Nigel Betts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 15, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Nigel Betts is an English actor, who from 2003 to 2007 appeared on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Eddie Hope. He also portrayed Tony in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the eighth series of Doctor Who as well as in Class, a Doctor Who spin-off. Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Downton Abbey, Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill, Ridley Road, and the much acclaimed ITV series, Sharpe. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom As Time Goes By and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom Coupling. In 2016 he appeared as Brian Teddern in The Coroner, S2:E5 “The Captain’s Pipe”. In 2009 he played Tommy in the eighth episode of the fourth series of Doc Martin. Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's Gunpowder season. Other theatre credits include The 39 Steps, a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, and Arthur in War Horse, the National Theatre's award-winning show in the West End. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Elton Summertree. He appeared again in 2024, this time in the role of Mellie Tyler.
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Filmography
Paralysis
Movie · as The Pharmacist
I Fought the Law
TV · as DCC Nigel Johnstone · 2 eps
The Lantern Man
Movie · as David's father
Lost Beasts Unearthed
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Boat Story
TV · as Superintendent Hodgson · 4 eps
The Long Shadow
TV · as Dr. Alan Caplin · 1 ep
The Good Ship Murder
TV · as Tony Donnelly · 1 ep
A Young Pirate's Tale
Movie · as (voice)
The Phantom of the Open
Movie · as Tony Marsh
Toast of Tinseltown
TV · as Dr. Harold Shitman · 1 ep
Ralph & Katie
TV · as Steve Thorne · 3 eps
The Cursed
Movie · as Alfred Moliere
All Those Small Things
Movie · as Spencer
Albion
Movie · as Edward
All Creatures Great & Small
TV · as Dennis Handshaw · 2 eps
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Movie · as Creditor
Wasteland
Movie · as Cemetery Worker 2
Killing Eve
TV · as Quartermaster · 1 ep
Little Boy Blue
TV · as Tom, POLSA Officer · 4 eps
Class
TV · as Mr. Armitage · 2 eps
Boy Meets Girl
TV · as Tony · 12 eps
The Coroner
TV · as Brian Teddern · 1 ep
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Movie · as Bobo
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Movie · as Mr. Armitage
Outlander
TV · as Aloysius Murphy · 2 eps
The Christmas Candle
Movie · as Dr. Clem
Father Brown
TV · as Samuel Hinds · 1 ep
The Escape Artist
TV · as Jonathan Crowe · 1 ep
Lipstikka
Movie
Vera
TV · as Brian Bennick · 1 ep
Death in Paradise
TV · as Martin West · 2 eps
Desert Flower
Movie · as Home Office Detective
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Movie · as Uncle Philip
Waterloo Road
TV · as Ray Stewart · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Mr Armitage · 3 eps
Cheeky
Movie · as Ramsey
The Eustace Bros.
TV · as Eddie Aspen · 6 eps
Grease Monkeys
TV · as George · 10 eps
The Afternoon Play
TV · as Claude · 1 ep
Thunderpants
Movie · as Launch Controller 2
Coupling
TV · as Neighbour · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Liam Tarleton, Sergeant · 1 ep
Sharpe's Mission
Movie · as Major Septimus Pyecroft
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Betting Shop Manager · 1 ep
Pib and Pog
Movie · as Pib (voice)
The Whipping Boy
Movie · as Walter
Pie in the Sky
TV · as Plainclothes · 1 ep
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Reginald Muldane · 1 ep
As Time Goes By
TV · as Barman · 1 ep
Small Zones
Movie · as Policeman at Refuge
Jekyll & Hyde
Movie · as Local Cop