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

Death in Paradise
2018
Ready, Steady, Cook
2008
Father Brown
2020
Grantchester
2016
Sherlock Holmes
1994
GMTV
2010
Agatha Christie's Marple
2010
An Audience with...
1985
Film '72
1985
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2009
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2016
Inside No. 9
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
143
Writing
3
2026
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
as Ned · unreleased
2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
as Self
2026
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist
2024
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
as Self
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2023
Lockwood & Co.
as John Fairfax
2022
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
as Nun Wolf
2022
Mandy
as Captain
2020
Jeepers Creepers
as American Reporter (voice)
2020
Father Brown
as Ronnie Grunion
2019
Completely Bad News
as Den Dennis
2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Death in Paradise
as Eugene Sutton
2018
Inside No. 9
as Frank
2018
Upstart Crow
as Egeus
2017
Sleigh
as Gerald
2017
Ratburger
as Headmaster
2017
We Have Been Watching
as Self
2017
Timewasters
as Langley
2016
Red Top
as Rupert Murdoch
2016
Burn Burn Burn
as Henry
2016
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
as Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
2016
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2016
Grantchester
as Giles Montgomery
2015
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
2014
Boomers
2013
I Give It a Year
as Brian
2013
The List
as Ted Rove
2012
Five Go to Rehab
as Barmaid/Inspector
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Episodes
as Sanford Shamiro
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
as Peter Mandelson
2010
Heavy Metal Britannia
as Self
2010
The Color of Magic 2in1
as Arch Astronomer
2010
Celebrity Mastermind
2010
GMTV
as Self
2010
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
2010
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mr. Venables
2009
Prog Rock Britannia
as Narrator
2009
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
as Nicholas Craig
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2009
M.I. High
as Prime Minister
2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
as Arch Astronomer
2008
Legends
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest
2008
The Colour of Magic
as Arch Astronomer
2007
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2007
Flood
as Keith Hopkins
2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self
2006
How To Be Eighteenth Century
as Nicholas Craig
2006
Mayo
as Robert Bainbridge
2006
Hogfather
as Mr. Sideney
2006
How To Be Sci-Fi
2006
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Dr. Marmalade (voice)
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
Sex Actually
as Graham
2005
Three Steps to Hendon
as Gerry Jameson
2005
The Last Detective
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
2003
Bright Young Things
as Taxi Driver
2000
Four Men in a Plane
as Tim Goodman
1999
The Grimleys
as Les Grimley
1998
Four Men in a Car
as Tim
1998
The Land Girls
as Gerald
1998
You Are Here
as Sheldon Cohen
1997
Diana & Me
as Taxi Driver
1997
Jonathan Creek
as Shelford
1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Car Salesman
1996
Cuts
as Jocelyn Pride
1995
Clockwork Mice
as Parkey
1995
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1994
Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
1994
The Marriage of Figaro
as Antonio
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
as Inspector Hopkins
1993
Demonella
as Father
1993
Jealousy
as Transvestite
1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Governor Wilkins
1993
Bonjour la Classe
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as TV Presenter
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Stan
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Aldo Vini
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1992
Carry On Columbus
as The Wazir
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
as George Pepperly
1992
Red Nose of Courage
as Home Secretary
1992
The Crying Game
as Club Chairman/Waiter
1992
Santa's First Christmas
as Romuald the Reindeer
1991
The Trials of Oz
as John Peel
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Stan
1990
Spaghetti Hoops
as Aldo Vini
1990
Oxford
as Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Stan
1990
Frankenstein's Baby
as Paul Hocking
1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as TV Presenter
1990
The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
1990
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1
1990
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tony
1990
Screen One
as Paul Hocking
1989
Oh No, Not Them
as Neil
1989
Blackeyes
as Jeff
1988
Funseekers
as Tony
1988
Number 27
as Andrew Veitch
1988
The Strike
as Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
1988
More Bad News
as Den Dennis
1988
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Derek
1987
Eat the Rich
as DHSS Manager
1987
Blackadder
as Lord Smedley
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Ralph Filthy
1986
Private Enterprise
as Derek
1986
King and Castle
as David Castle
1985
The Supergrass
as Gunter
1985
Brazil
as Charlie--Dept. of Works
1985
Roll Over Beethoven
as Nigel Cochrane
1985
Happy Families
as Barman
1985
An Audience with...
as Self
1985
Film '72
as Self
1985
Storyboard
as David Castle
1984
Dirty Movie
as Nigel
1984
Susie
as Dave
1984
Slags
as Marlon
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Paul
1984
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dave
1984
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Paul
1984
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Nigel
1984
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Marlon
1983
Yellowbeard
as Mansell
1983
Dead on Time
as Boring Friend
1983
Summer School
as Julian
1983
War
as Various Roles
1983
Bad News
as Den Dennis
1983
Group Madness
as Self
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Julian
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Charles
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Den Dennis
1982
The Young Ones
as Neil
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Lou Lewis
1981
The Comic Strip
1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1964
The Magic Roundabout