Nigel Planer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-02-22 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Westminster, London, England, UK

Nigel Planer

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

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Ready Steady Cook

    Ready Steady Cook

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • Grantchester

    Grantchester

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • The Comic Strip Presents...

    The Comic Strip Presents...

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    The Comic Strip Presents...

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Jonathan Creek

    Jonathan Creek

  • Episodes

    Episodes

  • Legends

    Legends

  • Mandy

    Mandy

  • Celebrity Mastermind

    Celebrity Mastermind

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Lockwood & Co.

    Lockwood & Co.

  • The Young Ones

    The Young Ones

  • Bright Young Things

    Bright Young Things

  • The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

  • Clockwork Mice

    Clockwork Mice

  • Bad News

    Bad News

  • Brazil

    Brazil

  • Yellowbeard

    Yellowbeard

  • M.I. High

    M.I. High

  • The Colour of Magic

    The Colour of Magic

  • I Give It a Year

    I Give It a Year

  • Carry On Columbus

    Carry On Columbus

  • The Michael Ball Show

    The Michael Ball Show

  • Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

    Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

  • The Last Detective

    The Last Detective

  • Slags

    Slags

  • The Magic Roundabout

    The Magic Roundabout

  • How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

    How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

  • Flood

    Flood

  • Susie

    Susie

  • The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

    The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

  • The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

    The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Unnatural Pursuits

    Unnatural Pursuits

  • Dead on Time

    Dead on Time

  • A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

    A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

  • Burn Burn Burn

    Burn Burn Burn

  • Frankenstein's Baby

    Frankenstein's Baby

  • More Bad News

    More Bad News

  • Diana & Me

    Diana & Me

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

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

  • Hogfather

    Hogfather

  • South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

    South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

  • The Hunt for Tony Blair

    The Hunt for Tony Blair

  • Mayo

    Mayo

  • GLC: The Carnage Continues

    GLC: The Carnage Continues

  • Filthy Rich & Catflap

    Filthy Rich & Catflap

  • Hogfather

    Hogfather

  • Boomers

    Boomers

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • The Strike

    The Strike

  • We Have Been Watching

    We Have Been Watching

  • Funseekers

    Funseekers

  • Happy Families

    Happy Families

  • The Crying Game

    The Crying Game

  • Summer School

    Summer School

  • Dirty Movie

    Dirty Movie

  • The Grimleys

    The Grimleys

  • Timewasters

    Timewasters

  • Eat the Rich

    Eat the Rich

  • Bonjour la Classe

    Bonjour la Classe

  • Red Nose of Courage

    Red Nose of Courage

  • Oxford

    Oxford

  • 30 Years of Comic Strip

    30 Years of Comic Strip

  • Roll Over Beethoven

    Roll Over Beethoven

  • Blackeyes

    Blackeyes

  • The Land Girls

    The Land Girls

  • Group Madness

    Group Madness

  • Four Men in a Plane

    Four Men in a Plane

  • Spaghetti Hoops

    Spaghetti Hoops

  • The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

    The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

  • South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!

    South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

  • Heavy Metal Britannia

    Heavy Metal Britannia

  • The Supergrass

    The Supergrass

  • Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

    Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

  • The Rise of the Comic Strip

    The Rise of the Comic Strip

  • You Are Here

    You Are Here

  • The List

    The List

  • Jeepers Creepers

    Jeepers Creepers

  • Five Go to Rehab

    Five Go to Rehab

  • The Trials of Oz

    The Trials of Oz

  • Prog Rock Britannia

    Prog Rock Britannia

  • Santa's First Christmas

    Santa's First Christmas

  • Inundación

    Inundación

  • King and Castle

    King and Castle

  • The Comic Strip

    The Comic Strip

  • The Making of 'The Young Ones'

    The Making of 'The Young Ones'

  • The Nicholas Craig Masterclass

    The Nicholas Craig Masterclass

  • Demonella

    Demonella

  • The Marriage of Figaro

    The Marriage of Figaro

  • Private Enterprise

    Private Enterprise

  • Four Men in a Car

    Four Men in a Car

  • Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

    Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

  • Sleigh

    Sleigh

  • Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

    Red Riding Hood: After Ever After

  • War

    War

  • Red Top

    Red Top

  • Three Steps to Hendon

    Three Steps to Hendon

  • Ratburger

    Ratburger

  • Filthy Rich & Catflap

    Filthy Rich & Catflap

  • Sex Actually

    Sex Actually

  • Completely Bad News

    Completely Bad News

  • How To Be Eighteenth Century

    How To Be Eighteenth Century

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

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

  • How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig

    How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig