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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 22, 1953
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Nigel Planer
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
7.0
Self
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
0.0
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
7.6
John Fairfax
Lockwood & Co.
2023
7.0
Nun Wolf
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
4.0
American Reporter (voice)
Jeepers Creepers
2020
7.5
Captain
Mandy
2020
0.0
Den Dennis
Completely Bad News
2019
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
4.3
Headmaster
Ratburger
2017
Credits
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024
8.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023
7.0
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2023
0.0
Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax
2023
7.6
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
2022
7.0
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
2020
4.0
Mandy
as Captain
2020
7.5
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
2019
0.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
7.0
Ratburger
as Headmaster
2017
4.3
Sleigh
as Gerald
2017
0.0
Timewasters
as Langley
2017
5.9
🎬
We Have Been Watching
as Self
2017
0.0
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
2016
6.5
Upstart Crow
as Egeus
2016
7.1
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
2016
5.3
From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Narrator
2015
0.0
Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery
2014
7.3
Boomers
2014
6.3
Inside No. 9
as Frank
2014
8.0
The List
as Ted Rove
2013
4.3
I Give It a Year
as Brian
2013
5.5
Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion
2013
7.6
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
2012
0.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
0.0
Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton
2011
7.5
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
2011
7.8
Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro
2011
7.2
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
2010
6.8
🎬
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
2010
0.0
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
2010
7.1
🎬
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
2009
0.0
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
2009
7.6
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
7.8
The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer
2008
6.7
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
2007
0.0
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2007
6.8
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
2007
5.3
Inundación
2007
0.0
M.I. High
2007
6.1
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2006
7.7
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
5.0
🎬
How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
2006
0.0
Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge
2006
4.2
Sex Actually
as Graham
2005
6.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
6.0
Three Steps to Hendon
as Gerry Jameson
2005
0.0
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables
2004
7.8
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
2004
7.5
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
6.0
Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
2003
6.2
The Last Detective
2003
7.7
Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
2000
0.0
The Grimleys
as Les Grimley
1999
7.7
You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
1998
0.0
The Land Girls
as Gerald
1998
5.8
Four Men in a Car
as Tim
1998
0.0
Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
1997
5.3
Jonathan Creek
as Shelford
1997
7.5
The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
1996
5.7
Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
1995
4.2
The Marriage of Figaro
as Antonio
1994
0.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest
1994
0.0
Jealousy
as Transvestite
1993
0.0
Demonella
as Father
1993
0.0
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
1993
0.0
Bonjour la Classe
1993
5.0
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Santa's First Christmas
as Romuald the Reindeer
1992
1.2
Carry On Columbus
as The Wazir
1992
3.8
The Crying Game
as Club Chairman/Waiter
1992
0.0
Red Nose of Courage
as Home Secretary
1992
0.0
Unnatural Pursuits
as George Pepperly
1992
0.0
The Trials of Oz
as John Peel
1991
6.0
🎬
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
1990
0.0
Frankenstein's Baby
as Paul Hocking
1990
0.0
Spaghetti Hoops
as Aldo Vini
1990
0.0
Oxford
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1990
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Stan
1990
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Stan
1990
0.0
🎬
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as TV Presenter
1990
0.0
Blackeyes
as Jeff
1989
5.5
Oh No, Not Them
as Neil
1989
0.0
Number 27
as Andrew Veitch
1988
0.0
Funseekers
as Tony
1988
0.0
More Bad News
as Den Dennis
1988
9.8
The Strike
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
1988
7.0
Eat the Rich
as DHSS Manager
1987
6.2
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Ralph Filthy
1987
6.6
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Ralph Filthy
1987
0.0
King and Castle
as David Castle
1986
0.0
Private Enterprise
as Derek
1986
0.0
The Supergrass
as Gunter
1985
6.0
Happy Families
as Barman
1985
6.7
🎬
Roll Over Beethoven
1985
5.0
Brazil
as Charlie--Dept. of Works
1985
7.7
Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
1984
8.1
Slags
as Marlon
1984
2.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Paul
1984
7.0
Susie
as Dave
1984
0.0
Dirty Movie
as Nigel
1984
0.0
Yellowbeard
as Mansell
1983
5.6
Blackadder
as Lord Smedley
1983
8.0
Group Madness
as Self
1983
0.0
Summer School
as Julian
1983
0.0
Bad News
as Den Dennis
1983
8.7
War
as Various Roles
1983
10.0
Dead on Time
as Boring Friend
1983
6.5
The Young Ones
as Neil
1982
7.9
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Charles
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Den Dennis
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Julian
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nigel
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dave
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Paul
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Marlon
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Derek
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tony
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Stan
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as TV Presenter
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Aldo Vini
1982
7.4
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Lou Lewis
1982
7.6
The Comic Strip
1981
0.0
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
6.0
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
The Magic Roundabout
1964
6.2
🎬
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
as Ned
N/A
0.0