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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 15, 1963
Place of Birth
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Nigel Betts
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Nigel Betts is an English actor, who from 2003 to 2007 appeared on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Eddie Hope. He also portrayed Tony in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the eighth series of Doctor Who as well as in Class, a Doctor Who spin-off. Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Downton Abbey, Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill, Ridley Road, and the much acclaimed ITV series, Sharpe. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom As Time Goes By and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom Coupling. In 2016 he appeared as Brian Teddern in The Coroner, S2:E5 “The Captain’s Pipe”. In 2009 he played Tommy in the eighth episode of the fourth series of Doc Martin. Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's Gunpowder season. Other theatre credits include The 39 Steps, a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock, and Arthur in War Horse, the National Theatre's award-winning show in the West End. In September 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Elton Summertree. He appeared again in 2024, this time in the role of Mellie Tyler.
Known For
7.1
Superintendent Hodgson
Boat Story
2023
7.6
Dr. Alan Caplin
The Long Shadow
2023
0.0
Narrator
Lost Beasts
2023
0.0
(voice)
A Young Pirate's Tale
2022
10.0
Steve Thorne
Ralph & Katie
2022
6.7
Tony Marsh
The Phantom of the Open
2022
7.3
Dr. Harold Shitman
Toast of Tinseltown
2022
6.6
Alfred Moliere
The Cursed
2021
6.8
Spencer
All Those Small Things
2021
8.2
Dennis Handshaw
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Credits
Boat Story
as Superintendent Hodgson
2023
7.1
The Long Shadow
as Dr. Alan Caplin
2023
7.6
Lost Beasts
as Narrator
2023
0.0
A Young Pirate's Tale
as (voice)
2022
0.0
Ralph & Katie
as Steve Thorne
2022
10.0
The Phantom of the Open
as Tony Marsh
2022
6.7
Toast of Tinseltown
as Dr. Harold Shitman
2022
7.3
The Cursed
as Alfred Moliere
2021
6.6
All Those Small Things
as Spencer
2021
6.8
All Creatures Great & Small
as Dennis Handshaw
2020
8.2
Albion
as Edward
2020
0.0
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Creditor
2019
6.4
Wasteland
as Cemetery Worker 2
2018
6.6
Killing Eve
as Quartermaster
2018
8.0
Little Boy Blue
as Tom, POLSA Officer
2017
7.6
Class
as Mr. Armitage
2016
6.4
The Coroner
as Brian Teddern
2015
6.1
Boy Meets Girl
as Tony
2015
3.9
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
as Mr. Armitage
2014
8.0
Outlander
as Aloysius Murphy
2014
8.2
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
as Bobo
2014
0.0
The Christmas Candle
as Dr. Clem
2013
5.8
The Escape Artist
as Jonathan Crowe
2013
7.0
Father Brown
as Samuel Hinds
2013
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Martin West
2011
7.4
Vera
as Brian Bennick
2011
7.4
Lipstikka
2011
3.9
Desert Flower
as Home Office Detective
2009
7.5
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
as Uncle Philip
2007
6.7
Doctor Who
as Mr Armitage
2005
7.5
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The Eustace Bros.
as Eddie Aspen
2003
0.0
Coupling
as Neighbour
2000
7.9
Midsomer Murders
as Liam Tarleton
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Sergeant
1997
7.5
Sharpe's Mission
as Maj. Septimus Pyecroft
1996
6.8
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Betting Shop Manager
1996
7.2
Pib and Pog
as Pib (voice)
1995
7.0
The Whipping Boy
as Walter
1994
6.5
Pie in the Sky
as Plainclothes
1994
8.2
A Touch of Frost
as Reginald Muldane
1992
7.5
As Time Goes By
as Barman
1992
7.6
Small Zones
as Policeman at Refuge
1990
0.0
Jekyll & Hyde
as Local Cop
1990
5.8