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.

Filmography

Yellowbeard
Mansell
Hogfather
Mr. Sideney
Flood
Keith Hopkins
Clockwork Mice
Parkey
The Wind in the Willows
Car Salesman
Sleigh
Gerald
Carry On Columbus
The Wazir
Unnatural Pursuits
George Pepperly
The Supergrass
Gunter
I Give It a Year
Brian
The List
Ted Rove
The Trials of Oz
John Peel
Dead on Time
Boring Friend
Demonella
Father
Summer School
Julian
Funseekers
Tony
Jealousy
Transvestite
Four Men in a Car
Tim
War
Various Roles
Four Men in a Plane
Tim Goodman
Dirty Movie
Nigel
Susie
Dave
Slags
Marlon
Private Enterprise
Derek
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Stan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Stan
Oxford
Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
Red Nose of Courage
Home Secretary
Spaghetti Hoops
Aldo Vini
The Crying Game
Club Chairman/Waiter
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Governor Wilkins
Five Go to Rehab
Barmaid/Inspector
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
Santa's First Christmas
Romuald the Reindeer
30 Years of Comic Strip
Number 27
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
Sex Actually
Graham
Eat the Rich
DHSS Manager
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
Nun Wolf
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bright Young Things
Taxi Driver
Red Top
Rupert Murdoch
From Andy Pandy To Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
Narrator
Frankenstein's Baby
Paul Hocking
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Peter Mandelson
The Comic Strip
How To Be Eighteenth Century
Nicholas Craig
Brazil
Charlie--Dept. of Works
The Strike
Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
Burn Burn Burn
Henry
The Land Girls
Gerald
Ratburger
Headmaster
Bad News
Den Dennis
More Bad News
Den Dennis
Group Madness
Self
Heavy Metal Britannia
Self
Prog Rock Britannia
Narrator
How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig
Nicholas Craig
You Are Here
Sheldon Cohen
GLC: The Carnage Continues
TV Presenter
Completely Bad News
Den Dennis
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Diana & Me
Taxi Driver
Jeepers Creepers
American Reporter (voice)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Paul
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Self
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Ralph Filthy
Three Steps to Hendon
Gerry Jameson