Nicholas George Mohammed (born 4 October 1980) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his character Mr. Swallow, which he has portrayed across both stage and television for over a decade. Outside of the United Kingdom, Mohammed is best known for portraying the character of Nathan "Nate The Great" Shelley in the

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series ''

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'', for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and

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Early life

Mohammed was born on 4 October 1980 in

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. His mother was a

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-born general practitioner and his father was an

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legal professional. He was educated at Abbey Grange High School. He reportedly turned down an offer from

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and chose

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, where he was a member of St Aidan's College and played violin in the university orchestra. He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in and instead frequented the local comedy circuit. His interest in comedy prompted him to audition for the

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, which he did successfully.

Career

Mohammed has featured in the second series of BBC One's ''

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'' and was a co-presenter in

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comedy series '' The King Is Dead'' alongside

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and

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. He has made guest appearances in '' Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches'', '' Miranda'', ''

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'' and '' Life's Too Short'', and has appeared in one episode of the BBC Radio 4 musical comedy show ''Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section''. Following his hit

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debut (''Quarters''), Mohammed's second series ''Nick Mohammed in Bits'' attracted further critical acclaim. Mohammed was a cast member of BAFTA-nominated

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sketch show ''

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'' and supported Angelos Epithemiou (as one of his radio show characters, Mr. Swallow) on his 2010 national tour. He has had a supporting role in all three seasons of C4 comedy series ''Drifters''. Mohammed has also developed ''The Mr. Swallow Show'' for BBC Television and is writing and starring in an original comedy-drama ''Magic'' for

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as part of the Coming Up Scheme. He also appears in the new CBBC show '' Hank Zipzer'' as Mr. Love. He made a guest appearance in the final episode of series 1 and first episode of series 2 of ''

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''. In 2015, he joined the cast of

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comedy ''

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.'' He has written and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station, for BBC Radio 4. In 2018, he voiced Piglet in the

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film ''

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''. In 2018, it was announced that he would collaborate on a new comedy series titled ''

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'' with

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for

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. In 2019, Mohammed appeared in the second series of '' Stath Lets Flats'', and in 2020, Mohammed starred as Nate in the Apple TV+ series ''

.'' In 2021, it was announced Mohammed will star as a police officer in the film ''Maggie Moore(s)'', joining

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and

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Nick Mohammed on Spotlight
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Nick 1980 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham English comedians English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from Leeds People from West Yorkshire English people of Indo-Trinidadian descent English people of Cypriot descent