Nikolas Vudson (30-noyabr 1949-yilda tug‘ilgan) — ingliz kino, televideniye va teatr aktyori, shuningdek, Drama Desk va Olivier mukofotlariga nomzod. Vudson Sudan davlatida tug‘ilgan va bolaligida O‘rta Sharqda yashagan. U Sussexdagi tayyorlov maktabida va Marlborough kollejida sahnaga chiqishni boshlagan. U Sussex universitetida ingliz tili o‘qigan va talaba drama ishlab chiqarishlariga jalb qilingan, bu yerda Maykl Attenborough, Jim Karter va Endi de la Tour bilan tanishgan. 1970-yilda Milliy Talaba Drama Festivalida ishtirok etgan. Keyin esa akademik karerani davom ettirmaslikka qaror qilib, Lyceum teatrida repda bir mavsum o‘tkazgan. U Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1972–74) uchun stipendiya yutib olgan. Drama maktabidan keyingi birinchi ishi 1974–75 yillarda Liverpuldagi Everyman teatrida bo‘lib, bu yerda Jonatan Prayts (san'at rahbari), Juli Volters, Pit Postlethwaite va Bill Nayi kabi aktyorlar bilan birga ishlagan. U Buyuk Britaniya va AQShning mintaqaviy teatrlarda, Londonning Hampstead Theatre Club, Young Vic va Almeida Theatre, shuningdek, Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway) da ishlagan. U 1982-yilda Royal Shakespeare Theatrega qo‘shilib, ular bilan yetti yil ishlagan. Brodveyda uning ishlari orasida "Man and Superman" filmidagi Straker (1978), "Piaf" (1981), "An Inspector Calls" filmidagi Inspektor Gool (1995) va "Mary Stuart" filmidagi Burleigh (2009) mavjud. 2011-yilda u Odetsning "Rocket to the Moon" asarining Milliy teatrda qayta sahnalashtirilishida Mr. Prince rolini o‘ynagan. U West Endda "Funny Peculiar" (1976), "Good" (1982) (shuningdek, Brodveyda), "An Inspector Calls" (2009) filmidagi Inspektor Gool, "Jumpers" (2003) (shuningdek, Brodveyda) filmidagi Bonesy, "Chariots of Fire" (2012) filmidagi Mussabini va "The Audience" (2015) filmidagi Harold Wilson rolida paydo bo‘lgan. U Pinterning "The Birthday Party" asarining ikkita ishlab chiqarishida ishtirok etgan, 1994-yilda Milliy teatrda McCann rolini, 2008-yilda Lyric Hammersmithning 50-yillik yubiley ishlab chiqarishida esa Goldberg rolini o‘ynagan. Shuningdek, u Pinterning "The Homecoming" asarining ikkita ishlab chiqarishida ishtirok etgan, 1991-yilda 25-yillik West End qayta sahnalashtirilishida Lenny rolini va 2011-yilda RSCda Max rolini o‘ynagan. 2017-yilda Tim Pigott-Smithning vafotidan so‘ng, u "Death of a Salesman" asarining Royal & Derngate teatridagi turida Willy Loman rolini o‘z zimmasiga oldi va bu roli uchun Eng Yaxshi Asosiy Rol ijrochisi sifatida Buyuk Britaniya Teatr Mukofotiga nomzod bo‘ldi. Vudsonning birinchi film ishi 1980-yilda chiqarilgan "Heaven's Gate" filmidagi rolidir. Tasodifan, u Montana shtatida filmning boshqa aktyorlaridan ko‘ra ko‘proq vaqt o‘tkazgan. U shuningdek, "The Russia House" (1990), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), "Shooting Fish" (1997), "The Man Who Knew Too Little" (1997), "Titanic Town" (1998), "The Avengers" (1998), "Mad Cows" (1999), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "Dreaming of Joseph Lees" (1999), "Amazing Grace" (2006), "Hannah Arendt" (2012), James Bond filmidagi "Skyfall" (2012), "Mr. Turner" (2014), "The Danish Girl" (2015), "Race" (2016), "Disobedience" (2017), "The Death of Stalin" (2017) va "The Hustle" (2019) kabi filmlarda ham paydo bo‘lgan.
