Nigel Havers

Nigel Havers

Known for
Acting
Born
November 6, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK

Biography

Nigel Allan Havers is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up. He portrayed the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street from 2009 to 2010.

Known For

Filmography

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About A Bell

About A Bell

Movie · as Jeremy Delaunay

2026
Elsinore poster

Elsinore

Movie · as Hospital Patron

2026
Golden Boys poster

Golden Boys

TV · as Lord Moyne · 4 eps

2025
Never Too Late poster

Never Too Late

Movie · as Frank

2025
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story poster

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

TV · as Cecil Havers · 4 eps

2025
VE Day 80 poster

VE Day 80

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Frank · 1 ep

2024
The Gentlemen poster

The Gentlemen

TV · as Lord Whitecroft · 2 eps

2023
The Vintage French Farmhouse poster

The Vintage French Farmhouse

TV · as Narrator · 20 eps

2023
Black Ops poster

Black Ops

TV · as Gerald · 2 eps

2021
Finding Alice poster

Finding Alice

TV · as Roger Dillon · 6 eps

2021
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up poster

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration poster

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Movie · as Self

2020
Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple poster

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV · as Self - Expert · 2 eps

2020
The Bidding Room poster

The Bidding Room

TV · as Self - Presenter · 215 eps

2020
All Creatures Great & Small poster

All Creatures Great & Small

TV · as General Ransom · 1 ep

2019
Bradley Walsh's Late Night Guest List poster

Bradley Walsh's Late Night Guest List

Movie · as Self

2019
Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel

Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2019
Celebrity Gogglebox poster

Celebrity Gogglebox

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Cockfields poster

The Cockfields

TV · as Larry · 3 eps

2017
Murder on the Blackpool Express poster

Murder on the Blackpool Express

Movie · as Doc

2017
Timewasters poster

Timewasters

TV · as Dr. Eugene Braithwaite · 1 ep

2017
All Round to Mrs. Brown's poster

All Round to Mrs. Brown's

TV · as Nigel Havers · 1 ep

2016
Trouser Bar poster

Trouser Bar

Movie · as (uncredited)

2016
We Love Sitcom

We Love Sitcom

Movie

2015
Reluctant Persuaders

Reluctant Persuaders

TV · as Rupert Hardacre (voice) · 20 eps

2014
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock poster

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

TV · as Tony Pebblé · 9 eps

2012
Tales of Television Centre poster

Tales of Television Centre

Movie · as Self

2011
Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death

Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2009
Lunch Monkeys poster

Lunch Monkeys

TV · 12 eps

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
That's What I Call Television

That's What I Call Television

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Benidorm poster

Benidorm

TV · as Stanley Keen · 3 eps

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV · as Peter Dalton · 2 eps

2006
Penelope poster

Penelope

Movie · as Mr. Vanderman

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Roger Grant · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Open Wide poster

Open Wide

Movie · as Peter Hillman

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers poster

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Movie · as David Niven

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Little Britain poster

Little Britain

TV · as Leader of the Opposition · 2 eps

2003
Grumpy Old Men poster

Grumpy Old Men

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2002
Best Ever Bond poster

Best Ever Bond

Movie · as Self

2002
Manchild poster

Manchild

TV · as Terry · 15 eps

2002
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! poster

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

TV · as Self · 9 eps

2002
Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred

TV · as Henry Williamson · 3 eps

2001
The Gentleman Thief poster

The Gentleman Thief

Movie · as A J Raffles

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Nicholas Chadwick QC · 1 ep

1999
Paradise Lost poster

Paradise Lost

Movie · as Hofstadter

1999
It's Only TV But I Like It

It's Only TV But I Like It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon

Movie · as Dr. Alex Marsden

1997
Bridge of Time poster

Bridge of Time

Movie · as Halek

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Andrew Wilder · 1 ep

1997
The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon

TV · as Dr. Alex Marsden · 2 eps

1996
An Audience with Freddie Starr poster

An Audience with Freddie Starr

Movie

1996
Element of Doubt poster

Element of Doubt

Movie · as Richard

1996
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Philip · 1 ep

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 2 eps

1995
Prophecy poster

Prophecy

Movie · as Oliver Halkin

1995
Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield

TV · as Dr. Jonathan Paige · 24 eps

1995
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story poster

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

TV · as Michael Wilding · 2 eps

1995
The Glass Virgin poster

The Glass Virgin

TV · as Edmund Lagrange · 2 eps

1995
Chiller poster

Chiller

TV · as Oliver Halkin · 1 ep

1994
Lie Down with Lions poster

Lie Down with Lions

Movie · as Peter Husak

1994
The Burning Season poster

The Burning Season

Movie · as Steven Kaye

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1992
Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
The Good Guys

The Good Guys

TV · as Guy McFadyean · 16 eps

1991
Sleepers poster

Sleepers

Movie · as Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rublev

1991
A Perfect Hero

A Perfect Hero

TV · as Hugh Fleming · 6 eps

1991
The Private War of Lucinda Smith

The Private War of Lucinda Smith

TV · as Edward Spencer-Grant · 2 eps

1991
Sleepers poster

Sleepers

TV · as Jeremy Coward / Sergei Rublev · 4 eps

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Harvey Stafford · 1 ep

1990
Quiet Days in Clichy poster

Quiet Days in Clichy

Movie · as Alfred Perlès

1989
Farewell to the King poster

Farewell to the King

Movie · as Capt. Fairbourne

1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie poster

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

TV · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Empire of the Sun poster

Empire of the Sun

Movie · as Dr. Rawlins

1987
The Death of the Heart poster

The Death of the Heart

Movie · as Thomas Quayne

1987
The Charmer poster

The Charmer

TV · 6 eps

1987
A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess

TV · as Thomas Carrisford · 4 eps

1987
Hold the Dream poster

Hold the Dream

TV · as Jim Fairley · 4 eps

1986
The Whistle Blower poster

The Whistle Blower

Movie · as Robert "Bob" Jones

1985
Bon Voyage poster

Bon Voyage

Movie · as Roddy Buchanan

1985
Burke & Wills poster

Burke & Wills

Movie · as William John Wills

1985
Combat poster

Combat

Movie · as Clement

1984
A Passage to India poster

A Passage to India

Movie · as Ronny Heaslop

1984
Strangers and Brothers poster

Strangers and Brothers

TV · as Roy Calvert · 1 ep

1983
Don't Wait Up poster

Don't Wait Up

TV · as Tom Latimer · 39 eps

1982
Soft Targets poster

Soft Targets

Movie · as Harman

1982
Nancy Astor poster

Nancy Astor

TV · as Bobby Shaw · 4 eps

1982
All for Love

All for Love

TV · as Clement · 1 ep

1981
Chariots of Fire poster

Chariots of Fire

Movie · as Lord Andrew Lindsay

1981
Unity poster

Unity

Movie · as Philip Colindale

1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years poster

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

TV · as Randolph Churchill · 8 eps

1980
A Question of Guilt

A Question of Guilt

TV · as Dr Leach · 7 eps

1979
Birth of the Beatles poster

Birth of the Beatles

Movie · as George Martin

1979
Coming Out poster

Coming Out

Movie · as Richie

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Miller · 1 ep

1978
Full Circle poster

Full Circle

Movie · as Estate Agent

1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? poster

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Movie · as Counterman

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
An Englishman's Castle poster

An Englishman's Castle

TV · as Mark Ingram · 3 eps

1978
Pennies from Heaven poster

Pennies from Heaven

TV · as Conrad Baker · 1 ep

1978
A Horseman Riding By poster

A Horseman Riding By

TV · as Paul Craddock · 12 eps

1977
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

TV · as Nicholas Nickleby · 6 eps

1976
French Without Tears poster

French Without Tears

Movie · as Kenneth Lake

1976
The Portland Millions poster

The Portland Millions

Movie · as Ronald Walker

1976
Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals

TV · as Ronald Walker · 1 ep

1975
Susan

Susan

Movie · as Jim

1975
The Next Voice You See poster

The Next Voice You See

Movie · as Ludovic Bates

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV · as Ronald Ransom · 1 ep

1975
Angels poster

Angels

TV · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Philip Colindale · 1 ep

1973
Thriller poster

Thriller

TV · as Ludovic Bates · 1 ep

1973
Shabby Tiger poster

Shabby Tiger

TV · as Toby Scriven · 1 ep

1972
Pope Joan poster

Pope Joan

Movie · as Young Monk

1972
Crown Court poster

Crown Court

TV · as Bernard Crittenden, Patrick Mills · 1 ep

1972
The Black Arrow poster

The Black Arrow

TV · as Roger · 4 eps

1971
Upstairs, Downstairs poster

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV · as Peter Dinmont · 1 ep

1970
Edward II poster

Edward II

Movie · as Soldier/ Attendant

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Harman · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Kenneth Lake, Leonid Shervinsky · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Lewis Archer · 674 eps