Lachlan Nieboer

He went to St. Paul's School and then the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he studied how to speak Latin, taught by the infamous papal secretary Father Reginald Foster. He then went on to read Classics at New College, Oxford.

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

Nieboer's first job out of drama school was the role of Gray, Captain Jack Harkness's brother, in the second series of the hit BBC television series Torchwood. He appeared in the series' final two episodes, "Fragments" and "Exit Wounds".[3]

He played Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in the second series of Downton Abbey.[4] He starred as Captain Davenport in the Norwegian feature film Cross of Honour (originally Into the White),[5] based on the incredible true story.[6] He played Dominic in Mike Figgis's suspense thriller Suspension of Disbelief.[7] 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.

Nieboer has starred in the independent horror film The Unfolding[8] and Identicals,[9] a complex psychological thriller exploring the nature of identity, directed by BAFTA Award-winning director Simon Pummell. He starred in Trendy,[10][11] a thriller shot in East London, which premiered in competition at Raindance Film Festival 2017.

Nieboer played King Nikolas in Hallmark's Royal Hearts,[12] 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.[13]

Alongside his film and television work, Nieboer has worked at the National Theatre and in various fringe theatres in London[14] and New York.

Nieboer 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, Nieboer starred in the Heineken "Sunrise" campaign[15] with Audrey Napoleon, and the Mercedes-Benz "Sound with Power" campaign, wearing the first ever full LED suit, alongside rapper Tinie Tempah.[16]

As a writer and producer, he is adapting his first novel into a screenplay. A spy thriller set in contemporary Europe, it follows a down-and-out student who unwittingly falls into a complex and deadly web of lies, secrets and betrayal. He is also in the early stages of adapting and developing a bestselling novel into a mini-series.

He is a pianist and viola player.

He can speak Italian, French, Russian and Latin.

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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