Acting
Nigel Planer
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
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
Film · 2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
Film · 2026
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Film · 2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Film · 2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Film · 2023
Lockwood & Co.
Series · 2023
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Film · 2022
Jeepers Creepers
Film · 2020
Mandy
Series · 2020
Completely Bad News
Film · 2019
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Film · 2018
Sleigh
Film · 2017
Ratburger
Film · 2017
We Have Been Watching
Series · 2017
Timewasters
Series · 2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Series · 2017
Red Top
Film · 2016
Burn Burn Burn
Film · 2016
Upstart Crow
Series · 2016
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
Film · 2015
The Last Impresario
Film · 2014
Boomers
Series · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
Grantchester
Series · 2014
I Give It a Year
Film · 2013
The List
Film · 2013
Father Brown
Series · 2013
Five Go to Rehab
Film · 2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
Film · 2012
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Film · 2011
Episodes
Series · 2011
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Series · 2011
Heavy Metal Britannia
Film · 2010
The Michael Ball Show
Series · 2010
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
Series · 2010
Prog Rock Britannia
Film · 2009
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
Film · 2009
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Film · 2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Film · 2008
The Colour of Magic
Series · 2008
Hogfather
Film · 2007
Flood
Film · 2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Film · 2007
Alternative Rebellion: The Beginning of Britain's Alternative Comedy Scene
Film · 2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Series · 2007
M.I. High
Series · 2007
How To Be Eighteenth Century
Film · 2006
Mayo
Series · 2006
Hogfather
Series · 2006
Legends
Series · 2006
How To Be Sci-Fi
Series · 2006
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Film · 2005
Sex Actually
Film · 2005
Three Steps to Hendon
Film · 2005
Bottom Mindless Violence
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Bright Young Things
Film · 2003
The Last Detective
Series · 2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Series · 2003
Four Men in a Plane
Film · 2000
The Grimleys
Series · 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
Series · 1999
Four Men in a Car
Film · 1998
The Land Girls
Film · 1998
You Are Here
Film · 1998
Diana & Me
Film · 1997
Jonathan Creek
Series · 1997
The Wind in the Willows
Film · 1996
Cuts
Film · 1996
Clockwork Mice
Film · 1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
Film · 1995
The Marriage of Figaro
Series · 1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
Series · 1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1994
Demonella
Film · 1993
Jealousy
Film · 1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Film · 1993
Bonjour la Classe
Series · 1993
GMTV
Series · 1993
Carry On Columbus
Film · 1992
Unnatural Pursuits
Film · 1992
Red Nose of Courage
Film · 1992
The Crying Game
Film · 1992
Santa's First Christmas
Film · 1992
The Trials of Oz
Film · 1991
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Film · 1990
Spaghetti Hoops
Film · 1990
Oxford
Film · 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Film · 1990
Frankenstein's Baby
Film · 1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Film · 1990
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
Series · 1990
Oh No, Not Them
Film · 1989
Blackeyes
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Funseekers
Film · 1988
Number 27
Film · 1988
The Strike
Film · 1988
More Bad News
Film · 1988
Eat the Rich
Film · 1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Series · 1987
Private Enterprise
Film · 1986
King and Castle
Series · 1986
The Supergrass
Film · 1985
Brazil
Film · 1985
Roll Over Beethoven
Series · 1985
Happy Families
Series · 1985
Dirty Movie
Film · 1984
Susie
Film · 1984
Slags
Film · 1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Film · 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
Yellowbeard
Film · 1983
Dead on Time
Film · 1983
Summer School
Film · 1983
War
Film · 1983
Bad News
Film · 1983
Group Madness
Film · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Storyboard
Series · 1983
The Young Ones
Series · 1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
Series · 1982
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Series · 1982
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The Comic Strip
Film · 1981
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Series · 1980
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Magic Roundabout
Series · 1964