Hugo Blick
British actor and filmmaker
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Hugo Blick is a British filmmaker and actor. He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks. He is known for the TV series The Shadow Line, The Honourable Woman, and Black Earth Rising.
- Film director
- film producer
- screenwriter
- actor
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| Born | Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Known for | The Shadow Line The Honourable Woman Black Earth Rising |
Early life and education
Hugo Blick was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.[1]
He studied in Cardiff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[2]
Career
Blick has acted in several films, making his debut as a young Jack Napier, the character who would ultimately become The Joker, in Tim Burton's Batman.[3] He delivers the famous line "Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light?" after having killed the young Bruce Wayne's parents.[4]
He co-wrote, along with Simon Petter, the TV series The Last Word Monologues, a series of three shorts featuring Sheila Hancock, Rhys Ifans, and Bob Hoskins. He had producer credits on several works including Roger & Val Have Just Got In starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina.[citation needed]
Again working with Simon Petter, Blick co-created, produced, and co-directed the TV comedies Marion and Geoff with Rob Brydon and Operation Good Guys, in which he also appeared as "Smiler" McCarthy.[citation needed] Blick also wrote and created the noir thriller The Shadow Line (2011) for the BBC, which starred Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christopher Eccleston.[5][6]
In 2014, Hugo Blick wrote and directed the BBC drama series The Honourable Woman,[7] which won a Peabody Award and Golden Globe Award.[8][9]
In 2017, it was announced that Blick would write and direct Black Earth Rising for BBC Two and Netflix.[10][11] He directed and wrote The English, a western drama TV series starring Emily Blunt, for BBC Two and Amazon Prime Video,which debuted on 10 November 2022 on BBC Two.[12]
Filming took place in August 2025 on his project California Avenue, a television series starring Bill Nighy, Erin Doherty, and Helena Bonham Carter.[13][14]
Blick has his own film production company, called Eight Rooks.[15][16]
Filmography
Producer/director/writer/actor
- 1997: Operation Good Guys
- 2000: Marion and Geoff
- 2001: A Small Summer Party
- 2002: Up in Town
- 2005: Sensitive Skin
- 2008: The Last Word Monologues
- 2010: Roger & Val Have Just Got In (Executive Producer)
- 2011: The Shadow Line
- 2014: The Honourable Woman
- 2014: Sensitive Skin
- 2018: Black Earth Rising
- 2022: The English
- TBA: California Avenue
Actor
- 1989: Batman – Young Jack Napier
- 1989: Blackadder Goes Forth – Lieutenant von Gerhardt
- 1989: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court – Mordred
- 1990: Jeeves and Wooster – Claude Wooster
- 1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery – De Torres
- 1994: Flush – Executive
- 1996: The Wind in the Willows – Justin
- 1997: Operation Good Guys – Narrator / 'Smiler' McCarthy’ / Hugo Crippin
- 2005: Sensitive Skin – G.I. Johnson
- 2018: Black Earth Rising – Blake Gaines
Self
- 2015: 67th Primetime Emmy Awards – Self–Nominee