Nicholas Bishop is a British actor. He began his career in theatre. On television, he is known for his role as Maxim Alonso in the first three seasons of the BBC Two and HBO series Industry (2020âÂÂ). His films include Lady Chatterley's Lover and Pretty Red Dress (both 2022), and The Critic (2023).
Bishop is fluent in Spanish and Catalan and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a degree in English literature.
Bishop was cast as Longaville in Peter Hall's 2008 production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Bishop then played Froth in Holt's production of Measure for Measure at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth and Peter in The Railway Children at Waterloo Station. Bishop also made guest appearances in the BBC One series Hustle and Cranford.
Bishop made his West End debut when he joined the cast of War Horse at the New London Theatre as Captain Nicholls, taking over the role from Alex Avery in 2011.
Bishop had further stage roles in the 2015 National Theatre productions of Man and Superman with Ralph Fiennes and Three Days in the Country directed by Patrick Marber. This was followed by While the Sun Shines with Tamla Kari in 2016.
In 2017, Bishop played Count Orsino and Dickens in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Twelfth Night and A Christmas Carol respectively. This was followed by The Madness of George III, in which Bishop reunited with Mark Gatiss.
Bishop returned to television in 2020 when he began playing Maxim Alonso in the BBC Two and HBO banking drama Industry, a role he would reprise in the second and third series. He appeared in the films Lady Chatterley's Lover as Ned and Pretty Red Dress as Shaun in 2022, and The Critic as Richard Pugh in 2023.
Bishop starred in the Hallmark Channel films A Proposal in Paris (2023) as Sebastian Laurent opposite Alexa PenaVega and An American in Austen as Mr Darcy. Bishop appeared in the 2025 BBC One crime drama This City Is Ours. He has an upcoming role in Nia DaCosta's film Hedda.