong Australian Tour
• Julius Caesar for Bell Shakespeare[22]
• The Play That Goes Wrong Australian Tour[23]
• Sweet Phoebe for Both Sides Now
• Company for Watch This and Fortyfivedownstairs
• Ned: A New Australian Musical for Groaning Dam
• Pacific Overtures for Watch This and Theatre Works
• The Parricide for La Mama
• Assassins (musical) for Watch This and Fortyfivedownstairs
• Floyd Collins for Angel Place City Recital Hall
• Jersey Boys for New Theatricals
• Jerry Springer the Opera for Sydney Festival and Sydney Opera House
• The Turning for Perth Theatre Company
• A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing for Night Sky Productions
• Handbag for Focus Theatre
• The Windows Project for Darlinghurst Theatre
• Somewhere for Q Theatre
• Away and Falling on My Left Ear: A Show about George Wallace for Railway Street

Awards and nominations

Year	Format	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Film	West Australian Screen Awards	Best Actor (Short Film)	Shades of Grey	Nominated
2013	Theatre	Green Room Awards	Supporting Actor (Musical Theatre)[24]	Assassins	Nominated
2014	Theatre	Green Room Awards	Supporting Actor (Musical Theatre)[25]	Pacific Overtures	Nominated
2015	Theatre	Green Room Awards	Leading Actor (Musical Theatre)[26]	Company	Nominated
2019	Theatre	Green Room Awards	Supporting Actor (Musical Theatre)[27]	Falsettos	Won
2021	Online Performance	Green Room Awards	Celebration of Online Performance*[28]	The Art of Making Art	Nominated
2022	Theatre	Green Room Awards	Supporting Actor (Musical Theatre)[29]	Into the Woods	Nominated

*Nominated with Sonya Suares, Nick McInerney, Dean Drieberg and Mel Hillman

References

External links

• Nick Simpson-Deeks at IMDb

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