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John Nettles
St. Austell, Cornwall, England
John Nettles has been a familiar face on British and International television screens for over thirty years. From his early beginnings in the UK hit comedy "The Liver Birds"…
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John Nettles has been a familiar face on British and International television screens for over thirty years. From his early beginnings in the UK hit comedy "The Liver Birds" (1969), he became a household name overnight playing the Jersey detective "Jim Bergerac". The series, "Bergerac" (1981), was a huge hit in Britain and was exported to many countries across the world including France, Spain and Greece, gaining him thousands of fans. His new found fame as Bergerac gave him almost film-star-like fame and fortune, not to mention thousands of female admirers! Despite "Bergerac" (1981) being mothballed in the early 1990s, the series still has a considerable fan base and lingering popularity abroad, especially in Jersey, where images of John Nettles are still used for advertising tourist attractions and other services on the island. Nettles' polished Shakesperean performances have won him critical acclaim and many consider him to rival fellow British stalwarts of theatre such as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. Oddly enough, however, he has never really ventured onto the big screen and has seemed happy to stick to stage and television throughout his successful career. Most recently he has enjoying continued success playing the straightforward DCI Tom Barnaby in ITV's _"Midsomer Murders" (1997). He is on record as wanting to create a TV detective without any of the usual tics, and consequently Tom Barnaby is a happy family man, who just happens to live in the most murderous part of an otherwise stereotypically idyllic English countryside.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Movie Self
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2021
The Great Wall: The Making of China
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2021
My Unique B&B
TV show Self - Narrator
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2019
Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie Self
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2019
Devon and Cornwall
TV show Self - Narrator
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2017
Walks with My Dog
TV show Self
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2017
Never Land
Movie Fisherman John
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2016
Shakespeare: The Legacy
Movie Self
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2015
Poldark
TV show Ray Penvenen
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2013
Toast of London
TV show John Nettles
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2012
Playhouse Presents
TV show John Nettles
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2011
Discovering Hamlet
Movie Self
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2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV show Self - Participant
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2009
Skavlan
TV show Self - Guest
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2008
John Nettles Applauds
TV show Self
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2006
Sindy The Fairy Princess
Movie Ulebus the Wand / Shay the Unicorn / The King / The Vicar (voice)
More credits
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2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie Dr. James Mortimer
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show DCI Tom Barnaby
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1996
Airport
TV show Narrator
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1995
All Men Are Mortal
Movie Sanier
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1994
Romeo and Juliet
Movie Capulet
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1993
The Detectives
TV show Jim Bergerac
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Giles Sutton
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1991
Tonight at 8.30
TV show Peter Gilpin
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1989
Under the Sun
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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1986
Boon
TV show Joe Green
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1985
Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains
TV show Narrator
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1984
Robin of Sherwood
TV show Peter de Leon
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1983
Natural World
TV show Self
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1982
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV show Raoul Letardau
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1981
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Movie Gerald
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1981
Bergerac
TV show DS Jim Bergerac
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1980
The Merchant of Venice
Movie Bassanio
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1978
Enemy at the Door
TV show Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis
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1977
The Professionals
TV show CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)
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1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV show Theo Redman
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1977
Holding On
TV show Herbert Goodings
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1976
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Movie Theo Redman
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1976
Dickens of London
TV show Macrone
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Gerald
