Nigel Betts

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-10-15 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Nigel Betts

Biography

Nigel Betts is an English actor, who from 2003 to 2007 appeared on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Eddie Hope. He also portrayed Tony in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the eighth series of Doctor Who as well as in Class, a Doctor Who spin-off. Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Downton Abbey, Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill, Ridley Road, and the much acclaimed ITV series, Sharpe. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom As Time Goes By and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom Coupling. In 2016 he appeared as Brian Teddern in The Coroner, S2:E5 “The Captain’s Pipe”. In 2009 he played Tommy in the eighth episode of the fourth series of Doc Martin. Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's Gunpowder season. Other theatre credits include The 39 Steps, a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, and Arthur in War Horse, the National Theatre's award-winning show in the West End. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Elton Summertree. He appeared again in 2024, this time in the role of Mellie Tyler.

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Outlander

    Outlander

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Vera

    Vera

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • All Creatures Great & Small

    All Creatures Great & Small

  • A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

  • Killing Eve

    Killing Eve

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • Coupling

    Coupling

  • The Good Ship Murder

    The Good Ship Murder

  • Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

  • The Coroner

    The Coroner

  • The Cursed

    The Cursed

  • The Long Shadow

    The Long Shadow

  • The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

  • The Phantom of the Open

    The Phantom of the Open

  • Sharpe's Mission

    Sharpe's Mission

  • All Those Small Things

    All Those Small Things

  • Toast of Tinseltown

    Toast of Tinseltown

  • Lipstikka

    Lipstikka

  • The Escape Artist

    The Escape Artist

  • Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

    Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

  • Boat Story

    Boat Story

  • The Personal History of David Copperfield

    The Personal History of David Copperfield

  • Class

    Class

  • Little Boy Blue

    Little Boy Blue

  • The Christmas Candle

    The Christmas Candle

  • Albion

    Albion

  • Small Zones

    Small Zones

  • Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

    Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

  • Grease Monkeys

    Grease Monkeys

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

  • Jekyll & Hyde

    Jekyll & Hyde

  • The Lantern Man

    The Lantern Man

  • The Eustace Bros.

    The Eustace Bros.

  • Pib and Pog

    Pib and Pog

  • A Young Pirate's Tale

    A Young Pirate's Tale

  • The Whipping Boy

    The Whipping Boy

  • Ralph & Katie

    Ralph & Katie

  • Lost Beasts

    Lost Beasts

  • Wasteland

    Wasteland

  • Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland

    Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland