Nicholas Pinnock

Nicholas Andre Pinnock born 2 September 1973 is a British actor He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the ABC legal drama For Life and as Truman Dawes in the Peacock crime drama Long Bright River Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham London and is of Jamaican descent He 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 While 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 threeyear 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 Andersons Contemporary Dance Company the Featherstonehaughs for several years before pursuing acting full time 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 become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician A year later he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emus World on CITV In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill EastEnders The Bill Dalziel and Pascoe Footballers Wives and Casualty TV films 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 Hampstead Theatres production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke and San Diego directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival He appeared in TopdogUnderdog in Glasgows Citizens Theatre in 2009 Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America The First Avenger as a SHIELD Tech That same year he went on to play the role of Leon in a fourpart drama Top Boy which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011 After the 2011 England riots in London Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots In Their Own Words The Rioters The following year Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls The threepart drama aired in April 2013 Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela The Prison Years which aired on 15 December 2013 the day Mandela was buried