Preston Nyman

Preston Nyman first appeared in the 2005 short Foster in 2005 playing the lead role of Zach, for which he won Best Actor at the Braga International Film Festival. Most recently, Nyman has appeared as Weak Nathan in BBC Three’s This Country, Jonah Aris in BBC One’s Doctors and as Peter Cronk in ITV’s Doc Martin.

Nyman has also worked in animation, voicing the title role of Ben Elf in Nickelodeon’s Bafta winning Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, and the character of Quinn in CBeebies 3rd & Bird. In 2012, Nyman became one of the youngest solo comedy performers ever at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his show Preston Nyman's Shtick, which subsequently transferred to Trafalgar Studios in the West End.

In Agatha Christie's Crooked House Preston plays Eustace Leonides; Magda & Philip's son and brother of Sophia and Josephine.

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