Acting credits
112
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Nigel Planer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Movies: 72Series: 40Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 117555
IMDb ID: nm0686539
Known for: Acting
Born: February 22, 1953
Age: 73
Place of birth: Westminster, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2024
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q2232106
Other jobs
Writer (3)
Biography
Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, comedian, musician, novelist and playwright. He played Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones and Ralph Filthy in Filthy Rich & Catflap. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Nigel Planer.
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024 Movie
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023 Movie
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
2022 Movie
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
2020 Movie
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
2019 Movie
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018 Movie
4.3
Ratburger
as Headmaster
2017 Movie
Sleigh
as Gerald
2017 Movie
6.6
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
2016 Movie
5.3
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
2016 Movie
8.0
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015 Movie
5.5
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014 Movie
4.3
The List
as Ted Rove
2013 Movie
5.5
I Give It a Year
as Brian
2013 Movie
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
2012 Movie
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012 Movie
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
2011 Movie
7.1
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
2010 Movie
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
2009 Movie
7.8
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008 Movie
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
2007 Movie
6.8
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2007 Movie
5.3
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nigel Planer.
7.6
Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.6
Mandy
as Captain • 1 eps
2020 Series
5.9
Timewasters
as Langley • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.2
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist • 5 eps
2017 Series
We Have Been Watching
as Self • 5 eps
2017 Series
7.3
Upstart Crow
as Egeus • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.3
Boomers
2 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Frank • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro • 3 eps
2011 Series
6.8
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.8
The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer • 1 eps
2008 Series
6.1
M.I. High
as Prime Minister • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.7
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney • 2 eps
2006 Series
5.0
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.2
Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
1 eps
2003 Series
7.7
The Last Detective
1 eps
2003 Series
7.7
The Grimleys
as Les Grimley • 22 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Jonathan Creek
as Shelford • 1 eps
1997 Series