Christien Alexis Anholt was born on 25 February 1971 and is an English stage, television and film actor best known for portraying Nigel Bailey in the television series Relic Hunter.
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Christien Anholt is the son of Anthony Anholt and Sheila Anholt, a teacher whom he married in 1964.
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Christien Anholt went on to play 'Marcelus' alongside Mel Gibson in the Franco Zeffirelli film Hamlet.
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Christien Anholt starred opposite Kate Beckinsale, Sam Neill and Judy Davis in the Hallmark production One Against the Wind, and alongside Stephen Dorff in The Power of One, directed by John G Avilsden.
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In 2021, Anholt played T S Eliot in William Nunez's The Laureate depicting the life of British poet and writer Robert Graves.
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Christien Anholt has been featured in Seventeen opposite Rachel Weisz, in Hard Times opposite Richard E Grant and Sir Alan Bates, and in The Harpist.
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Christien Anholt returned to the West End in Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love and was cast by Harold Pinter and director David Jones opposite Pinter himself, in The Hothouse.
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In 1999 Christien Anholt was cast as Nigel Bailey in Relic Hunter which ran for three seasons.
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Christien Anholt appeared opposite James Franco and Jean Reno in the World War One drama Flyboys, and can be seen alongside Thora Birch in Dark Corners.
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In 2007 Christien Anholt appeared in the movie, Ben 10 Race Against Time, in which he played an alien called 'Eon'.
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Christien Anholt appeared on the small screen in Doctors and Holby City.
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Christien Anholt was filmed reading four of his favourite children's stories to help support the centre's Crisis Kitchen helping provide 10,000 meals for local people in need and the national initiative launched by Theatres Trust to prevent the permanent closure of hundreds of UK theatres.
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In 2017, Christien Anholt was chosen for Dubai Properties JBR's advertising campaign shot in Dubai and Abu Dhabi with billboards seen internationally on tourism sites such as on the Sheikh Zayed Road as well as commercials playing worldwide.