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

• 2026Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint — Ned
• Lockwood & Co. — John Fairfax
• 2022Red Riding Hood: After Ever After — Nun Wolf
• 2020Jeepers Creepers — American Reporter (voice)
• Mandy — Captain
• 2019Completely Bad News — Den Dennis
• 2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
• 2017Ratburger — Headmaster
• 2017Sleigh — Gerald
• Timewasters — Langley
• 2016Burn Burn Burn — Henry
• 2016Red Top — Rupert Murdoch
• Upstart Crow — Egeus
• Boomers
• Grantchester — Giles Montgomery
• Inside No. 9 — Frank
• Father Brown — Ronnie Grunion
• 2013I Give It a Year — Brian
• 2013The List — Ted Rove
• 201230 Years of Comic Strip
• 2012Five Go to Rehab — Barmaid/Inspector
• Death in Paradise — Eugene Sutton
• Episodes — Sanford Shamiro
• 2011The Hunt for Tony Blair — Peter Mandelson
• 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 — Arch Astronomer
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret — Gilfroy Deacon McStannahorse
• 2009How to Be Old with Nicholas Craig — Nicholas Craig
• 2009Prog Rock Britannia — Narrator
• 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 — Arch Astronomer
• The Colour of Magic — Arch Astronomer
• 2007Flood — Keith Hopkins
• 2007Hogfather — Mr. Sideney
• M.I. High — Prime Minister
• Hogfather — Mr. Sideney
• 2006How To Be Eighteenth Century — Nicholas Craig
• How To Be Sci-Fi
• Mayo — Robert Bainbridge
• 2005Sex Actually — Graham
• 2005Three Steps to Hendon — Gerry Jameson
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Mr. Venables
• 2004Bottom Mindless Violence — Neil Pye / Ralph Filthy (archive footage)
• 2003Bright Young Things — Taxi Driver
• Celebrity Mastermind
• The Last Detective
• 2000Four Men in a Plane — Tim Goodman
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Dr. Marmalade (voice)
• The Grimleys — Les Grimley
• 1998Four Men in a Car — Tim
• 1998The Land Girls — Gerald
• 1998You Are Here — Sheldon Cohen
• 1997Diana & Me — Taxi Driver
• Jonathan Creek — Shelford
• 1996Cuts — Jocelyn Pride
• 1996The Wind in the Willows — Car Salesman
• 1995Clockwork Mice — Parkey
• 1995Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
• The Marriage of Figaro — Antonio
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes — Inspector Hopkins
• Bonjour la Classe
• 1993Demonella — Father
• 1993Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase — Governor Wilkins
• 1993Jealousy — Transvestite
• 1992Carry On Columbus — The Wazir
• 1992Red Nose of Courage — Home Secretary
• 1992Santa's First Christmas — Romuald the Reindeer
• 1992The Crying Game — Club Chairman/Waiter
• 1992Unnatural Pursuits — George Pepperly
• 1991The Trials of Oz — John Peel
• 1990Frankenstein's Baby — Paul Hocking
• 1990GLC: The Carnage Continues — TV Presenter
• 1990Oxford — Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man
• 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! — Stan
• 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 — Stan
• 1990Spaghetti Hoops — Aldo Vini
• The Nicholas Craig Masterclass
• Blackeyes — Jeff
• 1989Oh No, Not Them — Neil
• Screen One — Paul Hocking
• 1988Funseekers — Tony, Writer
• 1988More Bad News — Den Dennis
• 1988Number 27 — Andrew Veitch
• 1988The Strike — Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor
• 1987Eat the Rich — DHSS Manager
• Filthy Rich & Catflap — Ralph Filthy
• King and Castle — David Castle
• 1986Private Enterprise — Derek
• 1985Brazil — Charlie--Dept. of Works
• Happy Families — Barman
• Roll Over Beethoven — Nigel Cochrane
• 1985The Supergrass — Gunter
• 1984A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques — Paul
• 1984Dirty Movie — Nigel
• Sherlock Holmes — Inspector Hopkins
• 1984Slags — Marlon
• 1984Susie — Dave
• 1983Bad News — Den Dennis
• Blackadder — Lord Smedley
• 1983Dead on Time — Boring Friend
• Storyboard — David Castle
• 1983Summer School — Julian
• 1983War — Various Roles
• 1983Yellowbeard — Mansell
• Shine on Harvey Moon — Lou Lewis
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Julian, Tommy/Doc/Ivan/McClowsky/Australian, Charles, Den Dennis, Dave, Paul, Nigel, Marlon, Derek, Bernard/Old Man/Camp Actor 1, TV Presenter, Tony, Stan, Aldo Vini, Steve's Manager/1st MI5 Man, Writer
• The Young Ones — Neil
• 1981The Comic Strip — Writer
• Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
• The Magic Roundabout

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2026Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard — Self
• 2024The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self
• 2023The Rise of the Comic Strip — Self
• 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter — Self
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Panellist
• We Have Been Watching — Self
• 2015From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2014The Last Impresario — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• 2010Heavy Metal Britannia — Self
• The Michael Ball Show — Self
• 2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• 2007The Making of 'The Young Ones' — Self
• Legends — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospective — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• GMTV — Self
• 1983Group Madness — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Film '72 — Self