Nick Moran Biography

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Nicholas James Moran, better known as Nick Moran (born 23 December 1969), is a British actor, writer and producer. He is probably best known for his role in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, in which he played "Eddie," the card shark.

Film career

Moran first hit the big screen in 1990 alongside Roger Daltrey and Chesney Hawkes, in Buddy's Song (1990). He then went on to star with Britpack waifs Hans Matheson and Samantha Morton in a Coky Giedroyc short, The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996). His most remembered role was Eddie in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), in which he shared the screen with Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and British rocker Sting, the last of whom played the role of Eddy's father, JD. Moran played a card sharp who attempts to increase the savings of himself and his three friends by investing it in a bet against a local mobster, Harry "The Hatchet" Lonsdale, but then loses the whole 100,000 pounds.

At the London premiere of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Moran walked down the red carpet with Sting. "All the photographers wanted pictures of Sting and of Dustin Hoffman, who was there with Sting and I. Nobody knew who I was, so they literally manhandled me to get to the real stars," he recalled. When one photographer got a little too physical and verbally abusive, Moran punched him out. "I gave him four stitches and put him unconscious," he says. Moran was charged with assault and ended up paying a $400 fine. "That wasn't the worst that happened. "I had been hired to shoot a movie [New Blood] in Toronto and had been denied permission to enter the country because I had an old drunk driving conviction. The Canadian consulate told me no one can enter the country with a criminal record."[1] Moran spent weeks getting a waiver for his conviction. He finally received it and was able to film his Canadian movie.[2]

Moran co-starred with John Hurt in New Blood (1999)and also starred with Joseph Fiennes, Sadie Frost and Tara Fitzgerald in Rancid Aluminium (2000). In 2001, he played the role of Aramis in The Musketeer, a film loosely based on Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, The Three Musketeers. The film co-starred Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, and Bill Treacher, with Justin Chambers in the role of D'Artagnan.

Personal life

Moran married actress Sienna Guillory in July 1997 - they divorced in 2000.

He has two brothers, Simon and Richard. Both work in the city of London in the IT Sector. Simon is a network support analyst specialising in Cisco equipment and Richard is a trainee UNIX administrator for a well-known German bank.

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Feature Films

Clubbing to Death (2007) .... Mark

The Amazing Grace (2006) .... John Newton

The Pistachio Nut (2005) .... Peter Hall

Puritan (2005) .... Simon Puritan

Silent Partner (2005) .... Gordon Patrick

The Last Drop (2005) .... Cpl Ives

American Daylight (2004) .... Lawrence Stokowski

Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004) .... Bryan MacGreggor

Spivs (2004) .... Steve

The Baby Juice Express (2004) .... Des

Chaos and Cadavers (2003) .... Edward Taggert

Noise Control (2003) .... The Pilot (RAF Fighter jet pilot)

Ten Minutes (2003) .... Andy

Ashes and Sand (2002) .... Daniel

Ant Muzak (2002) .... Goddard

White Bits (2002) .... Dave

The Musketeer (2001) .... Aramis

Another Life (2001) .... Percy Thompson

The Proposal (2001) .... Terry Martin

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000) .... Christie Malry

Rancid Aluminium (2000) .... Harry the dealer

Star! Star! (1999) .... Anatol

New Blood (1999) .... Danny White

The Rules of Engagement (1999) .... Jimmy

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) .... Eddie

Miss Monday (1998) .... Jeremy

Clancy's Kitchen (1996) .... Ivan

The Future Lasts a Long Time (1996) .... Matt

Buddy's Song (1990) .... Mike

Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989) .... Rick

Television

A Bear's Christmas Tail (2004) .... The Scriptwriter

The Fear (2001) .... Storyteller

CI5: The New Professionals - "Miss Hit" (1999) .... Tony Radelli

Midsomer Murders - "Blood Will Out" (1999) .... Michael Smith

The Bill - "A Bitter Pill" (1997) .... Paul Shea, and "Picking Up the Pieces" (1995) .... Todd Grant

Thief Takers - "Company of Strangers" (1996) .... Stanley Callow

Casualty - "Money Talks" (1992) .... Jez

Eldorado (1992) .... Jim

Heartbeat - "Keep on Running" (1992) .... Rick Parker

Redemption (1991) .... Elvis Paris

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• 1. Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney. It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else. Don't think because these boxes are sealed up, they're empty. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you lot today, I'd make more money with me measuring tape. Here, one price. Ten pound.
  2. Eddy: Did you say ten pound?
  3. Bacon: Are you deaf?
  4. Eddy: That's a bargain. I'll take one.
  5. Bacon: Squeeze in if you can. Left leg, right leg, your body will follow. They call it walking. You want one as well, darling? You do? That's it. They're waking up. Treat the wife. Treat somebody else's wife. It's a lot more fun if you don't get caught. Hold on. You want one as well? Okay, darling, show me a bit of life then. It's no good standing out there like one o'clock half-struck. Buy them, you better buy them. These are not stolen, they just haven't been paid for, and we can't get them again. They've changed the bloody locks. Here. One for you. It's no good coming back later when I've sold out. 'Too late, too late' will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by. If you got no money on you now, you'll be crying tears as big as October cabbages.
  6. Eddy: Bacon, cozzers!
  7. Bacon: Shit.
  From Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Submitted by Andrew G (51 days ago)

• 1. Eddy: What I do know is there's no more Harry. Which means there's no more debt.
  From Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Submitted by Yury M (12 months ago)

• 1. Eddy: They're armed.
  2. Soap: What was that? Armed? What do you mean armed? Armed with what?
  3. Eddy: Err, bad breath, colorful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!
  From Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Submitted by Anastasia B (12 months ago)