Nigel Terry (1945 -2015) was an English stage and film actor probably best known for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, the future King John in 1968's A Lion In Winter, and for his work with legendary British auteur Derek Jarman, including the title role in his 1986 production of Caravaggio.

Filmography

• The Time of Your Life — Jack
• Doctor Who — Cobb
• 2005Red Mercury — Lindsey
• Sensitive Skin — George
• 2004Troy — Archeptolemus
• 2003Danielle Cable: Eyewitness — Kenneth Noye
• 2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story — Sesame Esau
• 2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
• 2002Crime and Punishment — Svidrigailov
• Cutting It — Dexter Berkowicz
• 2002FearDotCom — Turnball
• Foyle's War — Hugh Jackson
• Spooks — Professor Stephen Curtis
• 2001The Emperor's New Clothes — Montholon
• 2001The Search for John Gissing — Alan Jardeen
• Waking the Dead — Sam Jacobs
• The Vice — Ted Bascombe
• 1998Far from the Madding Crowd — Mr Boldwood
• Far from the Madding Crowd — Mr Boldwood
• 1998The Ebb-Tide — Ellstrom
• 1997The Hunchback — King Louis XI
• Silent Witness
• Resort to Murder — Kepler
• The Vet — Mark Shreeves
• Pie in the Sky — Byron de Goris
• Wycliffe — Lawrence Vinter
• 1993Blue — (voice)
• The Mushroom Picker — Kostya
• 1992Christopher Columbus: The Discovery — Roldan
• Covington Cross — sir Thomas Grey
• Highlander: The Series — Gabriel Piton
• 1991Edward II — Roger Mortimer
• In Suspicious Circumstances — Lt Col Frank Crozier
• Spender — McDonna
• The Orchid House — Master
• 1989War Requiem — Abraham
• South of the Border — Eddie
• 1987The Last of England — Narrator (voice)
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Denys Villiers
• 1987Up Line — Raymond Rudran
• 1986Caravaggio — Caravaggio
• Casualty — Denny Davidson
• 1986On Wings of Fire — Zarathustra
• 1986Song of Experience — Railway Policeman
• 1986Sylvia — Aden
• 1985Déjà Vu — Michael / Greg
• The Bill
• 1982The Merry Wives of Windsor — Pistol
• 1981Excalibur — King Arthur
• 1975Flame — Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)
• 1968The Lion in Winter — John
• Boy Meets Girl — Nick
• BBC Play of the Month — Jacques
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Peter
• Theatre 625 — Generalov

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2026Queer Edward II — Self (archive footage)
• 2014The Gospel According to St Derek — Self
• 2013Excalibur: Behind the Movie — Self