Nigel Terry

Nigel Terry (1945 -2015) was an English stage and film actor probably best known for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, the future King John in 1968's A Lion In Winter, and for his work with legendary British auteur Derek Jarman, including the title role in his 1986 production of Caravaggio.

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Known For

Doctor Who

2005 • as Cobb

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 • as Peter

Silent Witness

1996

Waking the Dead

2001 • as Sam Jacobs

The Bill

1984

Highlander: The Series

1992 • as Gabriel Piton

Filmography

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

as Caravaggio (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 11/26/2023

2014

The Gospel According to St Derek

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/20/2014

2013

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/20/2013

2007

The Time of Your Life

as Jack

TV - Released: 6/18/2007

2005

Red Mercury

as Lindsey

Movie - Released: 5/13/2005

Doctor Who

as Cobb

TV - Released: 3/26/2005

2004

Troy

as Archeptolemus

Movie - Released: 5/13/2004

2003

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

as Sesame Esau

Movie - Released: 5/24/2003

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp

Movie - Released: 8/31/2003

Danielle Cable: Eyewitness

as Kenneth Noye

Movie - Released: 4/14/2003

2002

FearDotCom

as Turnball

Movie - Released: 8/9/2002

Crime and Punishment

as Svidrigailov

Movie - Released: 2/12/2002

Foyle's War

TV - Released: 10/27/2002

Cutting It

as Dexter Berkowicz

TV - Released: 4/16/2002

Spooks

as Professor Stephen Curtis

TV - Released: 5/13/2002

2001

The Emperor's New Clothes

as Montholon

Movie - Released: 8/11/2001

The Search for John Gissing

as Alan Jardeen

Movie - Released: 11/1/2001

Waking the Dead

as Sam Jacobs

TV - Released: 6/18/2001

1999

The Vice

TV - Released: 1/4/1999

1998

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Mr Boldwood

Movie - Released: 5/10/1998

The Ebb-Tide

as Ellstrom

Movie - Released: 3/29/1998

1997

The Hunchback

as King Louis XI

Movie - Released: 3/16/1997

1996

Silent Witness

TV - Released: 2/21/1996

1995

Resort to Murder

TV - Released: 7/27/1995

1994

Wycliffe

as Lawrence Vinter

TV - Released: 7/24/1994

Pie in the Sky

as Byron de Goris

TV - Released: 3/13/1994

1993

Blue

as (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/19/1993

The Mushroom Picker

as Kostya

TV - Released: 2/3/1993

1992

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

as Roldan

Movie - Released: 8/20/1992

Covington Cross

as sir Thomas Grey

TV - Released: 8/25/1992

Highlander: The Series

as Gabriel Piton

TV - Released: 10/3/1992

1991

Edward II

as Roger Mortimer

Movie - Released: 10/18/1991

Spender

as McDonna

TV - Released: 1/8/1991

The Orchid House

as Master

TV - Released: 2/21/1991

1989

War Requiem

as Abraham

Movie - Released: 1/6/1989

1988

South Of The Border

as Eddie

TV - Released: 10/25/1988

1987

Up Line

as Raymond Rudran

Movie - Released: 2/4/1987

The Last of England

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/23/1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Denys Villiers

TV - Released: 8/2/1987

1986

Caravaggio

as Caravaggio

Movie - Released: 8/29/1986

On Wings of Fire

as Zarathustra

Movie - Released: 6/1/1986

Movie

Sylvia

as Aden

Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

Song of Experience

as Railway Policeman

Movie - Released: 2/16/1986

Casualty

as Denny Davidson

TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Déjà Vu

as Michael / Greg

Movie - Released: 5/1/1985

1984

The Bill

TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Pistol

Movie - Released: 12/28/1982

1981

Excalibur

as King Arthur

Movie - Released: 4/10/1981

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Pistol

TV - Released: 12/3/1978

1975

Flame

as Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/13/1975

1968

The Lion in Winter

as John

Movie - Released: 8/20/1968

1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Peter

TV - Released: 10/7/1965