Nigel Planer
Known for: Acting
Born: February 22, 1953
Place of birth: Westminster, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
79 movies · 50 TV shows, newest first
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Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
2026
7.3
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
NR
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
7.5
Lockwood & Co.
2023
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020
7.5
Mandy
2020
NR
Completely Bad News
2019
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
4.3
Ratburger
2017
NR
Sleigh
2017
6.1
Timewasters
2017
6.1
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
NR
We Have Been Watching
2017
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
2016
7.3
Upstart Crow
2016
5.3
Red Top
2016
8.0
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
2015
7.3
Grantchester
2014
6.3
Boomers
2014
5.5
The Last Impresario
2014
8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
4.3
The List
2013
5.5
I Give It a Year
2013
7.6
Father Brown
2013
NR
Five Go to Rehab
2012
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
7.2
Episodes
2011
6.8
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
2010NR
The Michael Ball Show
2010
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The Color of Magic 2in1
2010
7.1
Heavy Metal Britannia
2010NR
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
2009
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
2009
7.8
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
6.8
The Colour of Magic
2008
6.5
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
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The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
6.8
Hogfather
20074.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
5.3
Flood
2007
6.1
M.I. High
2007
7.6
Hogfather
2006NR
How To Be Sci-Fi
2006
5.0
Legends
2006NR
How To Be Eighteenth Century
2006
4.2
Mayo
2006
6.5
Sex Actually
2005
7.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
NR
Three Steps to Hendon
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
10.0
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
NR
Four Men in a Plane
2000
7.7
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
7.6
The Grimleys
1999
8.0
You Are Here
1998
6.0
The Land Girls
1998
NR
Four Men in a Car
1998
6.0
Diana & Me
1997
7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
NR
Cuts
1996
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
1996
2.0
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
4.6
Clockwork Mice
1995
NR
The Marriage of Figaro
1994
8.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
8.7
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
NR
Jealousy
1993
NR
Demonella
1993
NR
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
6.3
Bonjour la Classe
1993
5.8
GMTV
1993
1.2
Santa's First Christmas
1992
3.9
Carry On Columbus
1992
NR
The Crying Game
1992
8.0
Red Nose of Courage
1992
NR
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991NR
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
1990
NR
Frankenstein's Baby
1990
NR
Spaghetti Hoops
1990
NR
Oxford
1990
NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
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GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
5.9
Blackeyes
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
NR
Oh No, Not Them
1989
9.0
Number 27
1988
NR
Funseekers
1988
9.8
More Bad News
1988
7.0
The Strike
1988
6.2
Eat the Rich
1987
6.7
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
NR
King and Castle
1986
NR
Private Enterprise
1986
6.1
The Supergrass
1985
7.3
Happy Families
19855.0
Roll Over Beethoven
1985
7.7
Brazil
1985
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
2.0
Slags
1984
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
NR
Susie
1984
NR
Dirty Movie
1984
8.0
Storyboard
1983
5.6
Yellowbeard
1983
8.0
Blackadder
1983
9.0
Group Madness
1983
NR
Summer School
1983
8.7
Bad News
1983
10.0
War
1983
6.6
Dead on Time
1983
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
7.7
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
8.0
The Comic Strip
1981
6.5
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
5.3
An Audience with...
19785.1
Film '72
1971
6.4
The Magic Roundabout
1964