William Charles Merrick was born on 9 April 1993 and is an English screen and stage actor.
13 Facts About Will Merrick
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Will Merrick's debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series Skins as the character Alo Creevey.
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Will Merrick attended The Downs School, Malvern and Dean Close School.
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Will Merrick came in the top ten of over 50,000 candidates for the 2009 drama GCSE examination.
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In 2011, Will Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins, playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck.
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In February 2012, Will Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star.
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In May 2012, Will Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns, in the role of Dean.
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Will Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains.
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Will Merrick 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.
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Will Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack.
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In 2016 Will Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters.
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Will Merrick played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark.
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From 2019 to 2021 Will Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels.