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Nick Mohammed
British comedian and actor (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nicholas George Mohammed (born 2 October 1980) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is known for portraying the character Mr. Swallow on stage and television. He is the creator of the Sky One comedy series Intelligence. Mohammed portrayed the character of Nathan Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Early life and education
Nicholas George Mohammed[1] was born 2 October 1980 in Leeds, England.[2] His mother was a Cyprus-born general practitioner and his Trinidad-born father worked in law.[3]
Mohammed was educated at Abbey Grange High School in Leeds. He turned down an offer to study at the University of Cambridge and instead chose to study for a BSc in Geophysics at Durham University[4], where he was a member of St Aidan's College[5] and played violin in the university orchestra.[6] He auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in, and instead frequented the local comedy circuit.[7]
After graduating from Durham in 2003, Mohammed began studying for a PhD in seismology at the Bullard Laboratories and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[6] He did not complete a doctorate, after dropping out to pursue comedy.[8] Whilst in Cambridge he successfully auditioned for the Cambridge Footlights.[9][10]
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Mohammed featured in the second series of BBC One's Reggie Perrin and was a co-presenter in BBC Three comedy series The King Is Dead alongside Simon Bird and Katy Wix.[11] He made guest appearances in Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches, Miranda,[11] How Not to Live Your Life and Life's Too Short,[11] and appeared in Series 2 Episode 4 of the BBC Radio 4 musical comedy show Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section.[11]
Following his Radio 4 debut (Quarters), Mohammed had a second series Nick Mohammed in Bits.[12] He was a cast member of BAFTA-nominated CBBC sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head, and supported Angelos Epithemiou (as one of his radio show characters, Mr Swallow) on his 2010 national tour.[11] He had a supporting role in all three series of the C4 comedy Drifters.[11]
Mohammed is known for his character, Mr Swallow, a megalomaniac magician.[13] He created the character's voice and attitude after his English teacher in secondary school who spoke in the same high-pitched Northern voice Mr Swallow does, and the name coming from the fact she would swallow a lot in between sentences.[14][13][15] He first developed the character while in Cambridge Footlights.[2]
Mohammed developed The Mr Swallow Show for BBC Television and wrote and starred in an original comedy-drama Magic for Channel 4 as part of the Coming Up Scheme. He appeared in CBBC show Hank Zipzer as Mr. Love. He made a guest appearance in the final episode of series 1 and first episode of series 2 of Uncle.[11] In 2015, he joined the cast of ITV comedy The Job Lot. He wrote and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station, for BBC Radio 4.[16]
In 2018, he voiced Piglet in the Disney film Christopher Robin. Also in 2018, it was announced that he would collaborate on a new comedy series titled Intelligence with David Schwimmer for Sky One.[17] In 2019, Mohammed appeared in the second series of Stath Lets Flats.[11] From 2020 to 2023, he played Nathan "Nate" Shelley in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV+.[11] In 2023, Mohammed starred as a policeman in the film Maggie Moore(s), alongside Jon Hamm and Tina Fey.[18] He was a contestant on the 17th series of the Channel 4 show Taskmaster, which launched in March 2024.[19]
In 2025, he appeared in the fifth season of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses as Mayor Zafar Jaffrey. Also in 2025, he starred in the action comedy film Deep Cover alongside Bryce Dallas Howard and Orlando Bloom[20]. In 2024, Mohammed opened A Christmas Carol (ish) at @sohoplace in London's West End for a Christmas run. The show was a re-telling of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol with Mr Swallow as the protagonist, also starring Martha Howe-Douglas, David Elms, and Kieran Hodgson. He originally developed the show at Soho Theatre in 2022.[21][22]
In 2025, he toured the UK as Mr Swallow in new live show, Show Pony with dates extended into 2026.[23] He also appeared as a contestant on The Celebrity Traitors.[24] He said "This is the first thing I've ever done as myself."[25] He made it to the final, alongside David Olusoga, before losing out to traitor Alan Carr.[26]
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Mohammed has said that he has personally experienced very little racism, but that "Often white men stumble upwards into positions of power."[27]
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Personal life
Mohammed learned the violin as a child and played in his university orchestra, at St Aidan’s College at Durham University.[39] There he met his wife, Becca, whom he married in 2014.[40][41] They have three children.[42][43]
Mohammed moved to Richmond, London 2014, and lived there for nearly a decade before moving out.[2] His eldest son, Finn, has an eidetic memory, which was showcased when they both appeared on an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.[15][44]
Mohammed is allergic to fish and seafood.[45]
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