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Name
Nigel Betts

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1963-10-15 (63 years old)

Place of Birth
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2022 A Young Pirate's Tale as (voice)
2021 The Cursed as Alfred Moliere
2022 The Phantom of the Open as Tony Marsh
2021 All Those Small Things as Spencer
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield as Creditor
1990 Small Zones as Policeman at Refuge
1995 Pib and Pog as Pib (voice)
2007 Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution as Uncle Philip
2009 Desert Flower as Home Office Detective
1994 The Whipping Boy as Walter
2011 Lipstikka
2013 The Christmas Candle as Dr. Clem
2014 Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland as Bobo
1990 Jekyll & Hyde as Local Cop
2018 Wasteland as Cemetery Worker 2
2020 Albion as Edward
2014 Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven as Mr. Armitage
1996 Sharpe's Mission as Major Septimus Pyecroft
2024 The Lantern Man as David's father
2003 Cheeky as Ramsey
2002 Thunderpants as Launch Controller 2

2011 Vera ( 1 episode ) as Brian Bennick
2013 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as Samuel Hinds
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ( 1 episode ) as Betting Shop Manager
2023 Lost Beasts Unearthed ( 6 episodes ) as Narrator
2022 Toast of Tinseltown ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Harold Shitman
2005 Doctor Who ( 3 episodes ) as Mr Armitage
2000 Coupling ( 1 episode ) as Neighbour
2011 Death in Paradise ( 2 episodes ) as Martin West
2014 Outlander ( 2 episodes ) as Aloysius Murphy
2003 The Eustace Bros. ( 6 episodes ) as Eddie Aspen
1994 Pie in the Sky ( 1 episode ) as Plainclothes
1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Liam Tarleton
2023 Boat Story ( 4 episodes ) as Superintendent Hodgson
2017 Little Boy Blue ( 4 episodes ) as Tom, POLSA Officer
2023 The Long Shadow ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Alan Caplin
1992 A Touch of Frost ( 1 episode ) as Reginald Muldane
2015 Boy Meets Girl ( 12 episodes ) as Tony
2015 The Coroner ( 1 episode ) as Brian Teddern
2018 Killing Eve ( 1 episode ) as Quartermaster
1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant
1992 As Time Goes By ( 1 episode ) as Barman
2020 All Creatures Great & Small ( 2 episodes ) as Dennis Handshaw
2013 The Escape Artist ( 1 episode ) as Jonathan Crowe
2022 Ralph & Katie ( 3 episodes ) as Steve Thorne
2016 Class ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Armitage
2023 The Good Ship Murder ( 1 episode ) as Tony Donnelly
2003 Grease Monkeys ( 10 episodes ) as George
2003 The Afternoon Play ( 1 episode ) as Claude
2025 I Fought the Law ( 2 episodes ) as DCC Nigel Johnstone
2006 Waterloo Road ( 1 episode ) as Ray Stewart

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