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Nicholas Charles Nick Cotton is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders played by John Altman on a recurring basis from the soap’s debut episode in February 1985 through to his last appearance to date in 2009. Nick is the son of characters Charlie (Christopher Hancock) and Dot Cotton (June Brown) and the father of Charlie (Declan Bennett) Ashley (Frankie Fitzgerald) and Dotty Cotton (Molly Conlin).