Nigel Planer

ActorWriter Feb 22 (age 73) Westminster, London, England, UK 1964–2024 (60 year career)

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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

Film

Brazil

Charlie--Dept. of Works

Film

The Young Ones

Neil

Film

I Give It a Year

Brian

Film

Hogfather

Mr. Sideney

Film

Bright Young Things

Taxi Driver

Film

Yellowbeard

Mansell

Film

Flood

Keith Hopkins

Film

Burn Burn Burn

Henry

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (75)

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

2024

as Self

8.0

The Rise of the Comic Strip

2023

as Self

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

2023

as Self

7.0

Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

2022

as Nun Wolf

7.0

Jeepers Creepers

2020

as American Reporter (voice)

4.0

Completely Bad News

2019

as Den Dennis

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

Ratburger

as Headmaster

Sleigh

as Gerald

Red Top

as Rupert Murdoch

Burn Burn Burn

as Henry

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

as Narrator

The Last Impresario

as Self

I Give It a Year

as Brian

The List

as Ted Rove

30 Years of Comic Strip

2012

Five Go to Rehab

2012

as Barmaid/Inspector

The Hunt for Tony Blair

2011

as Peter Mandelson

7.8

Heavy Metal Britannia

2010

as Self

7.1

How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig

2009

as Nicholas Craig

Prog Rock Britannia

2009

as Narrator

7.6

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.8

The Making of 'The Young Ones'

2007

as Self

Hogfather

as Mr. Sideney

Flood

as Keith Hopkins

How To Be Eighteenth Century

2006

as Nicholas Craig

Sex Actually

2005

as Graham

6.5

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

as Self

6.0

Three Steps to Hendon

2005

as Gerry Jameson

Bottom Mindless Violence

2004

as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)

Bright Young Things

as Taxi Driver

Four Men in a Plane

as Tim Goodman

The Land Girls

1998

as Gerald

5.8

You Are Here

1998

as Sheldon Cohen

Four Men in a Car

1998

as Tim

Diana & Me

1997

as Taxi Driver

5.3

The Wind in the Willows

as Car Salesman

Clockwork Mice

as Parkey

Jealousy

as Transvestite

Demonella

1993

as Father

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

1993

as Governor Wilkins

Santa's First Christmas

1992

as Romuald the Reindeer

1.2

The Crying Game

1992

as Club Chairman/Waiter

Carry On Columbus

1992

as The Wazir

3.8

Red Nose of Courage

1992

as Home Secretary

Unnatural Pursuits

1992

as George Pepperly

The Trials of Oz

1991

as John Peel

6.0

Frankenstein's Baby

1990

as Paul Hocking

Spaghetti Hoops

1990

as Aldo Vini

Oxford

1990

as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man

GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

as TV Presenter

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990

as Stan

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

as Stan

Oh No, Not Them

1989

as Neil

Funseekers

1988

as Tony

Number 27

1988

as Andrew Veitch

The Strike

1988

as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor

More Bad News

as Den Dennis

Eat the Rich

as DHSS Manager

Filthy Rich & Catflap

1987

as Ralph Filthy

Private Enterprise

1986

as Derek

Brazil

1985

as Charlie--Dept. of Works

The Supergrass

as Gunter

Susie

as Dave

Dirty Movie

1984

as Nigel

Slags

1984

as Marlon

2.0

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

as Paul

Yellowbeard

as Mansell

Summer School

as Julian

Bad News

as Den Dennis

Dead on Time

as Boring Friend

War

as Various Roles

Group Madness

as Self

The Comic Strip

1981

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

as Ned

Television (46)

Lockwood & Co.

as John Fairfax

Mandy

as Captain

Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Panellist

Timewasters

as Langley

We Have Been Watching

2017

as Self

Upstart Crow

as Egeus

Grantchester

as Giles Montgomery

Inside No. 9

as Frank

Boomers

Father Brown

as Ronnie Grunion

Death in Paradise

as Eugene Sutton

Episodes

as Sanford Shamiro

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

5.0

The Michael Ball Show

2010

as Self

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

2010

as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse

6.8

The Colour of Magic

2008

as Arch Astronomer

6.8

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

M.I. High

as Prime Minister

Inundación

Legends

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hogfather

as Mr. Sideney

Mayo

as Robert Bainbridge

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mr. Venables

Celebrity Mastermind

The Last Detective

The Grimleys

as Les Grimley

Jonathan Creek

as Franklin Tartikoff

7.5

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

as Self - Guest

The Marriage of Figaro

1994

as Antonio

GMTV

as Self

Bonjour la Classe

The Nicholas Craig Masterclass

1990

Blackeyes

1989

as Jeff

5.5

Filthy Rich & Catflap

1987

as Ralph Filthy

6.6

King and Castle

1986

as David Castle

Happy Families

as Barman

Roll Over Beethoven

Sherlock Holmes

as Inspector Hopkins

Blackadder

as Lord Smedley

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Paul

The Young Ones

as Neil

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Lou Lewis

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Lou Lewis

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

An Audience with...

as Self

The Magic Roundabout

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Funseekers

1988

Writer

The Comic Strip

1981

Writer

Television (1)

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

Writer

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