Acting

Nigel Planer

Born 1953-02-22 · Westminster, London, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
as Ned
2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
as Self
2026
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2023
Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax
2023
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
2022
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
2020
Mandy
as Captain
2020
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
2019
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Ratburger
as Headmaster
2017
Sleigh
as Gerald
2017
Timewasters
as Langley
2017
House of Games
as Self - Panellist
2017
We Have Been Watching
as Self
2017
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
2016
Upstart Crow
as Egeus
2016
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
2016
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery
2014
Boomers
2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
Inside No. 9
as Frank
2014
The List
as Ted Rove
2013
I Give It a Year
as Brian
2013
Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion
2013
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
2011
Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro
2011
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
2010
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
2010
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
2010
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
2009
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
2009
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer
2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Arch Astronomer
2008
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
2007
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene
2007
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
2007
M.I. High
as Prime Minister
2007
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2006
How To Be Sci-Fi
2006
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
2006
Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge
2006
Sex Actually
as Graham
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
Three Steps to Hendon
as Gerry Jameson
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
2004
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
2003
The Last Detective
2003
Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
2000
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Dr. Marmalade (voice)
1999
The Grimleys
as Les Grimley
1999
You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
1998
The Land Girls
as Gerald
1998
Four Men in a Car
as Tim
1998
Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
1997
Jonathan Creek
as Shelford
1997
Cuts
as Jocelyn Pride
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
1996
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
1995
The Marriage of Figaro
as Antonio
1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
1994
Jealousy
as Transvestite
1993
Demonella
as Father
1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
1993
Bonjour la Classe
as Laurence Didcott
1993
GMTV
as Self
1993