Nigel Planer
Acting • Born 1953-02-22
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.
Filmography
132 credits
Yellowbeard
Movie • 1983
Mansell
Hogfather
Movie • 2007
Mr. Sideney
Flood
Movie • 2007
Keith Hopkins
Clockwork Mice
Movie • 1995
Parkey
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1996
Car Salesman
Sleigh
Movie • 2017
Gerald
Carry On Columbus
Movie • 1992
The Wazir
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie • 1992
George Pepperly
The Supergrass
Movie • 1985
Gunter
I Give It a Year
Movie • 2013
Brian
The List
Movie • 2013
Ted Rove
The Trials of Oz
Movie • 1991
John Peel
Dead on Time
Movie • 1983
Boring Friend
Demonella
Movie • 1993
Father
Summer School
Movie • 1983
Julian
Funseekers
Movie • 1988
Tony
Jealousy
Movie • 1993
Transvestite
Four Men in a Car
Movie • 1998
Tim
War
Movie • 1983
Various Roles
Four Men in a Plane
Movie • 2000
Tim Goodman
Dirty Movie
Movie • 1984
Nigel
Susie
Movie • 1984
Dave
Slags
Movie • 1984
Marlon
Private Enterprise
Movie • 1986
Derek
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Movie • 1990
Stan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Movie • 1990
Stan
Oxford
Movie • 1990
Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
Red Nose of Courage
Movie • 1992
Home Secretary
Spaghetti Hoops
Movie • 1990
Aldo Vini
The Crying Game
Movie • 1992
Club Chairman/Waiter
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Movie • 1993
Governor Wilkins
Five Go to Rehab
Movie • 2012
Barmaid/Inspector
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Movie • 2023
Self
Santa's First Christmas
Movie • 1992
Romuald the Reindeer
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie • 2012
Number 27
Movie • 1988
Andrew Veitch
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie • 2005
Self
Sex Actually
Movie • 2005
Graham
Eat the Rich
Movie • 1987
DHSS Manager
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Movie • 2022
Nun Wolf
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Movie • 2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
Taxi Driver
Red Top
Movie • 2016
Rupert Murdoch
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
Frankenstein's Baby
Movie • 1990
Paul Hocking
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie • 2011
Peter Mandelson
The Comic Strip
Movie • 1981
How To Be Eighteenth Century
Movie • 2006
Nicholas Craig
Brazil
Movie • 1985
Charlie--Dept. of Works
The Strike
Movie • 1988
Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
Burn Burn Burn
Movie • 2016
Henry
The Land Girls
Movie • 1998
Gerald
Ratburger
Movie • 2017
Headmaster
Bad News
Movie • 1983
Den Dennis
More Bad News
Movie • 1988
Den Dennis
Group Madness
Movie • 1983
Self
Heavy Metal Britannia
Movie • 2010
Self
Prog Rock Britannia
Movie • 2009
Narrator
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
Movie • 2009
Nicholas Craig
You Are Here
Movie • 1998
Sheldon Cohen
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie • 1990
TV Presenter
Completely Bad News
Movie • 2019
Den Dennis
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Movie • 2018
Diana & Me
Movie • 1997
Taxi Driver
Jeepers Creepers
Movie • 2020
American Reporter (voice)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Movie • 1984
Paul
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie • 2024
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Movie • 2023
Self
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Movie • 2007
Self
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Movie • 1987
Ralph Filthy
Three Steps to Hendon
Movie • 2005
Gerry Jameson
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Movie
Ned
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie • 2004
Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
Oh No, Not Them
Movie • 1989
Neil
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Shelford
The Magic Roundabout
TV • 1964
We Have Been Watching
TV • 2017
Self
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Inspector Hopkins
The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Neil
The Grimleys
TV • 1999
Les Grimley
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Lou Lewis
Mayo
TV • 2006
Robert Bainbridge
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
TV • 1990
The Last Detective
TV • 2003
Celebrity Mastermind
TV • 2003
Bonjour la Classe
TV • 1993
Roll Over Beethoven
TV • 1985
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
The Michael Ball Show
TV • 2010
Self
King and Castle
TV • 1986
David Castle
Hogfather
TV • 2006
Mr. Sideney
The Marriage of Figaro
TV • 1994
Antonio
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Ronnie Grunion
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
TV • 2010
Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
Blackadder
TV • 1983
Lord Smedley
Boomers
TV • 2014
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Barman
Mandy
TV • 2020
Captain
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Episodes
TV • 2011
Sanford Shamiro
Timewasters
TV • 2017
Langley
Blackeyes
TV • 1989
Jeff
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV • 1980
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Eugene Sutton
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Mr. Venables
Legends
TV • 2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lockwood & Co.
TV • 2023
John Fairfax
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Frank
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Julian
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Paul
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Dave
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Den Dennis
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Nigel
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Marlon
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Derek
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Charles
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Tony
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Stan
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
TV Presenter
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Aldo Vini
Filthy Rich & Catflap
TV • 1987
Ralph Filthy
Grantchester
TV • 2014
Giles Montgomery
The Colour of Magic
TV • 2008
Arch Astronomer
Upstart Crow
TV • 2016
Egeus
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Panellist
M.I. High
TV • 2007
Prime Minister