Nigel Betts
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.
Fotos
Películas (22)
Paralysis
2026 · The Pharmacist
The Lantern Man
2024 · David's father
A Young Pirate's Tale
2022 · (voice)
The Phantom of the Open
2022 · Tony Marsh
The Cursed
2021 · Alfred Moliere
All Those Small Things
2021 · Spencer
Albion
2020 · Edward
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Creditor
Wasteland
2018 · Cemetery Worker 2
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 · Mr. Armitage
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014 · Bobo
The Christmas Candle
2013 · Dr. Clem
Lipstikka
2011
Desert Flower
2009 · Home Office Detective
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Uncle Philip
Cheeky
2003 · Ramsey
Thunderpants
2002 · Launch Controller 2
Sharpe's Mission
1996 · Major Septimus Pyecroft
Pib and Pog
1995 · Pib (voice)
The Whipping Boy
1994 · Walter
Small Zones
1990 · Policeman at Refuge
Jekyll & Hyde
1990 · Local Cop
Series (29)
I Fought the Law
2025 · DCC Nigel Johnstone
Boat Story
2023 · Superintendent Hodgson
The Good Ship Murder
2023 · Tony Donnelly
The Long Shadow
2023 · Dr. Alan Caplin
Lost Beasts Unearthed
2023 · Narrator
Ralph & Katie
2022 · Steve Thorne
Toast of Tinseltown
2022 · Dr. Harold Shitman
All Creatures Great & Small
2020 · Dennis Handshaw
Killing Eve
2018 · Quartermaster
Little Boy Blue
2017 · Tom, POLSA Officer
Class
2016 · Mr. Armitage
The Coroner
2015 · Brian Teddern
Boy Meets Girl
2015 · Tony
Outlander
2014 · Aloysius Murphy
The Escape Artist
2013 · Jonathan Crowe
Father Brown
2013 · Samuel Hinds
Death in Paradise
2011 · Martin West
Vera
2011 · Brian Bennick
Waterloo Road
2006 · Ray Stewart
Doctor Who
2005 · Mr Armitage
The Eustace Bros.
2003 · Eddie Aspen
Grease Monkeys
2003 · George
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Claude
Coupling
2000 · Neighbour
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Liam Tarleton, Sergeant
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Betting Shop Manager
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Plainclothes
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Reginald Muldane
As Time Goes By
1992 · Barman