Nigel Planer Biography (1955?-)

Born February 22, 1955 (some sources say 1953), in London, England; son of George Victor and Margaret Lesley (maiden name, Weeden) Planer; brother of Roger Planer (a writer); married Anna Lea, August 19, 1989 (divorced, 1994); married Frankie Park (an actress), April 3, 1999 (some sources cite 2000); children: (first marriage) Stanley; (second marriage) one son. Addresses: Agent: Maureen Vincent, Peters, Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 RussellSt., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: February 22, 1955?; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Mansell, Yellowbeard, Orion, 1983
Charlie, Brazil, Universal, 1985
Gunter, The Supergrass (also known as The Comic Strip Presentsthe Supergrass), New Line Home Video, 1985
DHSS Manager, Eat the Rich, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1987
Den, More Bad News, 1987
Bernard, old man, and first camp actor, The Strike, 1987
Grand Wazir, Carry On Columbus, Lauren Films, 1992
Parkey, Clockwork Mice, 1995
Car salesperson, The Wind in the Willows (also known as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride), Columbia, 1997
Taxi driver, Diana & Me, 1997
Gerald, The Land Girls (also known as Trois Anglaises en campagne), Gramercy, 1998
Appeared as Darly Worthorne, Thunder Pants, Dragon Pictures.
Television Appearances
Series
Member of ensemble, The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1983-1984, 1988-1990, and 1992-1993
Neil Pye, The Young Ones, MTV, 1985
Nigel Cochrane, Roll Over Beethoven, 1985-1986
David Castle, King & Castle, BBC, 1986
Ralph Filthy (Filthy Ralph), Filthy, Rich, and Catflap, BBC, 1987
Title role, Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (also known as TheNicholas Craig Masterclass), 1990
Narrator and other voices, The Magic Roundabout (also known as The New Magic Roundabout), Channel 4, beginning 1990
Member of ensemble, The Comic Strip, BBC-2, 1990-1998
Voice, Romuald the Reindeer, Fox Family Channel, 1998-1999
Also appeared as Laurence Didcott, Bonjour la classe; narrator, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids; and Lou Lewis, Shine On Harvey Moon.
Movies
Andrew Veitch, Number 27, BBC, 1988
Paul Hockings, Frankenstein's Baby, BBC, 1990
Himself, The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, BBS,1999
Miniseries
Jeff, Blackeyes, BBC, 1989
Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, 1995
Episodic
The Lenny Henry Show, 1984
Bartender, "Madeleine," Happy Families, 1985
Lord Smedley, Madame La Guillotine, and the Scarlet Pimpernel, "Nob and Nobility," Blackadder the Third (also known as The Black Adder),BBC-1, 1987
"Dangerous Liaisons," French and Saunders, 1990
Inspector Hopkins, "The Golden Pince-Nez," The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (also known as Sherlock Holmes), Granada, 1994
The Good Sex Guide, 1994

Shelford, "The Reconstituted Corpse," Jonathan Creek, 1997
Gavin, "I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds," Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's..., 1997
Tim Goodman, "Four Men in a Car," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1998
Colin Boswell, "Look Again," The Bill, ITV1, 1999
Tim Goodman, "Four Men in a Plane," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 2000
Undertaker, "Dead Grandma," Baddiel's Syndrome, 2001
Himself, Breakfast, BBC, 2001
Himself, "New Years Compilation," I Love 1980's, BBC2, 2001
Himself, "West End Theatre Special," The Weakest Link, BBC, 2002
Dumbledore, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan," French and Saunders, 2003
Guest on Saturday Night Live, LWT.
Specials
"A Night of Comic Relief 2," Comic Relief, 1989
"Red Nose Day 3: The Stonker," Comic Relief, 1991
Party in the Park 2002, Channel 5, 2002
Pilots
Wake Up With..., 1994
Baz Grimley, The Grimleys, ITV, 1997
Other
Himself, Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights, BBC, 1981
Neil, Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live), 1986
John Peel, The Trials of Oz, BBC, 1991
Jocelyn Pride, Cuts, YTV, 1996
Sheldon Cohen, You Are Here: Whatever Happened to Baby Jo?, 1998
Himself, Top Ten Comedy Records, 2000
Also appeared in Two Lumps of Ice, BBC.
Stage Appearances
Amos Hart, Chicago (musical), Adelphi Theatre, London, 1997
Pop, We Will Rock You (musical), Dominion Theatre, London, 2002
Also appeared in All's Well That Ends Well, Regents Park Theatre,London; in Angry Old Men; as Den Denis, Badnews Live, London production; as Che, Evita (musical); as George, Feel Good, London; as Frosch, Die Fledermaus, English National Opera; as Donny, HighLife, Bush Theatre, London; as Nicholas Craig, I, an Actor; as Douglas Beachey, Man of the Moment, London; and in Nicholas Craig(solo show), Hampstead, England; appeared in productions at Globe Theatre, London; Leeds Playhouse, Leeds, England; Lyric Theatre, London; Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England; and Young Vic Theatre, London; also performed at Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia.
Major Tours
Toured as Den Denis, Badnews Live, and with the company of Comic Strip, international cities.
Stage Director
Directed Neil, Edinburgh, Scotland, and tour of international cities; and Outer Limits, London production and touring production.
Radio Appearances
Performed as narrator and other voices, Adrian Mole, BBC (England); in Gruesome Tales for Grizzly Kids; as Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, BBC Radio 4; in I, an Actor, BBC Radio 4; in Lord of the Rings, Radio 5; and in Nicholas Craig's Acting Masterclass, BBC; also guest on the Griff Rhys-Jones Radio Show.
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voices, Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! (also known as DiscworldII: Missing Presumed...!?), 1996
Voice of zombie, Discworld Noir, Perfect Entertainment, 1999
Albums
Recorded two comedy albums.
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
(With Doug Lucie) "Funseekers," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel4, 1988
Also writer for King & Castle, BBC, and Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Television Writing
Other
Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live), 1986
Other
Neil's Book of the Dead, 1983
I, an Actor, 1987
A Good Enough Dad, 1992
Let's Get Divorced, 1994
Therapy and How to Avoid It, 1996
Unlike Buddha, 1997
The Right Man, 1998
Faking It (novel), 2001

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