Nigel Planer

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Nigel Planer

Acting 73 February 22, 1953

Westminster, London, England, UK

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 Fi…

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Brazil

Brazil

7.7 1985 Movie
SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

7.7 1999 TV Show
Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
I Give It a Year

I Give It a Year

5.5 2013 Movie
GMTV

GMTV

5.8 1993 TV Show
Blackadder

Blackadder

8.0 1983 TV Show
Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

8.0 1994 TV Show
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

8.2 1984 TV Show
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.6 2013 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

8.1 2014 TV Show
Lockwood & Co.

Lockwood & Co.

7.5 2023 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

    Movie Ned

  2. 2026
    Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard

    Movie Self

  3. 2024
    The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

    Movie Self

  4. 2023
    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

    Movie Self

  5. 2023
    The Rise of the Comic Strip

    Movie Self

  6. 2023
    Lockwood & Co.

    TV show John Fairfax

  7. 2022
    Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

    Movie Nun Wolf

  8. 2020
    Jeepers Creepers

    Movie American Reporter (voice)

  9. 2020
    Mandy

    TV show Captain

  10. 2019
    Completely Bad News

    Movie Den Dennis

  11. 2018
    How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

    Movie

  12. 2017
    Ratburger

    Movie Headmaster

  13. 2017
    Sleigh

    Movie Gerald

  14. 2017
    Timewasters

    TV show Langley

  15. 2017
    Richard Osman's House of Games

    TV show Self - Panellist

  16. 2017
    We Have Been Watching

    TV show Self

More credits
  1. 2016
    Burn Burn Burn

    Movie Henry

  2. 2016
    Upstart Crow

    TV show Egeus

  3. 2016
    Red Top

    Movie Rupert Murdoch

  4. 2015
    From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television

    Movie Self - Narrator (voice)

  5. 2014
    Grantchester

    TV show Giles Montgomery

  6. 2014
    Boomers

    TV show

  7. 2014
    The Last Impresario

    Movie Self

  8. 2014
    Inside No. 9

    TV show Frank

  9. 2013
    The List

    Movie Ted Rove

  10. 2013
    I Give It a Year

    Movie Brian

  11. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Ronnie Grunion

  12. 2012
    Five Go to Rehab

    Movie Barmaid/Inspector

  13. 2012
    30 Years of Comic Strip

    Movie

  14. 2011
    Death in Paradise

    TV show Eugene Sutton

  15. 2011
    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    TV show Self - Participant

  16. 2011
    The Hunt for Tony Blair

    Movie Peter Mandelson

  17. 2011
    Episodes

    TV show Sanford Shamiro

  18. 2010
    The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

    TV show Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse

  19. 2010
    The Michael Ball Show

    TV show Self

  20. 2010
    The Color of Magic 2in1

    Movie Arch Astronomer

  21. 2010
    Heavy Metal Britannia

    Movie Self

  22. 2009
    How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig

    Movie Nicholas Craig

  23. 2009
    Prog Rock Britannia

    Movie Narrator

  24. 2008
    Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

    Movie Self - Narrator (voice)