Nigel Havers

ActorDirector Nov 6 (age 74) Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK 1960–2025 (65 year career)

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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

Film

Empire of the Sun

Dr. Rawlins

Film

Penelope

Mr. Vanderman

Film

Chariots of Fire

Lord Andrew Lindsay

Film

A Passage to India

Ronny Heaslop

Film

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

David Niven

Film

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Counterman

Film

Full Circle

Estate Agent

Film

Farewell to the King

Capt. Fairbourne

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (45)

Never Too Late

2025

as Frank

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

2020

as Self

6.3

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.7

Murder on the Blackpool Express

as Doc

Trouser Bar

as (uncredited)

We Love Sitcom

Tales of Television Centre

2012

as Self

8.0

Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Penelope

2007

as Mr. Vanderman

6.7

Open Wide

2005

as Peter Hillman

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

as David Niven

Best Ever Bond

as Self

The Gentleman Thief

as A J Raffles

Paradise Lost

as Hofstadter

Bridge of Time

as Halek

The Heart Surgeon

as Dr. Alex Marsden

Element of Doubt

as Richard

An Audience with Freddie Starr

Prophecy

as Oliver Halkin

Lie Down with Lions

as Peter Husak

The Burning Season

as Steven Kaye

Sleepers

as Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rublev

Quiet Days in Clichy

as Alfred Perlès

Farewell to the King

as Capt. Fairbourne

Empire of the Sun

as Dr. Rawlins

The Death of the Heart

1987

as Thomas Quayne

8.0

The Whistle Blower

1986

as Robert "Bob" Jones

5.8

Bon Voyage

1985

as Roddy Buchanan

Combat

1985

as Clement

1.0

Burke & Wills

1985

as William John Wills

A Passage to India

as Ronny Heaslop

Soft Targets

as Harman

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Lord Andrew Lindsay

6.8

Unity

1981

as Philip Colindale

Birth of the Beatles

as George Martin

Coming Out

as Richie

Full Circle

as Estate Agent

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

as Counterman

6.1

The Portland Millions

1976

as Ronald Walker

French Without Tears

1976

as Kenneth Lake

Susan

1975

as Jim

The Next Voice You See

as Ludovic Bates

Pope Joan

as Young Monk

Edward II

as Soldier/ Attendant

4.2

Chiller: Prophecy

as Oliver Halkin

8.0

Television (74)

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

as Cecil Havers

VE Day 80

as Self

The Gentlemen

as Lord Whitecroft

Black Ops

as Gerald

The Vintage French Farmhouse

2023

as Narrator

Finding Alice

2021

as Roger

5.6

All Creatures Great & Small

as General Ransom

The Bidding Room

as Self - Presenter

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

as Self - Expert

Celebrity Gogglebox

as Self

The Cockfields

as Larry

Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel

2019

as Self

10.0

All Round to Mrs. Brown's

2017

as Nigel Havers

8.2

Timewasters

2017

as Dr. Eugene Braithwaite

5.9

Reluctant Persuaders

2015

as Rupert Hardacre (voice)

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

2014

as Tony Pebblé

8.5

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Lunch Monkeys

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Benidorm

as Stanley Keen

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007

as Peter Dalton

7.1

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

as Self

3.7

That's What I Call Television

2007

as Self

The One Show

as Self

Brothers and Sisters

as Roger Grant

The Friday Night Project

2005

as Self

5.8

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Little Britain

2003

as Leader of the Opposition

Grumpy Old Men

as Self

Born and Bred

as Henry Williamson

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

as Self

Manchild

as Terry

Murder in Mind

as Nicholas Chadwick QC

8.4

It's Only TV But I Like It

1999

as Self

6.0

Parkinson

1998

as Self

Midsomer Murders

as Andrew Wilder

The Heart Surgeon

as Dr. Alex Marsden

Dangerfield

as Dr. Jonathan Paige

Chiller

The Glass Virgin

as Edmund Lagrange

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story

as Michael Wilding

Room 101

as Self

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

as Self

Murder Most Horrid

as Harvey Stafford

Sleepers

as Jeremy Coward

A Perfect Hero

as Hugh Fleming

The Private War of Lucinda Smith

1991

as Edward Spencer-Grant

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

This Morning

as Self

The Charmer

A Little Princess

as Carrisford

A Little Princess

as Thomas Carrisford

Hold the Dream

as Jim Fairley

Don't Wait Up

Nancy Astor

as Bobby Shaw

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

as Randolph Churchill

5.0

Tales of the Unexpected

as Miller

An Audience with...

as Self

A Horseman Riding By

as Paul Craddock

Pennies from Heaven

as Conrad Baker

An Englishman's Castle

as Mark Ingram

Nicholas Nickleby

as Nicholas Nickleby

Victorian Scandals

as Ronald Walker

The Glittering Prizes

Angels

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Ronald Ransom

Playhouse

as Philip Colindale

Thriller

as Ludovic Bates

Crown Court

The Black Arrow

as Roger

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Peter Dinmont

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month

as Kenneth Lake

Coronation Street

as Lewis Archer

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Afternoon Play

2003

Director