Nick Kellington is a British actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in children's television series, the new ''

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'' films and '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance''. His television acting career began in 2007, when he portrayed Igglepiggle in the

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show '' In the Night Garden...''. In 2010 he played Tang in "

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" also for

and in 2015, he took on the role of Dipsy in the reboot of ''

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'', previously portrayed by

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before it went into a 14-year hiatus. He will later reprise his role as Dipsy in the upcoming Netflix reboot of Teletubbies. Kellington appeared in the 2016 ''

'' film ''

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'' as Bistan, a Rebel Alliance gunner. He also appears in 2017's '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' as Snook Uccorfay, a mole-like playboy in the casino city of Canto Bight. In 2018, Kellington played ''Ned'' the Neanderthal in the two-part documentary series ''Neanderthals : Meet Your Ancestors'', presented by Ella Al-Shamahi and broadcast on

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in May 2018. A VixPix Films production in association with Imaginarium Productions and the

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. In 2019, he appeared in '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' as the creature suit performer providing the body movements for skekMal/The Hunter, one of the Skeksis new to the series. Kellington played cornet and ukulele in the rock band Ella Guru.

Filmography

*'' In the Night Garden...'' (2007-2009), Igglepiggle *''

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'' (2008), Sontaran warrior *''

'' (2010-2012), Tang *''

Strange Hill High ''Strange Hill High'' is a British children's puppet-animated series for CBBC. The show is a co-production between CBBC, FremantleMedia and Factory. Out of the many writers, it was noted that Josh Weinstein (who worked on ''The Simpsons'' and ' ...

'' (2012), senior puppeteer *''

Muppets Most Wanted ''Muppets Most Wanted'' is a 2014 American musical crime comedy film and the eighth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. Directed by James Bobin and written by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller, the film is a sequel to ''The Muppets'' (2011) and stars ...

'' (2014), UK additional Muppet performer (uncredited) *''

'' (2015-2018), Dipsy *'' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016), Bistan *'' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), Snook Uccorfay *''Neanderthals : Meet Your Ancestors'' (2018), Ned *'' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' (2018), puppeteer *''

Slaughterhouse Rulez ''Slaughterhouse Rulez'' is a 2018 comedy horror film directed by Crispian Mills. Written by Mills and Henry Fitzherbert, the film's cast features Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Michael Sheen, with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. ''S ...

" (2018), Monster and protestor *'' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' (2019), SkekMal / The Hunter *'' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019), Klaud

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellington, Nick Living people British male actors English people of Asian descent Year of birth missing (living people)