Acting
Nigel Planer
Feb 22, 1953 (73 years) 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.
Known for
7.7
SpongeBob SquarePants
Dr. Marmalade (voice)
7.4
Death in Paradise
Eugene Sutton
7.7
Brazil
Charlie--Dept. of Works
8.0
Blackadder
Lord Smedley
8.1
Inside No. 9
Frank
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Hopkins
7.7
Father Brown
Ronnie Grunion
7.5
Lockwood & Co.
John Fairfax
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mr. Venables
7.2
Episodes
Sanford Shamiro
7.3
Grantchester
Giles Montgomery
5.5
I Give It a Year
Brian
7.9
The Young Ones
Neil
6.8
The Colour of Magic
Arch Astronomer
7.6
Jonathan Creek
Shelford
Filmography
7.2
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026 · Self
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024 · Self
7.5
Lockwood & Co.
2023 · John Fairfax
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022 · Nun Wolf
7.5
Mandy
2020 · Captain
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020 · American Reporter (voice)
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
6.0
Timewasters
2017 · Langley
4.3
Ratburger
2017 · Headmaster
Sleigh
2017 · Gerald
7.3
Upstart Crow
2016 · Egeus
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
2016 · Henry
5.3
Red Top
2016 · Rupert Murdoch
8.0
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
2015 · Self - Narrator (voice)
8.1
Inside No. 9
2014 · Frank
7.3
Grantchester
2014 · Giles Montgomery
6.3
Boomers
2014
5.5
The Last Impresario
2014 · Self
7.7
Father Brown
2013 · Ronnie Grunion
5.5
I Give It a Year
2013 · Brian
4.3
The List
2013 · Ted Rove
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011 · Eugene Sutton
7.2
Episodes
2011 · Sanford Shamiro
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011 · Peter Mandelson
6.8
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
2010 · Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
7.1
Heavy Metal Britannia
2010 · Self
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
2009 · Narrator
6.8
The Colour of Magic
2008 · Arch Astronomer