Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
Thomas Nicol Williamson (14 September 1936 – 16 December 2011) was a British actor, once described by playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando". He was also described by Samuel Beckett as "touched by genius" and viewed by many critics as "the Hamlet of his generation" during the late 1960s.