Nigel Planer

Nigel Planer

Known for
Acting
Born
February 22, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Westminster, London, England, UK

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint poster

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

Movie · as Ned

2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard poster

Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard

Movie · as Self

2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? poster

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

Movie · as Self

2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter poster

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

Movie · as Self

2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip poster

The Rise of the Comic Strip

Movie · as Self

2023
Lockwood & Co. poster

Lockwood & Co.

TV · as John Fairfax · 1 ep

2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After poster

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

Movie · as Nun Wolf

2020
Jeepers Creepers poster

Jeepers Creepers

Movie · as American Reporter (voice)

2020
Mandy poster

Mandy

TV · as Captain · 1 ep

2019
Completely Bad News poster

Completely Bad News

Movie · as Den Dennis

2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy poster

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Movie

2017
Sleigh poster

Sleigh

Movie · as Gerald

2017
Ratburger poster

Ratburger

Movie · as Headmaster

2017
We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2017
Timewasters poster

Timewasters

TV · as Langley · 1 ep

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Panellist · 5 eps

2016
Red Top poster

Red Top

Movie · as Rupert Murdoch

2016
Burn Burn Burn poster

Burn Burn Burn

Movie · as Henry

2016
Upstart Crow poster

Upstart Crow

TV · as Egeus · 1 ep

2015
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television poster

From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2014
The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario

Movie · as Self

2014
Boomers poster

Boomers

TV · 2 eps

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

2014
Grantchester poster

Grantchester

TV · as Giles Montgomery · 1 ep

2013
I Give It a Year poster

I Give It a Year

Movie · as Brian

2013
The List poster

The List

Movie · as Ted Rove

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Ronnie Grunion · 1 ep

2012
Five Go to Rehab poster

Five Go to Rehab

Movie · as Barmaid/Inspector

2012
30 Years of Comic Strip poster

30 Years of Comic Strip

Movie

2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair poster

The Hunt for Tony Blair

Movie · as Peter Mandelson

2011
Episodes poster

Episodes

TV · as Sanford Shamiro · 3 eps

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Eugene Sutton · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 2 eps

2010
Heavy Metal Britannia poster

Heavy Metal Britannia

Movie · as Self

2010
The Michael Ball Show

The Michael Ball Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret poster

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

TV · as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse · 1 ep

2009
Prog Rock Britannia poster

Prog Rock Britannia

Movie · as Narrator

2009
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig

How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig

Movie · as Nicholas Craig

2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation poster

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 poster

The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1

Movie · as Arch Astronomer

2008
The Colour of Magic poster

The Colour of Magic

TV · as Arch Astronomer · 1 ep

2007
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

Movie · as Mr. Sideney

2007
Flood poster

Flood

Movie · as Keith Hopkins

2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones' poster

The Making of 'The Young Ones'

Movie · as Self

2007
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene poster

Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene

Movie

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
M.I. High poster

M.I. High

TV · as Prime Minister · 1 ep

2006
How To Be Eighteenth Century

How To Be Eighteenth Century

Movie · as Nicholas Craig

2006
Mayo poster

Mayo

TV · as Robert Bainbridge · 1 ep

2006
Hogfather poster

Hogfather

TV · as Mr. Sideney · 2 eps

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2006
How To Be Sci-Fi

How To Be Sci-Fi

TV · 1 ep

2006
Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out

TV · as Nigel Planer · 1 ep

2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective poster

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2005
Sex Actually poster

Sex Actually

Movie · as Graham

2005
Three Steps to Hendon poster

Three Steps to Hendon

Movie · as Gerry Jameson

2004
Bottom Mindless Violence poster

Bottom Mindless Violence

Movie · as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mr. Venables · 1 ep

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as Taxi Driver

2003
More Great Comedy Moments poster

More Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Neil Pye (archive footage)

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · 1 ep

2003
Celebrity Mastermind poster

Celebrity Mastermind

TV · 1 ep

2000
Four Men in a Plane poster

Four Men in a Plane

Movie · as Tim Goodman

1999
The Grimleys poster

The Grimleys

TV · as Les Grimley · 22 eps

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Dr. Marmalade (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Four Men in a Car poster

Four Men in a Car

Movie · as Tim

1998
The Land Girls poster

The Land Girls

Movie · as Gerald

1998
You Are Here poster

You Are Here

Movie · as Sheldon Cohen

1997
Diana & Me poster

Diana & Me

Movie · as Taxi Driver

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Shelford · 1 ep

1996
The Wind in the Willows poster

The Wind in the Willows

Movie · as Car Salesman

1996
Cuts poster

Cuts

Movie · as Jocelyn Pride

1995
Clockwork Mice poster

Clockwork Mice

Movie · as Parkey

1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex poster

Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex

Movie

1994
The Marriage of Figaro poster

The Marriage of Figaro

TV · as Antonio · 3 eps

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Inspector Hopkins · 1 ep

1993
Demonella poster

Demonella

Movie · as Father

1993
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

Movie · as Transvestite

1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase poster

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

Movie · as Governor Wilkins

1993
Bonjour la Classe poster

Bonjour la Classe

TV · as Laurence Didcott · 6 eps

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Carry On Columbus poster

Carry On Columbus

Movie · as The Wazir

1992
Unnatural Pursuits poster

Unnatural Pursuits

Movie · as George Pepperly

1992
Red Nose of Courage poster

Red Nose of Courage

Movie · as Home Secretary

1992
The Crying Game poster

The Crying Game

Movie · as Club Chairman/Waiter

1992
Santa's First Christmas poster

Santa's First Christmas

Movie · as Romuald the Reindeer

1991
The Trials of Oz poster

The Trials of Oz

Movie · as John Peel

1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 poster

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Movie · as Stan

1990
South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie! poster

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

Movie · as Stan

1990
Oxford poster

Oxford

Movie · as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man

1990
Spaghetti Hoops poster

Spaghetti Hoops

Movie · as Aldo Vini

1990
Frankenstein's Baby poster

Frankenstein's Baby

Movie · as Paul Hocking

1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues poster

GLC: The Carnage Continues

Movie · as TV Presenter

1990
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass

The Nicholas Craig Masterclass

TV · 11 eps

1989
Oh No, Not Them poster

Oh No, Not Them

Movie · as Neil

1989
Blackeyes poster

Blackeyes

TV · as Jeff · 4 eps

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Paul Hocking · 1 ep

1988
Funseekers poster

Funseekers

Movie · as Tony

1988
Number 27 poster

Number 27

Movie · as Andrew Veitch

1988
The Strike poster

The Strike

Movie · as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor

1988
More Bad News poster

More Bad News

Movie · as Den Dennis

1987
Eat the Rich poster

Eat the Rich

Movie · as DHSS Manager

1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap poster

Filthy Rich & Catflap

TV · as Ralph Filthy · 6 eps

1986
Private Enterprise poster

Private Enterprise

Movie · as Derek

1986
King and Castle poster

King and Castle

TV · as David Castle · 12 eps

1985
The Supergrass poster

The Supergrass

Movie · as Gunter

1985
Brazil poster

Brazil

Movie · as Charlie--Dept. of Works

1985
Roll Over Beethoven

Roll Over Beethoven

TV · as Nigel Cochrane · 13 eps

1985
Happy Families poster

Happy Families

TV · as Barman · 1 ep

1984
Dirty Movie poster

Dirty Movie

Movie · as Nigel

1984
Susie poster

Susie

Movie · as Dave

1984
Slags poster

Slags

Movie · as Marlon

1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques poster

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

Movie · as Paul

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Inspector Hopkins · 1 ep

1983
Yellowbeard poster

Yellowbeard

Movie · as Mansell

1983
Dead on Time poster

Dead on Time

Movie · as Boring Friend

1983
Summer School poster

Summer School

Movie · as Julian

1983
War poster

War

Movie · as Various Roles

1983
Bad News poster

Bad News

Movie · as Den Dennis

1983
Group Madness poster

Group Madness

Movie · as Self

1983
Blackadder poster

Blackadder

TV · as Lord Smedley · 1 ep

1983
Storyboard poster

Storyboard

TV · as David Castle · 1 ep

1982
The Young Ones poster

The Young Ones

TV · as Neil · 12 eps

1982
Shine on Harvey Moon poster

Shine on Harvey Moon

TV · as Lou Lewis · 25 eps

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian, Charles, Den Dennis, Julian, Nigel, Dave, Paul, Marlon, Derek, Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1, Tony, Stan, TV Presenter, Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man, Aldo Vini · 1 ep

1981
The Comic Strip poster

The Comic Strip

Movie

1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights poster

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

TV · 2 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
The Magic Roundabout poster

The Magic Roundabout

TV · 52 eps