Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

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.

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Filmography

2024

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/25/2024

2023

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/23/2023
Lockwood & Co.
Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax
TV - Released: 1/27/2023

2022

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
Movie - Released: 12/23/2022

2020

Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/12/2020
Mandy
Mandy
as Captain
TV - Released: 8/13/2020

2019

Completely Bad News
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
Movie - Released: 11/29/2019

2018

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Movie - Released: 5/26/2018

2017

Sleigh
Sleigh
as Gerald
Movie - Released: 12/1/2017
Ratburger
Ratburger
as Headmaster
Movie - Released: 12/24/2017
TV
We Have Been Watching
as Self
TV - Released: 1/4/2017
Timewasters
Timewasters
as Langley
TV - Released: 10/9/2017

2016

Red Top
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
Movie - Released: 1/20/2016
Burn Burn Burn
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
Movie - Released: 10/28/2016

2015

2014

Boomers
Boomers
TV - Released: 8/15/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Frank
TV - Released: 2/5/2014
Grantchester
Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery
TV - Released: 10/6/2014

2013

I Give It a Year
I Give It a Year
as Brian
Movie - Released: 2/8/2013
The List
The List
as Ted Rove
Movie - Released: 7/5/2013
Father Brown
Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion
TV - Released: 1/14/2013

2012

Five Go to Rehab
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
Movie - Released: 11/7/2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie - Released: 11/3/2012

2011

The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
Movie - Released: 10/15/2011
Episodes
Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro
TV - Released: 1/9/2011
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton
TV - Released: 10/25/2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
TV - Released: 10/24/2011

2010

Heavy Metal Britannia
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/7/2010
TV
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
TV - Released: 8/16/2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
TV - Released: 10/1/2010

2009

Prog Rock Britannia
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/2/2009
Movie
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
Movie - Released: 7/14/2009

2008

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/31/2008
The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer
TV - Released: 3/23/2008

2007

Hogfather
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
Movie - Released: 10/12/2007
Flood
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
Movie - Released: 8/24/2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/29/2007
M.I. High
M.I. High
TV - Released: 1/8/2007
TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/3/2007

2006

Movie
How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
Movie - Released: 7/6/2006
Mayo
Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge
TV - Released: 3/12/2006
Hogfather
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
TV - Released: 12/17/2006
TV
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 11/17/2006

2005

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/4/2005
Sex Actually
Sex Actually
as Graham
Movie - Released: 12/28/2005

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
Movie - Released: 10/3/2003
The Last Detective
The Last Detective
TV - Released: 2/7/2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Celebrity Mastermind
TV - Released: 12/26/2003

2000

Four Men in a Plane
Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
Movie - Released: 1/4/2000

1999

The Grimleys
The Grimleys
as Les Grimley
TV - Released: 3/8/1999

1998

Four Men in a Car
Four Men in a Car
as Tim
Movie - Released: 4/12/1998
The Land Girls
The Land Girls
as Gerald
Movie - Released: 6/12/1998
You Are Here
You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
Movie - Released: 12/30/1998

1997

Diana & Me
Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
Movie - Released: 12/4/1997
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
as Shelford
TV - Released: 5/9/1997
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek
as Franklin Tartikoff
TV - Released: 5/9/1997

1996

The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
Movie - Released: 10/16/1996

1995

Clockwork Mice
Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
Movie - Released: 6/22/1995

1994

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
as Antonio
TV - Released: 12/29/1994
Ready Steady Cook
Ready Steady Cook
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 10/24/1994

1993

Demonella
Demonella
as Father
Movie - Released: 5/20/1993
Jealousy
Jealousy
as Transvestite
Movie - Released: 5/27/1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
Movie - Released: 5/13/1993
Bonjour la Classe
Bonjour la Classe
TV - Released: 2/15/1993
GMTV
GMTV
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1993

1992

Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus
as The Wazir
Movie - Released: 10/2/1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Unnatural Pursuits
as George Pepperly
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Red Nose of Courage
Red Nose of Courage
as Home Secretary
Movie - Released: 4/9/1992
The Crying Game
The Crying Game
as Club Chairman/Waiter
Movie - Released: 5/5/1992
Movie
Santa's First Christmas
as Romuald the Reindeer
Movie - Released: 12/25/1992

1991

The Trials of Oz
The Trials of Oz
as John Peel
Movie - Released: 11/9/1991

1990

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Stan
Movie - Released: 2/8/1990
South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Stan
Movie - Released: 2/8/1990
Oxford
Oxford
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
Movie - Released: 2/22/1990
Spaghetti Hoops
Spaghetti Hoops
as Aldo Vini
Movie - Released: 3/1/1990
Frankenstein's Baby
Frankenstein's Baby
as Paul Hocking
Movie - Released: 9/9/1990
Movie
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as TV Presenter
Movie - Released: 2/5/1990
TV
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
TV - Released: 11/22/1990

1989

Blackeyes
Blackeyes
as Jeff
TV - Released: 11/29/1989

1988

Funseekers
Funseekers
as Tony
Movie - Released: 3/26/1988
Movie
Number 27
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
The Strike
The Strike
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
Movie - Released: 2/20/1988
More Bad News
More Bad News
as Den Dennis
Movie - Released: 2/27/1988

1987

Eat the Rich
Eat the Rich
as DHSS Manager
Movie - Released: 10/23/1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Ralph Filthy
TV - Released: 1/7/1987

1986

Private Enterprise
Private Enterprise
as Derek
Movie - Released: 1/2/1986
King and Castle
King and Castle
as David Castle
TV - Released: 9/3/1986

1985

The Supergrass
The Supergrass
as Gunter
Movie - Released: 11/8/1985
Brazil
Brazil
as Charlie--Dept. of Works
Movie - Released: 2/20/1985
TV
Roll Over Beethoven
TV - Released: 2/25/1985
Happy Families
Happy Families
as Barman
TV - Released: 10/17/1985

1984

Dirty Movie
Dirty Movie
as Nigel
Movie - Released: 1/7/1984
Susie
Susie
as Dave
Movie - Released: 1/14/1984
Slags
Slags
as Marlon
Movie - Released: 2/11/1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Paul
Movie - Released: 1/21/1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
TV - Released: 4/24/1984

1983

Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard
as Mansell
Movie - Released: 6/24/1983
Dead on Time
Dead on Time
as Boring Friend
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
Summer School
Summer School
as Julian
Movie - Released: 1/31/1983
War
War
as Various Roles
Movie - Released: 1/3/1983
Bad News
Bad News
as Den Dennis
Movie - Released: 1/24/1983
Group Madness
Group Madness
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/11/1983
Blackadder
Blackadder
as Lord Smedley
TV - Released: 6/15/1983

1982

The Young Ones
The Young Ones
as Neil
TV - Released: 11/9/1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Lou Lewis
TV - Released: 1/8/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Gunter
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Graham
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Julian
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Paul
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dave
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Den Dennis
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nigel
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Marlon
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Derek
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Charles
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tony
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Stan
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as TV Presenter
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Aldo Vini
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Home Secretary
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Club Chairman/Waiter
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Father
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tim
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Governor Wilkins
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Transvestite
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tim Goodman
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Barmaid/Inspector
TV - Released: 11/2/1982

1981

The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981

1980

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV - Released: 10/14/1980

1978

An Audience with...
An Audience with...
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/1978

1964

The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout
TV - Released: 1/12/1964