Lachlan Nieboer

He went to St. Paul's School and then read Classics at New College, Oxford.

He trained as an actor and director at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.

Lachlan's first job out of drama school was the role of Capt. Jack Harkness's brother Gray in the BBC hit television series Torchwood.

Lachlan played Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in the second series of Downton Abbey.[2] He starred as Captain Davenport in the Norwegian feature film Cross of Honour (originally Into the White),[3] based on the incredible true story.[4] He played Dominic in Mike Figgis's suspense thriller Suspension of Disbelief.[5] He featured briefly as the lothario Ted in Fredrik Bond's Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and Aubrey Plaza. He has also worked on the English language French police television series Jo, opposite Jean Reno.

He has starred in the independent horror film The Unfolding[6] and Identicals,[7] a complex psychological thriller exploring the nature of identity, directed by BAFTA Award-winning director Simon Pummell. He starred in Trendy,[8][9] a thriller shot in East London, which premiered in competition at Raindance Film Festival 2017.

He played King Nikolas in Hallmark's Royal Hearts,[10] opposite Jim Brolin, and recently starred opposite Vikings star Alicia Agneson in upcoming WWII epic Little Kingdom.

In November 2020, he plays Count Antonio Rossi in the hotly anticipated sequel to Netflix hit The Princess Switch, starring Vanessa Hudgens, in The Princess Switch: Switched Again.[11]

Alongside his film and television work, Lachlan has worked at the National Theatre and in various fringe theatres in London[12] and New York.

Lachlan co-founded, trained and directed his own permanent theatre company, "Perennial", in an attempt to emulate and imitate the infamous 1930's American Group Theatre. Perennial was a collective of theatre artists committed to functioning as a permanent company in the 21st century.

In 2011-15, he starred in the Heineken "Sunrise" campaign[13] with Audrey Napoleon, and the Mercedes-Benz "Sound with Power" campaign, wearing the first ever full LED suit, alongside rapper Tinie Tempah.[14]

He is a pianist and viola player.

He can speak Italian, French and Russian.

He studied Greats at New College, Oxford.

He is a keen cricketer, and played for the Blues with Oxford University Cricket Club, and the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He currently plays cricket for the V&A CC, The Gaieties CC, The Actors CC, The Authors CC, and The Nomads.

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