Nick Mohammed is an English Award winning actor, a television actor, a film actor, a comedian, and the main regular actor featured in the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso who played the character Nathan Shelley, a shy kitman promoted into an assistant coach for AFC Richmond who turned into an antagonist and a manager for West Ham United F.C..
History[]
Nick Mohammed was born on 4 October 1980 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. His mother was a Cyprus-born general practitioner and his father was an Indo-Trinidadian legal professional. He was educated at Abbey Grange High School. He reportedly turned down an offer from Cambridge University and chose Durham University, where he was a member of St Aidan's College and played violin in the university orchestra.
He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in and instead frequented the local comedy circuit. His interest in comedy prompted him to audition for the Footlights, which he did successfully.
Careers and Awards[]
After a few years of guest roles, he eventually became a regular on the James Corden vehicle, Horne & Corden in 2009. His most prominent role in his early career, however, was undoubtedly that of "Steve" on the Martin Clunes-headed Reggie Perrin. In the 2010s, he has been seen with recurring roles on Gates, Drifters and the third season of The Job Lot. His highest-profile film role prior to the debut of Ted Lasso was likely in 2015's The Martian.
Many Britons will doubtless remember him as "Mr. Love" in Hank Zipper from the mid-2010s.
Nick Mohammed was nominated for Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor as Nathan Shelley for Ted Lasso (TV series).
Ted Lasso[]
Nick wrote a few statements regarding his character Nate turned into a villain and even apologized for making the fans angry, but he explained that Nate's journey is not over yet and there will be rooms for development and changes. He also added that this all comes from a slew of micro-aggressions against Nate from the rest of the characters.
Nick also claims during an interview that there is a possibility that Nate's family was from Cyprus. According to him, for season 2 episode 10 during the funeral scene, actor Anthony Head said some very funny and obscure things to make him laugh. But he doesn't know what Rupert was supposed to whisper to Nate at the time.
A lot of news media defended Nathan's journey into a villain and accused the show's writers of villainizing a person of color character and turning color blind by ignoring Nathan's cultural background and the way people treating him because of his skin colors. One media wrote: The show turned one of its sweetest characters, the kit man turned coach Nathan Shelley, into a villain. It made him bitter. It made him mean. It transformed him into an avatar of regressions that have shaped this moment: selfishness, incuriosity, individualism gone from rugged to rogue.
External link[]
- Nick Mohammed at IMDb