Nick Dunning è conosciuto come attore e sceneggiatore. È celebre per aver partecipato a Alexander (2004), I Tudors (2007) e The Iron Lady (2011). È sposato con Lise-Anne McLaughlin dal 1992. Hanno due figli/e.
Parents are Roy and Jean Dunning and has a sister named Cathy.
Appears in the audience of an episode of the long-running television show "Live At The Apollo", broadcast by BBC Television, as himself "off-duty", so to speak from, acting, just appearing as an ordinary member of the public at the show.