Background
Burns was born in Derbyshire, and educated at Repton School.
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Nicholas Burns
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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Artist
Career
He has also played Martin in Benidorm and Alex in Number Heroics, as well as making appearances alongside various Nathan Barley co-stars in The Mighty Boosh and The Information Technology Crowd. He trained at LAMDA. In addition to starring as the title character in Nathan Barley, Burns appeared in an advertising poster for a fictional phone, the Wasp T12 Speechtool, to promote the television series. Beyond Nathan Barley he has had recurring roles in the television series Absolute Power, Roman"s Empire and the sketch show Manitoba Stroke Woman.
He also made an appearance in The Mighty Boosh as the ruler of the planet Xooberon.
In The Information Technology Crowd as Jerome, the director of a musical called Gay!. And in episode "At Bertram"s Hotel" of Marple as Jack and Joel Britten.
Burns also turned up as an Aussie tennis coach in The McClintock Factor, a mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of the former media tycoon and internet blogger Jeremy McClintock. He has appeared in the first three series of the Independent Television comedy Benidorm, playing Martin Weedon, and in the superhero sitcom Number Heroics, playing The Hotness.
His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre, the satire The Madness of George Dubya and Ghost Stories, both of which transferred to London"s West End, Penelope Skinner"s The Village Bike at the Royal Court, The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse and Pinero"s The Magistrate at the Royal National Theatre, a production included in Season 4 of National Theatre Live.
In April 2013 it was announced that he would be returning to Benidorm as Martin Wheedon for series 6 of the show in 2013.
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