Steven MacKintosh

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Biography

Born and raised in rural Cambridge, England, Steven Mackintosh began acting as a child in local theatricals. At the age of 12, he was tapped for his professional debut in a play at London's Bush Theatre in which he played "this beast of a child who swore and cursed at everyone." Soon thereafter, the teen was cast as Nigel, the glue-sniffing, exercised-obsessed pal of the title character in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4". …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

April 30, 1967

Career Milestones

2006

Starred opposite Kate Beckinsale in Len Wiseman's "Underworld: Evolution"

2004

Cast in the drama "The Aryan Couple"

2004

Starred in the drama "The Mother"

2000

Co-starred with Julia Ormand in the London production of "My Zinc Bed", written by David Hare

2000

Had leading role in the ITCV production "Lady Audley's Secret"

1999

Played an out of work musician who becomes a murder suspect in "The Criminal"; shown at the London Film Festival

1998

Starred in the six-part British TV drama "Undercover Heart", which examined the break-up of a marriage

1998

Co-starred in the British TV adaptation of Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend"

1998

Portrayed a farm worker who romances the titular "Land Girls"

1998

Had featured roles as a drug dealer in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"

1996

Delivered a superb performance as a transsexual in "Different for Girls" (released theatrically in the USA in 1997)

1996

Played the villianous 'The Street' in "Prime Suspect 5: Errors in Judgment" (PBS)

1996

Cast as Sebastian in Trevor Nunn's film version of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"

1994

Appeared as Diggery Vann in the CBS "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production "The Return of the Native"

1993

Played a glam-rock singer in the BBC miniseries "The Buddha of Suburbia", adapted by Hanif Kureishi

1992

Played featured role in "London Kills Me", directed by Hanif Kureishi

1990

Was a member of the ensemble of "Memphis Belle"

1988

US TV debut, had title role of "The Luck Child" in an episode of "The Storyteller" (NBC)

1987

Film debut in bit role as actor Simon Ward in "Prick Up Your Ears"

1986

Was member of The National Theatre

1986

Starred as Eugene Jerome in the London production of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

1985

Featured in the British TV production "The Browning Version"

1985

Had recurring role on "The Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole" as Adrian's glue-sniffing friend Nigel

1983

West End debut in the stage musical "Bugsy Malone", based on the Alan Parker film

1980

London stage debut at age 13 in "The Name of the Beast" at the Bush Theatre (date approximate)

As a child, appeared in local stage productions in Cambridge