Biography

Nigel is an actor of Irish descent who grew up in Birmingham. He is best known for playing series regular Superintendent Ian Buckells in the multi award winning police drama “Line of Duty” for BBC. Nigel next plays leading reg Jim in new CBBC series High Hoops, opposite Peep Show’s Robert Webb and Isy Suttie. Further TV credits include: Three Little Birds (Tiger Aspect/ITV), Small Axe (BBC/Amazon), Peaky Blinders (Tiger Aspect), The End Of the F**king World (Netflix), Temple (Sky One) Film credits include: Alleycats (Fyzz Facility Film Six), Une Rencontre (Poisson Rouge Pictures), Young High and Dead (Rumpunch Productions), The Best Years (Empire Productions). Theatre credits include: Going For Gold (Park Theatre), How Love is Spelt (Southwark Playhouse), A Dybbuk (Crescent Theatre), Circus Land (New Leicester Square Theatre), Sweet Love Remembered (Shakespeare’s Globe).