Nigel Planer

Personal Info

Birthday

February 22, 1953

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Westminster, London, England, UK

Nigel Planer

Biography

Nigel George Planer 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.

Known For

Death in Paradise

Grantchester

Father Brown

Sherlock Holmes

Agatha Christie's Marple

Inside No. 9

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

The Comic Strip Presents...

Filmography

2024
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
2020
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
2019
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
2017
Ratburger
as Headmaster
Sleigh
as Gerald
2016
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
2015
From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Narrator
2013
The List
as Ted Rove
I Give It a Year
as Brian
2012
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
2010
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
2009
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
2006
How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
2005
Sex Actually
as Graham
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
Three Steps to Hendon
as Gerry Jameson
2003
Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
2000
Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
1998
You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
The Land Girls
as Gerald
Four Men in a Car
as Tim
1997
Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
1995
Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
1993
Jealousy
as Transvestite
Demonella
as Father
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
1992
Santa's First Christmas
as Romuald the Reindeer
Carry On Columbus
as The Wazir
The Crying Game
as Club Chairman/Waiter
Red Nose of Courage
as Home Secretary
Unnatural Pursuits
as George Pepperly
1991
The Trials of Oz
as John Peel
1990
Frankenstein's Baby
as Paul Hocking
Spaghetti Hoops
as Aldo Vini
Oxford
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Stan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Stan
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as TV Presenter
1988
Number 27
as Andrew Veitch
Funseekers
as Tony
More Bad News
as Den Dennis
The Strike
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
1987
Eat the Rich
as DHSS Manager
1986
Private Enterprise
as Derek
1985
The Supergrass
as Gunter
Brazil
as Charlie--Dept. of Works
1984
Slags
as Marlon
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Paul
Susie
as Dave
Dirty Movie
as Nigel
1983
Yellowbeard
as Mansell
Group Madness
as Self
Summer School
as Julian
Bad News
as Den Dennis
War
as Various Roles
Dead on Time
as Boring Friend