Nigel Planer
Birthday
1953/02/22 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1983) Yellowbeard
as Mansell
(2007) Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
(2007) Flood
as Keith Hopkins
(1995) Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
(1996) The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
(2017) Sleigh
as Gerald
(1992) Carry On Columbus
as The Wazir
(1992) Unnatural Pursuits
as George Pepperly
(1985) The Supergrass
as Gunter
(2013) I Give It a Year
as Brian
(2013) The List
as Ted Rove
(1991) The Trials of Oz
as John Peel
(1983) Dead on Time
as Boring Friend
(1993) Demonella
as Father
(1983) Summer School
as Julian
(1988) Funseekers
as Tony
(1993) Jealousy
as Transvestite
(1998) Four Men in a Car
as Tim
(1983) War
as Various Roles
(2000) Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
(1984) Dirty Movie
as Nigel
(1984) Susie
as Dave
(1984) Slags
as Marlon
(1986) Private Enterprise
as Derek
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Stan
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Stan
(1990) Oxford
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
(1992) Red Nose of Courage
as Home Secretary
(1990) Spaghetti Hoops
as Aldo Vini
(1992) The Crying Game
as Club Chairman/Waiter
(1993) Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
(2012) Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
(2023) imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
(1992) Santa's First Christmas
as Romuald the Reindeer
(2012) 30 Years of Comic Strip
as ---
(1988) Number 27
as ---
(2005) The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
(2005) Sex Actually
as Graham
(1987) Eat the Rich
as DHSS Manager
(2022) Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
(2008) Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2003) Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
(2016) Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
(2015) From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Narrator
(1990) Frankenstein's Baby
as Paul Hocking
(2011) The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
(1981) The Comic Strip
as ---
(2006) How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
(1985) Brazil
as Charlie--Dept. of Works
(1988) The Strike
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
(2016) Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
(1998) The Land Girls
as Gerald
(2017) Ratburger
as Headmaster
(1983) Bad News
as Den Dennis
(1988) More Bad News
as Den Dennis
(1983) Group Madness
as Self
(2010) Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
(2009) Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
(2009) How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
(1998) You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
(1990) GLC: The Carnage Continues
as TV Presenter
(2019) Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
(2018) How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
as ---
(1997) Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
(2020) Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
(1984) A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Paul
(2024) The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
(2023) The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
(2007) The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Shelford
(1964) The Magic Roundabout
as ---
(2017) We Have Been Watching
as Self
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
(1982) The Young Ones
as Neil
(1999) The Grimleys
as Les Grimley
(2007) M.I. High
as ---
(1982) Shine on Harvey Moon
as ---
(2006) Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1990) The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
as ---
(2003) The Last Detective
as ---
(2003) Celebrity Mastermind
as ---
(1993) Bonjour la Classe
as ---
(1985) Roll Over Beethoven
as ---
(1993) GMTV
as Self
(2010) The Michael Ball Show
as Self
(1986) King and Castle
as David Castle
(2006) Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
(1994) The Marriage of Figaro
as Antonio
(2013) Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion
(2010) The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
(1983) Blackadder
as Lord Smedley
(2014) Boomers
as ---
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Franklin Tartikoff
(1985) Happy Families
as Barman
(2020) Mandy
as Captain
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(2011) Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro
(2017) Timewasters
as Langley
(2008) The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer
(1989) Blackeyes
as Jeff
(1980) Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
as ---
(2011) Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton
(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables
(2006) Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2023) Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax
(2014) Inside No. 9
as Frank
(1994) Ready Steady Cook
as Self - Guest
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Gunter
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Graham
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Julian
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Paul
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dave
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Den Dennis
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nigel
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Marlon
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Derek
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Charles
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tony
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Stan
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as TV Presenter
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Aldo Vini
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Home Secretary
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Club Chairman/Waiter
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Father
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tim
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Governor Wilkins
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Transvestite
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tim Goodman
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Barmaid/Inspector
(1987) Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Ralph Filthy
(2014) Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery