Nick Mohammed

Nick Mohammed
Mohammed in 2023
Born	Nicholas George Mohammed (1980-10-04) 4 October 1980 (age 44) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Education	Durham University (BSc)
Occupations	Actor comedian writer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Becka ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	3[1][2]

Nicholas George Mohammed (born 4 October 1980) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He has portrayed his character Mr. Swallow across both stage and television for over a decade. He is also the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligence. Mohammed portrayed the character of Nathan Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Mohammed was born on 4 October 1980 in Leeds, West Yorkshire.^[3] His mother was a Cyprus-born general practitioner and his Trinidad-born father worked in law.^[4] He was educated at Abbey Grange High School. He reportedly turned down an offer from Cambridge University and chose Durham University, where he was a member of St Aidan's College^[5] and played violin in the university orchestra.^[6] He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in and instead frequented the local comedy circuit.^[7] His interest in comedy prompted him to audition for the Footlights, which he did successfully.^[8]

Mohammed has featured in the second series of BBC One's Reggie Perrin and was a co-presenter in BBC Three comedy series The King Is Dead alongside Simon Bird and Katy Wix.^[9] He has made guest appearances in Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches, Miranda,^[9] How Not to Live Your Life and Life's Too Short,^[9] and has appeared in Series 2 Episode 4 of the BBC Radio 4 musical comedy show Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section.^[9]

Following his hit BBC Radio 4 debut (Quarters), Mohammed's second series Nick Mohammed in Bits attracted further critical acclaim.^[10] Mohammed was a cast member of BAFTA-nominated CBBC sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head and supported Angelos Epithemiou (as one of his radio show characters, Mr. Swallow) on his 2010 national tour.^[9] He has had a supporting role in all three seasons of C4 comedy series Drifters.^[9] Mohammed has also developed The Mr. Swallow Show for BBC Television and is writing and starring in an original comedy-drama Magic for Channel 4 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 Uncle.^[9]

In 2015, he joined the cast of ITV comedy The Job Lot. He has written and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station, for BBC Radio 4.^[11]

In 2018, he voiced Piglet in the Disney film Christopher Robin. In 2018, it was announced that he would collaborate on a new comedy series titled Intelligence with David Schwimmer for Sky One.^[12]

In 2019, Mohammed appeared in the second series of Stath Lets Flats.^[9]

From 2020 to 2023, Mohammed starred as Nathan "Nate" Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso which ran for three seasons on Apple TV+.^[9]

In 2023, Mohammed starred as a police officer in the film Maggie Moore(s), alongside Jon Hamm and Tina Fey.^[13]

Mohammed was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the Channel 4 show Taskmaster which launched in March 2024.^[14]

Mohammed learned to play the violin as a child and played it in his university orchestra, at St Aidan’s College at Durham University.^[24] There he met his wife, Becca, whom he married in 2014.^[25][26] Together they have 3 children: sons, Finn and Arthur, and an unnamed daughter.^[27]

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