Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is a British actor. He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the American legal drama For Life.
On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance.[2]
After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time.[2]
Career
In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who get mixed up with a mysterious magician.[3] A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV.
Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011.[6] After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters.[7] The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013.[citation needed]
Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudramaMandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.[8]
In November 2015, he played Jay "The Sport" Jackson in The Royale at the Bush Theatre in London.[9]
In 2016, Pinnock played Jason Backland on ITV's crime drama Marcella series 1 and 2, alongside Anna Friel.[10] The series aired on ITV on 4 April 2016.[10] He then appeared as Ian Shaw in Counterpart, a science fiction thriller first aired on 10 December 2017.[11]
Pinnock was cast as lead character Aaron Wallace in For Life, an American legal drama television series created by Hank Steinberg and executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.[13] The series was inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr, who was serving a life sentence for a wrongful conviction, but got himself exonerated and became a defense lawyer.[14] The series premiered on ABC on 11 February 2020.[15] and ran for two seasons.[16]
