7.7
Movie
Acting
Nigel Planer
- Born
- (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 129 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.7
Movie
7.7
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
5.5
Movie
I Give It a Year
8.0
TV
Blackadder
7.4
TV
Death in Paradise
7.5
TV
Lockwood & Co.
8.1
TV
Inside No. 9
8.2
TV
Sherlock Holmes
7.2
TV
Episodes
6.8
TV
The Colour of Magic
6.8
Movie
Hogfather
5.3
Movie
Flood
5.6
Movie
Yellowbeard
7.9
TV
The Young Ones
7.3
TV
Grantchester
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.7
TV
Father Brown
6.3
Movie
Bright Young Things
Acting credits 129
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint Film | Ned |
| 2026 | Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard Film | Self |
| 2024 | The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? Film | Self |
| 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Film | Self |
| 2023 | The Rise of the Comic Strip Film | Self |
| 2023 | Lockwood & Co. TV | John Fairfax (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Red Riding Hood: After Ever After Film | Nun Wolf |
| 2020 | Jeepers Creepers Film | American Reporter (voice) |
| 2020 | Mandy TV | Captain (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Completely Bad News Film | Den Dennis |
| 2018 | How The Young Ones Changed Comedy Film | |
| 2017 | Ratburger Film | Headmaster |
| 2017 | Sleigh Film | Gerald |
| 2017 | Timewasters TV | Langley (1 ep) |
| 2017 | House of Games TV | Self - Panellist (5 ep) |
| 2017 | We Have Been Watching TV | Self (5 ep) |
| 2016 | Burn Burn Burn Film | Henry |
| 2016 | Upstart Crow TV | Egeus (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Red Top Film | Rupert Murdoch |
| 2015 | From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Grantchester TV | Giles Montgomery (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Boomers TV | (2 ep) |
| 2014 | The Last Impresario Film | Self |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 TV | Frank (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The List Film | Ted Rove |
| 2013 | I Give It a Year Film | Brian |
| 2013 | Father Brown TV | Ronnie Grunion (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Five Go to Rehab Film | Barmaid/Inspector |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip Film | |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise TV | Eugene Sutton (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV | Self - Participant (2 ep) |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair Film | Peter Mandelson |
| 2011 | Episodes TV | Sanford Shamiro (3 ep) |
| 2010 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret TV | Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse (1 ep) |
| 2010 | The Michael Ball Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Heavy Metal Britannia Film | Self |
| 2009 | How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig Film | Nicholas Craig |
| 2009 | Prog Rock Britannia Film | Narrator |
| 2008 | Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation Film | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic TV | Arch Astronomer (1 ep) |
| 2008 | The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 Film | Arch Astronomer |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Young Ones' Film | Self |
| 2007 | Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene Film | |
| 2007 | Hogfather Film | Mr. Sideney |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Flood Film | Keith Hopkins |
| 2007 | M.I. High TV | Prime Minister (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Hogfather TV | Mr. Sideney (2 ep) |
| 2006 | How To Be Sci-Fi TV | (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Legends TV | Self - Narrator (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2006 | How To Be Eighteenth Century Film | Nicholas Craig |
| 2006 | Mayo TV | Robert Bainbridge (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Sex Actually Film | Graham |
| 2005 | The Comic Strip - A Retrospective Film | Self |
| 2005 | Three Steps to Hendon Film | Gerry Jameson |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Mr. Venables (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence Film | Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Celebrity Mastermind TV | (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things Film | Taxi Driver |
| 2003 | The Last Detective TV | (1 ep) |
Crew credits 3
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Funseekers Film | Writer |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1981 | The Comic Strip Film | Writer |