Will Merrick

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::summary English actor (born 1993) ::

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Field	Value
name	Will Merrick
image	File:2025 06 03 Will Merrick BN Shot6 0974.jpg
birth_name	William Charles Merrick
birth_date
birth_place	Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
education	The Downs School
Dean Close School
occupation	Actor
years_active	2009–present
known_for	Skins (2011–2012)
About Time (2013)
The Rack Pack (2016)
Brief Encounters (2016)
Dead Pixels (2019)
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| name = Will Merrick | image = File:2025 06 03 Will Merrick BN Shot6 0974.jpg | imagesize = | birth_name = William Charles Merrick | birth_date = | birth_place = Ledbury, Herefordshire, England | education = The Downs School Dean Close School | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2009–present | known_for = Skins (2011–2012) About Time (2013) The Rack Pack (2016) Brief Encounters (2016) Dead Pixels (2019)

William Charles Merrick (born 9 April 1993) is an English screen and stage actor. His debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series Skins as the character Alo Creevey.

Early life and education

Merrick originates from Ledbury in Herefordshire. He attended The Downs School, Malvern and Dean Close School. He came in the top ten of over 50,000 candidates for the 2009 drama GCSE examination.

Career

As a member of the Close up Theatre, Merrick performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and 2011, in the productions of The History Boys playing Posner and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, playing Charley. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012–2013 Merrick started a theatre company No Prophet at the age of 18. With it he played roles in Punk Rock, a stage production by Simon Stephens, and Boys written by Ella Hickson.

In 2011, Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins, playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck. He described his character as a "loving person, very open-minded, positive and enthusiastic kind of guy."

In February 2012, Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star. In the same year he was also nominated for Best Actor at TV Choice Awards.

In May 2012, Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns, in the role of Dean. In the same year he has landed his first big screen role as Jay in Richard Curtis' new romantic comedy About Time alongside Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.

Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains. He played the role of Tom, alongside Jessie Cave, in an episode of Coming Up aired on Channel 4 in July 2013 and was a guest star in BBC fantasy series Atlantis.

Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack. In 2016 Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters. He played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark. From 2019 to 2021 Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels.

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	About Time	Jay	Director: Richard Curtis
2017	Modern Life Is Rubbish	Olly
2021	A Classic Horror Story
2023	Barbie	Young Mattel Employee
2025	F1	Hugh Nickleby
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2011–2012	Skins	Alo Creevey	E4	17 episodes
Won—RTS Award for Best Actor
Nominated—TV Choice Award for Best Actor
2012	In with the Flynns	Dean	BBC One	1 episode "Frozen Assets" No.2.6
2013	Doctor Who	Brains	BBC One
2013	Coming Up	Tom	Channel 4	1 episode No.8.2 "Burger Van Champion"
2013	Atlantis	Arcas	BBC One	1 episode No.1.8 "The Furies"
2015	Count Arthur Strong	Jeremy	BBC Two	1 episode No. 2.2 "The Day The Clocks Went Back"
2016	Brief Encounters	Russell	ITV	6 episodes
2016	The Rack Pack	Steve Davis	BBC iPlayer	1 episode
2017	Poldark	Arthur Solway	BBC One	2 episodes
2019–2021	Dead Pixels	Nicky	E4	12 episodes
2023	Silo	Danny	Apple TV+	2 episodes
2023	Bodies	Constable Byrne	Netflix	3 episodes
2023	Miss Scarlet and the Duke	Martin Crabtree	Alibi / PBS	1 episode "The Heir"
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Theatre

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Taming of the Shrew	Grumio	Close Up Theatre
Amadeus	Venticello	Close Up Theatre
2010	Hamlet	Polonius	Close Up Theatre
The History Boys	Posner	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2011	Death of a Salesman	Charley	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2012	Punk Rock	William Carlisle	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2013	Boys	Benny	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Arcola Theatre
2013–2014	Wendy & Peter Pan	Slightly	Royal Shakespeare Company
2014–2015	Merlin	Merlin	Royal & Derngate
2018	Death of a Salesman	Bernard	Royal Exchange Theatre
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Awards and nominations

|- | 2012 | Best Actor | Royal Television Society Award | |- | 2012 | Best Actor | TV Choice Awards | |}

References

References

1. ''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005''
2. [http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s89/skins/tubetalk/a296161/meet-the-skins-will-merrick.html/ Meet the Skins Will Merrick]
3. [http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/8771516.Ledbury_teenager_throws_party_to_mark_debut_in__Skins_/?ref=rss/ Will Merrick throws party to mark debut in Skins]
4. "Will Merrick theatre formation". skinsfansite.
5. [http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/227967-death-of-a-salesman/ Death of a salesman]
6. "Punk Rock, Edinburgh Festival Guide". edinburghfestival.
7. "Punk Rock, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe". edfringe.
8. (1 March 2011). "Will Merrick ('Skins') interview". cultbox.
9. [https://screenterrier.blogspot.com/2010/11/skins-season-5-meet-will-merrick.html/ Skins 5 meet Will Merrick]
10. [https://twitter.com/buckingabout/status/170256920530255872/ RTS Bristol Best Actor Will Merrick]
11. "Nominations TV Choice Awards 2012". tvchoicemagazine.
12. "About time for stardom as Will lands big screen role". thisisgloucestershire.
13. "Will Merrick Credits". unitedagents.
14. Lazarus, Susanna. (6 December 2012). "Skins actor Will Merrick appeared in Doctor Who". Radio Times.
15. "Coming Up Episode Guide". Channel 4.
16. Jeffery, Morgan. (16 Nov 2013). "'Atlantis' episode 8 review: Blood ties and past lies". Digital Spy.
17. (October 2025). "EHE8: Boys". Arcola Theatre}}{{Dead link.
18. "Wendy And Peter Pan". Royal Shakespeare Company.

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