Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is an English actor. He
is known for his roles as Jason Backland in Marcella and Leon in
award-winning Channel 4 drama Top Boy. Pinnock is currently starring
in Criminal: UK released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix. In March
2019, it was announced that Pinnock had been cast as lead character
Aaron Wallace in the American legal drama For Life which premiered on
ABC on February 11, 2020.Nicholas Pinnock was born in Balham, London,
and spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia. On his return to
England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith,
London at the age of 12. Whilst there, in his first week, he made his
professional debut landing several jobs as a model and child actor in
adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational
training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the
London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his
first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and
contemporary dance. After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's
Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several
years.In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama
TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp
and following the adventures of four young children who get mixed up
with a mysterious magician. A year later he became one of The Pink
Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV. He then went on to play guest
roles in television programmes like Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill,
Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty, to name but a
few. TV movies followed such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen
and Diamonds with James Purefoy. Theatre work included As You Like It
at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, followed
by working with directors like Kathy Burke in Hampstead Theatre's
production of Born Bad and David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the
Edinburgh Festival official production of the critically acclaimed San
Diego and most recently Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre. Nicholas Pinnock Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter