Actor
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
Acting
2024 -- The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? | Self
2023 -- imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self
2023 -- The Rise of the Comic Strip | Self
2022 -- Red Riding Hood: After Ever After | Nun Wolf
2020 -- Jeepers Creepers | American Reporter (voice)
2019 -- Completely Bad News | Den Dennis
2018 -- How The Young Ones Changed Comedy |
2017 -- Ratburger | Headmaster
2017 -- Sleigh | Gerald
2016 -- Burn Burn Burn | Henry
2016 -- Red Top | Rupert Murdoch
2015 -- From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television | Narrator
2013 -- The List | Ted Rove
2013 -- I Give It a Year | Brian
2012 -- Five Go to Rehab | Barmaid/Inspector
2012 -- 30 Years of Comic Strip |
2011 -- The Hunt for Tony Blair | Peter Mandelson
2010 -- Heavy Metal Britannia | Self
2009 -- How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig | Nicholas Craig
2009 -- Prog Rock Britannia | Narrator
2008 -- Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation | Self - Narrator (voice)
2007 -- The Making of 'The Young Ones' | Self
2007 -- Hogfather | Mr. Sideney
2007 -- Flood | Keith Hopkins
2006 -- How To Be Eighteenth Century | Nicholas Craig
2005 -- Sex Actually | Graham
2005 -- The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self
2003 -- Bright Young Things | Taxi Driver
2000 -- Four Men in a Plane | Tim Goodman
1998 -- You Are Here | Sheldon Cohen
1998 -- The Land Girls | Gerald
1998 -- Four Men in a Car | Tim
1997 -- Diana & Me | Taxi Driver
1996 -- The Wind in the Willows | Car Salesman
1995 -- Clockwork Mice | Parkey
1993 -- Jealousy | Transvestite
1993 -- Demonella | Father
1993 -- Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase | Governor Wilkins
1992 -- Santa's First Christmas | Romuald the Reindeer
1992 -- Carry On Columbus | The Wazir
1992 -- The Crying Game | Club Chairman/Waiter
1992 -- Red Nose of Courage | Home Secretary
1992 -- Unnatural Pursuits | George Pepperly
1991 -- The Trials of Oz | John Peel
1990 -- Frankenstein's Baby | Paul Hocking
1990 -- Spaghetti Hoops | Aldo Vini
1990 -- Oxford | Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1990 -- South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Stan
1990 -- South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Stan
1990 -- GLC: The Carnage Continues | TV Presenter
1988 -- Funseekers | Tony
1988 -- More Bad News | Den Dennis
1988 -- The Strike | Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
1988 -- Number 27 |
1987 -- Eat the Rich | DHSS Manager
1986 -- Private Enterprise | Derek
1985 -- The Supergrass | Gunter
1985 -- Brazil | Charlie--Dept. of Works
1984 -- Slags | Marlon
1984 -- A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques | Paul
1984 -- Susie | Dave
1984 -- Dirty Movie | Nigel
1983 -- Yellowbeard | Mansell
1983 -- Group Madness | Self
1983 -- Summer School | Julian
1983 -- Bad News | Den Dennis
1983 -- War | Various Roles
1983 -- Dead on Time | Boring Friend
1981 -- The Comic Strip |
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