John Nettles
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Biography
John Nettles has been a familiar face on British and International television screens for over thirty years. From his early beginnings in the UK hit comedy "The Liver Birds" (1969), he became a household name overnight playing the Jersey detective "Jim Bergerac". The series, "Bergerac" (1981), was a huge hit in Britain and was exported to many countries across the world including France, Spain and Greece, gaining him thousands of fans. His new found fame as Bergerac gave him almost film-star-like fame and fortune, not to mention thousands of female admirers! Despite "Bergerac" (1981) being mothballed in the early 1990s, the series still has a considerable fan base and lingering popularity abroad, especially in Jersey, where images of John Nettles are still used for advertising tourist attractions and other services on the island. Nettles' polished Shakesperean performances have won him critical acclaim and many consider him to rival fellow British stalwarts of theatre such as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. Oddly enough, however, he has never really ventured onto the big screen and has seemed happy to stick to stage and television throughout his successful career. Most recently he has enjoying continued success playing the straightforward DCI Tom Barnaby in ITV's _"Midsomer Murders" (1997). He is on record as wanting to create a TV detective without any of the usual tics, and consequently Tom Barnaby is a happy family man, who just happens to live in the most murderous part of an otherwise stereotypically idyllic English countryside.
Known For
Filmography
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Movie · as Self
The Great Wall: The Making of China
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
My Unique B&B
TV · as Self - Narrator · 15 eps
Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Devon and Cornwall
TV · as Self - Narrator · 24 eps
Never Land
Movie · as Fisherman John
Walks with My Dog
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shakespeare: The Legacy
Movie · as Self
Poldark
TV · as Ray Penvenen · 9 eps
Toast of London
TV · as John Nettles · 1 ep
Playhouse Presents
TV · as John Nettles · 1 ep
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
John Nettles Applauds
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Sindy The Fairy Princess
Movie · as Ulebus the Wand / Shay the Unicorn / The King / The Vicar (voice)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Dr. James Mortimer
Midsomer Murders
TV · as DCI Tom Barnaby · 81 eps
Airport
TV · as Narrator · 101 eps
All Men Are Mortal
Movie · as Sanier
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Capulet
The Detectives
TV · as Jim Bergerac · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Giles Sutton · 1 ep
Tonight at 8.30
TV · as Peter Gilpin · 1 ep
Under the Sun
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Boon
TV · as Joe Green · 1 ep
Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Robin of Sherwood
TV · as Peter de Leon · 1 ep
Natural World
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV · as Raoul Letardau · 1 ep
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Movie · as Gerald
Bergerac
TV · as DS Jim Bergerac · 81 eps
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · as Bassanio
Enemy at the Door
TV · as Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis · 1 ep
The Professionals
TV · as CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited) · 1 ep
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Theo Redman · 1 ep
Holding On
TV · as Herbert Goodings · 6 eps
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Movie · as Theo Redman
Dickens of London
TV · as Macrone · 2 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Gerald · 1 ep
Up The Workers
TV · as Mechanic · 1 ep
The Adventures of Black Beauty
TV · as Edwin Palgrave · 1 ep
One More Time
Movie · as Dixon
The Red, White, and Black
Movie · as 10th Cavalry Trooper
A Family at War
TV · as Ian Mackenzie · 20 eps
The Liver Birds
TV · as Paul · 21 eps
The Expert
TV · as John Franklin · 1 ep