Nigel Planer
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.
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Acting History
2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? as Self
2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self
2023The Rise of the Comic Strip as Self
2023Lockwood & Co. as John Fairfax
2022Red Riding Hood: After Ever After as Nun Wolf
2020Jeepers Creepers as American Reporter (voice)
2020Mandy as Captain
2019Completely Bad News as Den Dennis
2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2017Ratburger as Headmaster
2017Sleigh as Gerald
2017Timewasters as Langley
2017We Have Been Watching as Self
2016Burn Burn Burn as Henry
2016Upstart Crow as Egeus
2016Red Top as Rupert Murdoch
2015From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television as Narrator
2014Grantchester as Giles Montgomery
2014Boomers
2014Inside No. 9 as Frank
2013The List as Ted Rove
2013I Give It a Year as Brian
2013Father Brown as Ronnie Grunion
2012Five Go to Rehab as Barmaid/Inspector
201230 Years of Comic Strip
2011Death in Paradise as Eugene Sutton
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011The Hunt for Tony Blair as Peter Mandelson
2011Episodes as Sanford Shamiro
2010The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
2010The Michael Ball Show as Self
2010Heavy Metal Britannia as Self
2009How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig as Nicholas Craig
2009Prog Rock Britannia as Narrator
2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008The Colour of Magic as Arch Astronomer
2007The Making of 'The Young Ones' as Self
2007Hogfather as Mr. Sideney
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007Flood as Keith Hopkins
2007Inundación
2007M.I. High
2006Hogfather as Mr. Sideney
2006Legends as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006How To Be Eighteenth Century as Nicholas Craig
2006Mayo as Robert Bainbridge
2005Sex Actually as Graham
2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2005Three Steps to Hendon as Gerry Jameson
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Mr. Venables
2004Bottom Mindless Violence as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
2003Celebrity Mastermind
2003Bright Young Things as Taxi Driver
2003The Last Detective
2000Four Men in a Plane as Tim Goodman
1999The Grimleys as Les Grimley
1998You Are Here as Sheldon Cohen
1998The Land Girls as Gerald
1998Four Men in a Car as Tim
1997Diana & Me as Taxi Driver
1997Jonathan Creek as Shelford
1996The Wind in the Willows as Car Salesman
1995Clockwork Mice as Parkey
1994The Marriage of Figaro as Antonio
1994Ready, Steady, Cook as Self - Guest
1993Jealousy as Transvestite
1993Demonella as Father
1993Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase as Governor Wilkins
1993Bonjour la Classe
1993GMTV as Self
1992Santa's First Christmas as Romuald the Reindeer
1992Carry On Columbus as The Wazir
1992The Crying Game as Club Chairman/Waiter
1992Red Nose of Courage as Home Secretary
1992Unnatural Pursuits as George Pepperly
1991The Trials of Oz as John Peel
1990The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
1990Frankenstein's Baby as Paul Hocking
1990Spaghetti Hoops as Aldo Vini
1990Oxford as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! as Stan
1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 as Stan
1990GLC: The Carnage Continues as TV Presenter
1989Blackeyes as Jeff
1989Oh No, Not Them as Neil
1988Number 27 as Andrew Veitch
1988Funseekers as Tony
1988More Bad News as Den Dennis
1988The Strike as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
1987Eat the Rich as DHSS Manager
1987Filthy Rich & Catflap as Ralph Filthy
1987Filthy Rich & Catflap as Ralph Filthy
1986King and Castle as David Castle
1986Private Enterprise as Derek
1985The Supergrass as Gunter
1985Happy Families as Barman
1985Roll Over Beethoven
1985Brazil as Charlie--Dept. of Works
1984Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Hopkins
1984Slags as Marlon
1984A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques as Paul
1984Susie as Dave
1984Dirty Movie as Nigel
1983Yellowbeard as Mansell
1983Blackadder as Lord Smedley
1983Group Madness as Self
1983Summer School as Julian
1983Bad News as Den Dennis
1983War as Various Roles
1983Dead on Time as Boring Friend
1982The Young Ones as Neil
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Charles
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Den Dennis
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Julian
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Nigel
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Dave
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Paul
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Marlon
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Derek
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Tony
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Stan
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as TV Presenter
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1982The Comic Strip Presents... as Aldo Vini
1982Shine on Harvey Moon as Lou Lewis
1981The Comic Strip
1980Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1978An Audience with... as Self
1964The Magic Roundabout
—Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint as Ned