Nigel Whitmey

Actor Feb 23 (age 63) Alberta, Canada 1987–2026 (39 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

Nigel Whitmey (born 23 February 1963) is a British-Canadian actor who has appeared in TV series and films. He is also the husband of the actress Abigail Thaw, whom he met while training at RADA.

Known For

Film

Saving Private Ryan

Private Boyd

Film

Dark Shadows

Hard Hat #1

Film

London Has Fallen

Canadian Prime Minister Robert Bowman

Film

The Jacket

Lieutenant

Film

The Current War

Doctor Grandoff

Film

The Fifth Estate

General Thomason

Film

The 51st State

L.A. Highway Patrol

Film

Jay Kelly

Stand-in

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (33)

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)

2026 Upcoming

as Général Gerow

Jun 3

Jay Kelly

2025

as Stand-in

6.1

A Keller Christmas Vacation

as Ben Keller

The Perfect Escape

as Scott

Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky

2020

as Moose Roberts (voice)

7.2

The Current War

2018

as Doctor Grandoff

6.7

Fireman Sam: Set for Action!

2018

as Moose Roberts (voice)

6.2

Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie

2017

as Moose Roberts (voice)

5.8

London Has Fallen

2016

as Canadian Prime Minister Robert Bowman

6.2

Never Let Go

2015

as Clark Anderson

5.7

Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm

as Moose (voice)

The Fifth Estate

as General Thomason

Dark Shadows

as Hard Hat #1

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

as Bruce Curtis

Knife Edge

as Martin

Gracie!

as Reporter 2

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island

as Al Crenshaw

Land of the Blind

as Anchorman

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

as Ben

The Jacket

as Lieutenant

Pitch Perfect

as Bruce

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

2005

as Ron Beller

Carrie's War

2004

as Maj. Cass Harper

7.4

Octane

2003

as Detective Ned Stephens

5.1

The 51st State

2001

as L.A. Highway Patrol

Saving Private Ryan

as Private Boyd

Girls' Night

as Tyrone

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

1997

as Peter Glahn (uncredited)

Surviving Picasso

as Pierre

Killer Tongue

as Chip

Jefferson in Paris

as John Trumbull

The Lost Language of Cranes

1992

as Winston Penn

5.9

Shining Through

1992

as 1st G.I. in Canteen

6.5

Television (27)

Too Much

as Dane

The Way Home

as Byron Groff

The Serpent

as Newsreader

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

2018

as Clive Brenton

7.3

Black Earth Rising

2018

as Major Charles Bouchard

The Crown

as Marquis Childs

Occupied

as American Ambassador

Death in Paradise

as Bobby Rodrigues

Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything

Kingdom

as Brad Johnson

Doctor Who

as Simmons

Hustle

as Chip Lacey

Helen of Troy

as King Odysseus of Ithaca

Keen Eddie

Spooks

as Senior Suit

Shackleton

as William Blakewell

Waking the Dead

as Mervyn Simmel

Murphy's Law

Attila

as Grachia

Too Much Sun

as Jack

People Like Us

Midsomer Murders

as Clinton Finn

Paul Merton: The Series

Jeeves and Wooster

as George

Fireman Sam

as Moose (voice)

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Jonathan Hogarth

6.3