Personal Info
Birthday
February 22, 1953
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (119)
7.3
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
Movie2026
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
Movie2024
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Movie2023
7.6
Lockwood & Co.
TV Series2023
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Movie2022
No Backdrop
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
Movie2020
7.5
Mandy
TV Series2020
0.0
Completely Bad News
Movie2019
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Movie2018
4.3
Ratburger
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Sleigh
Movie2017
6.1
Timewasters
TV Series2017
6.1
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV Series2017
0.0
We Have Been Watching
TV Series2017
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
Movie2016
7.3
Upstart Crow
TV Series2016
5.3
Red Top
Movie2016
8.0
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
Movie2015
7.2
Grantchester
TV Series2014
6.3
Boomers
TV Series2014
No Backdrop
5.5
The Last Impresario
Movie2014
8.1
Inside No. 9
TV Series2014
No Backdrop
4.3
The List
Movie2013
5.5
I Give It a Year
Movie2013
7.6
Father Brown
TV Series2013
0.0
Five Go to Rehab
Movie2012
No Backdrop
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie2012
7.5
Death in Paradise
TV Series2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Movie2011
7.2
Episodes
TV Series2011
6.8
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
TV Series2010
7.1
Heavy Metal Britannia
Movie2010
No Backdrop
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
Movie2009
7.8
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Movie2008
6.7
The Colour of Magic
TV Series2008
No Backdrop
0.0
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Movie2007
6.9
Hogfather
Movie2007
5.3
Flood
Movie2007
6.1
M.I. High
TV Series2007
7.6
Hogfather
TV Series2006
No Backdrop
5.0
Legends
TV Series2006
4.2
Mayo
TV Series2006
No Backdrop
6.5
Sex Actually
Movie2005
No Backdrop
7.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Three Steps to Hendon
Movie2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
10.0
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie2004
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
TV Series2003
6.3
Bright Young Things
Movie2003
7.8
The Last Detective
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Four Men in a Plane
Movie2000
7.7
SpongeBob SquarePants
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
7.6
The Grimleys
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
8.0
You Are Here
Movie1998
6.0
The Land Girls
Movie1998
No Backdrop
0.0
Four Men in a Car
Movie1998
6.0
Diana & Me
Movie1997
7.6
Jonathan Creek
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
0.0
Cuts
Movie1996
5.8
The Wind in the Willows
Movie1996
4.6
Clockwork Mice
Movie1995
0.0
The Marriage of Figaro
TV Series1994
8.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV Series1994
8.7
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
0.0
Jealousy
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
Demonella
Movie1993
No Backdrop
0.0
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Movie1993
No Backdrop
6.3
Bonjour la Classe
TV Series1993
No Backdrop
5.8
GMTV
TV Series1993
No Backdrop
1.2
Santa's First Christmas
Movie1992
3.9
Carry On Columbus
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
The Crying Game
Movie1992
No Backdrop
8.0
Red Nose of Courage
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Unnatural Pursuits
Movie1992
6.3
The Trials of Oz
Movie1991
No Backdrop
0.0
Frankenstein's Baby
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Spaghetti Hoops
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
Oxford
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Movie1990
No Backdrop
0.0
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie1990
5.9
Blackeyes
TV Series1989
7.2
Screen One
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
0.0
Oh No, Not Them
Movie1989
9.0
Number 27
Movie1988
No Backdrop
0.0
Funseekers
Movie1988
9.8
More Bad News
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.0
The Strike
Movie1988
6.2
Eat the Rich
Movie1987
5.0
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Movie1987
6.7
Filthy Rich & Catflap
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
0.0
King and Castle
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Private Enterprise
Movie1986
6.1
The Supergrass
Movie1985
7.3
Happy Families
TV Series1985
7.7
Brazil
Movie1985
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
2.0
Slags
Movie1984
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Movie1984
No Backdrop
0.0
Susie
Movie1984
No Backdrop
0.0
Dirty Movie
Movie1984
8.0
Storyboard
TV Series1983
5.6
Yellowbeard
Movie1983
8.0
Blackadder
TV Series1983
No Backdrop
9.0
Group Madness
Movie1983
No Backdrop
0.0
Summer School
Movie1983
8.7
Bad News
Movie1983
No Backdrop
10.0
War
Movie1983
No Backdrop
6.7
Dead on Time
Movie1983
7.9
The Young Ones
TV Series1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV Series1982
7.7
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV Series1982
8.0
The Comic Strip
Movie1981
6.5
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV Series1980
5.3
An Audience with...
TV Series1978
6.4
The Magic Roundabout
TV Series1964