Nigel Planer
Writer / Performer
Acting
Nigel trained at LAMDA and is a founder member of The London Comedy Store and the Comic Strip group. He has worked extensively in theatre, film and television as an actor.
Nigel is also a writer and has written comedy books, novels, plays and scripts. He wrote and voiced over one hundred episodes of the Magic Roundabout for Channel 4.
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
There She Goes | Gandalf | Simon Hynd | Merman Ltd |
Marcella (Series 2) | Reg Reynolds | Charles Sturridge | ITV |
Death In Paradise | Eugene Sutton | Roger Simonsz | BBC |
Inside No. 9 | Frank | David Kerr | BBC |
Ratburger | Headmaster | Matt Lipsey | King Bert |
Timewasters | Langley | George Kane | Big Talk |
Loaded | Mr Dunne | Natalie Bailey | Hillbilly Films |
The Dumping Ground Series 5 | Professor Edwin Von Trockelbomf III | Duncan Foster | BBC |
The Comic Strip Presents: Rebekah | Rupert Murdoch | Peter Richardson | Great Western Features |
Grantchester Series 2 | Master Giles Montgomery | Edward Bennett | Kudos for ITV |
Boomers Series 2 | Mick | Adam Miller | Hat Trick |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Gilfroy Deacon Mcstannahorse | John Hardwick | IFC |
Episodes Series 4 | Stanford Shamiro | Jim Field Smith | Hat Trick Productions |
Cockroaches | Stevie | Ben Taylor | Big Talk Productions for ITV 2 |
Boomers Series 1 | Mick | Adam Miller | Hat Trick for BBC1 |
Hank Zipzer Series 2 | Crazy Ed | Matt Bloom | Kindle Entertainment for CBBC |
Jonathan Creek - Easter 2013 | Franklin Tartikoff | David Renwick | BBC |
Episodes (Series 3) | Stanford Shamiro | Jim Field-Smith | Hat Trick Productions |
Comic Strip: Five Go To Rehab | Barmaid and Inspector | Peter Richardson | Great Western Features |
Episodes (Series 2) | Stanford Shamiro | Jim Field-Smith | Hat Trick Productions |
Comic Strip - The Hunt For Tony Blair | Mandelson | Peter Richardson | Great Western Features |
Miss Marple: The Pale Horse | Mr Venables | Andy Hay | ITV |
This Is Jinsy | Man With No Nameworm | Matt Lipsey | The Welded Tandem Company Ltd |
M.I. High | Prime Minister | Richard Elson | BBC / Kudos |
Revenge Files of Alistair Fury | Uncle Crowleigh | Jamie Rix | BBC |
HOW TO BE... | Nicholas Craig | Clare Finnet / Christopher Douglas | BBC 4 |
The Gil Mayo Mysteries | Robert Bainbridge | Metin Hüseyin | BBC |
THE LAST DETECTIVE | Gerry Jameson | Moira Armstrong | Granada |
French and Saunders Do Harry Potter | Dumbledore | Ade Edmonson | BBC |
The Baddiel Syndrone | Undertaker | David Baddiel | Sky TV |
THE BILL | Colin Boswell | Carol Wiseman | Thames |
THE GRIMLEYS | Baz Grimley - Three Series | Various | Granada |
Paul Merton Does Galton and Simpson | Kenneth | BBC | |
Jonathan Creek | Shelford | Marcus Mortimer | BBC |
Twelfth Night | Malvolio | BBC Schools | |
SONGS FROM THE SHOWS | with Gary Wilmot | Kevin Bishop | BBC |
SHINE ON HARVEY MOON - 3 series | Lou Lewis | Baz Taylor | Alamo |
The Marriage of Figaro | Gardener | Geoff Posner | BBC |
Wake Up With | Jonathan Hughes | Jamie Rix | Elephant / Thames |
BONJOUR LA CLASSE | Laurence Didcott | John Henderson | Talkback |
FRANKENSTEIN'S BABY | Paul Hocking | Robert Bierman | Screen One, BBC |
CUTS | Jocelyn Pride | Martyn Friend | YTV |
NUMBER 27 | Andrew Veitch | Tristram Powell | BBC |
THE NAKED ACTOR | Nicholas Craig | Christopher Douglas | BBC |
THE TRIALS OF OZ | John Peel | Sheree Folkson | BBC |
KING AND CASTLE - 2 series | David Castle | Various | Thames |
THE MASTERCLASS SERIES | Nicholas Craig | Christopher Douglas / Janet Fraser Cook | BBC |
TWO LUMPS OF ICE | The Director | Christopher Morahan | BBC |
THE NEW MAGIC ROUNDABOUT | Narrator and all voices | Brendon Donnison | Channel 4 |
Oh No Not Them | Neil | David Mirkin | 20th Century Fox |
BLACKEYES | Jeff | Dennis Potter | BBC |
BLACKADDER III | Lord Topper | Mandie Fletcher | BBC |
FILTHY RICH AND CATFLAP | Ralph Filthy | Paul Jackson | BBC |
FRENCH AND SAUNDERS | Andy Warhol | Bob Spiers | BBC |
ROLLOVER BEETHOVEN - 2 series | Nigel Cochrane | Nick Phillips | Alamo |
THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS - 5 series | Various | Peter Richardson | Channel 4 |
THE LENNY HENRY SHOW | Charlie Hanson | BBC | |
THE YOUNG ONES - 2 series | Neil | Paul Jackson | BBC |
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
Burn Burn Burn | Henry | Chanya Button | Burn Production Ltd |
I Give It A Year | Brian | Dan Mazer | Working Title |
The List | Ted Rove | Klaus Huettmann | Creativity Media |
The Colour of Magic | Arch Astronomer | Vadim Jean | Sky |
HOGFATHER | Mr. Sydeney | Vadim Jean | BSB / Sky One |
FLOOD | Keith Hopkins | Tony Mitchell | Power TV |
THUNDER PANTS | Darly Worthorne | Peter Hewitt | Dragon Pictures |
Bright Young Things | Taxi Driver | Stephen Fry | Revolution Films |
VIRGIN TERRITORY | Uncle Bruno | David Leland | Red Lion Productions |
THE LAND GIRLS | Gerald | David Leland | Intermedia Films |
DIANA AND ME | Taxi Driver | David Parker | Matt Carroll Films |
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS | The Car Salesman | Terry Jones | Walt Disney |
CLOCKWORK MICE | Parkey | Vadim Jean | Metrodome |
CARRY ON COLUMBUS | The Wazir | Gerald Thomas | Tony Garnet |
EAT THE RICH | DHSS Manager | Peter Richardson | New Line Cinema |
THE SUPERGRASS | Gunter | Peter Richardson | Comic Strip |
BRAZIL | Charlie | Terry Gilliam | Universal |
YELLOWBEARD | Mansell | Mel Damski |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Grandpa Joe | Sam Mendes | Playful Productions - West End |
Peter Pan | Captain Hook / Mr Darling | Paul Hendy | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield / Evolution Productions Ltd |
Doctor Who Live! | Vorgenson | BBC Worldwide | |
The Rocky Horror Show | The Narrator | Christopher Luscombe | Corn Exchange, Cambridge and Derngate Theatre, Northampton |
HAIRSPRAY | Wilbur Turnblad | Jack O'Brien | Stage Entertainment Ltd |
WICKED | The Wizard of Oz | Joe Mantello | Apollo Victoria, West End |
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW | The Narrator | Christopher Luscombe | Churchill Theatre, Bromley & Machester Opera House |
DARWIN IN MALIBU | Wilberforce | Robert Delamere | Hampstead Theatre |
WE WILL ROCK YOU | Pop | Chris Renshaw | Phil McIntyre Producions |
One Man Show | Nicholas Craig | Christopher Douglas | Hampstead Theatre / West End |
FEELGOOD | George | Max Stafford-Clark | Hampstead & West End |
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | Jack McCracken | Rachel Kennedy | Chichester Festival Theatre |
HIGH LIFE | Donny | Peter Bridge | Bush Theatre |
CHICAGO | Amos | Walter Bobbie | Adelphi Theatre |
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL | Parolles | Helena Kout Howson | Regents Park Theatre |
DIE FLEDERMAUS | Frosch | Richard Jones | English National Opera |
I, AN ACTOR | Nicholas Craig | Christopher Douglas | Richard Temple Productions |
MAN OF THE MOMENT | Douglas Beachey | Alan Strachan | West End |
Scouts Honour | Mike Bradwell | Lyric Hammersmith | |
NEIL | Live act of Young Ones Character | Nigel Planer | International Tour, Edinburgh |
BADNEWS LIVE | Den Denis | Adrian Edmondson | Tour + London |
Trial Run | The Student | Nicholas Kent | Oxford Playhouse / Young Vic |
COMIC STRIP | Michael White | Comedy Store and international tour | |
OUTER LIMITS | Double Act with Peter Richardson | Nigel Planer | Tour + London |
EVITA - original cast | Che | Hal Prince | Robert Stigwood |
Robin Hood | Sherriff of Nottingham | Andrew Manley | E.M.M.A. |
Breezeblock Park | The Son | Michael Attenborough | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
The Sport of My Mad Mother | Fak | Helena Kaut-Howson | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
Twelfth Night | Fabian | Michael Attenborough | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
A Day With My Sister | Brother | David Halliwell | Traverse Theatre |
Radio
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
The Norman Conquests | Tom | Peter Kavanagh | BBC Radio 4 |
Gloomsbury Series 2 | Jamie Rix | Little Brother Productions Ltd. | |
Polyoaks Series 2 | Dr Roy May | Frank Stirling | Unique |
Gloomsbury | Jamie Rix | Little Brother Productions Ltd. | |
Otherwise Engaged | Wood | Peter Kavanagh | BBC Radio 4 |
Polyoaks | Dr Roy May | Frank Stirling | The New Unique Broadcasting Company Ltd |
The Magnificent Andrea | Nigel | Peter Kavanagh | BBC Radio 4 |
Turf Wars | Reiver | Peter Kavanagh | BBC Radio 4 |
ADRIAN MOLE | Narrator and all voices | BBC | |
GRIFF RHYS- JONES RADIO SHOW | Guest | ||
GRUESOME TALES FOR GRIZZLY KIDS | |||
I, AN ACTOR | BBC Radio 4 | ||
JAZZ DADS | Maurice | BBC | |
LORD OF THE RINGS | Radio 5 | ||
NICHOLAS CRAIG'S ACTING MASTERCLASS | BBC | ||
THE HOBBIT | Bilbo Baggins | BBC Radio 4 |