Nigel Havers
Acting · Directing
Born November 6, 1951, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
Nigel Allan Havers is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up. He portrayed the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street from 2009 to 2010.
Filmography
- 2026Elsinore — Hospital Patron
- Golden Boys — Lord Moyne
- A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story — Cecil Havers
- 2025Never Too Late — Frank
- Play for Today — Frank
- The Gentlemen — Lord Whitecroft
- Black Ops — Gerald
- The Vintage French Farmhouse — Narrator
- Finding Alice — Roger Dillon
- All Creatures Great & Small — General Ransom
- The Cockfields — Larry
- All Round to Mrs. Brown's — Nigel Havers
- 2017Murder on the Blackpool Express — Doc
- Timewasters — Dr. Eugene Braithwaite
- 2016Trouser Bar — (uncredited)
- 2016We Love Sitcom
- Reluctant Persuaders — Rupert Hardacre (voice)
- Brian Pern: A Life in Rock — Tony Pebblé
- 2011Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death — Narrator (voice)
- Lunch Monkeys
- Benidorm — Stanley Keen
- 2007Penelope — Mr. Vanderman
- The Sarah Jane Adventures — Peter Dalton
- Brothers and Sisters — Roger Grant
- 2005Open Wide — Peter Hillman
- 2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers — David Niven
- Little Britain — Leader of the Opposition
- The Afternoon Play — Director
- Born and Bred — Henry Williamson
- Manchild — Terry
- Murder in Mind — Nicholas Chadwick QC
- 2001The Gentleman Thief — A J Raffles
- 1999Paradise Lost — Hofstadter
- 1997Bridge of Time — Halek
- Midsomer Murders — Andrew Wilder
- 1997The Heart Surgeon — Dr. Alex Marsden
- The Heart Surgeon — Dr. Alex Marsden
- 1996An Audience with Freddie Starr
- 1996Element of Doubt — Richard
- Strangers — Philip
- TFI Friday
- Chiller — Oliver Halkin
- Dangerfield — Dr. Jonathan Paige
- Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story — Michael Wilding
- 1995Prophecy — Oliver Halkin
- The Glass Virgin — Edmund Lagrange
- 1994Lie Down with Lions — Peter Husak
- 1994The Burning Season — Steven Kaye
- The Good Guys — Guy McFadyean
- A Perfect Hero — Hugh Fleming
- Murder Most Horrid — Harvey Stafford
- 1991Sleepers — Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rublev
- Sleepers — Jeremy Coward / Sergei Rublev
- The Private War of Lucinda Smith — Edward Spencer-Grant
- 1990Quiet Days in Clichy — Alfred Perlès
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie
- 1989Farewell to the King — Capt. Fairbourne
- A Little Princess — Thomas Carrisford
- 1987Empire of the Sun — Dr. Rawlins
- Hold the Dream — Jim Fairley
- The Charmer
- 1987The Death of the Heart — Thomas Quayne
- 1986The Whistle Blower — Robert "Bob" Jones
- 1985Bon Voyage — Roddy Buchanan
- 1985Burke & Wills — William John Wills
- 1985Combat — Clement
- 1984A Passage to India — Ronny Heaslop
- Strangers and Brothers — Roy Calvert
- Don't Wait Up — Tom Latimer
- Nancy Astor — Bobby Shaw
- 1982Soft Targets — Harman
- 1981Chariots of Fire — Lord Andrew Lindsay
- 1981Unity — Philip Colindale
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years — Randolph Churchill
- A Question of Guilt — Dr Leach
- 1979Birth of the Beatles — George Martin
- 1979Coming Out — Richie
- Tales of the Unexpected — Miller
- A Horseman Riding By — Paul Craddock
- An Englishman's Castle — Mark Ingram
- 1978Full Circle — Estate Agent
- Pennies from Heaven — Conrad Baker
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? — Counterman
- Nicholas Nickleby — Nicholas Nickleby
- 1976French Without Tears — Kenneth Lake
- 1976The Portland Millions — Ronald Walker
- Victorian Scandals — Ronald Walker
- Angels
- Rumpole of the Bailey — Ronald Ransom
- 1975Susan — Jim
- 1975The Next Voice You See — Ludovic Bates
- Playhouse — Philip Colindale
- Shabby Tiger — Toby Scriven
- Thriller — Ludovic Bates
- Crown Court — Bernard Crittenden, Patrick Mills
- 1972Pope Joan — Young Monk
- The Black Arrow — Roger
- Upstairs, Downstairs — Peter Dinmont
- 1970Edward II — Soldier/ Attendant
- Play for Today — Harman
- BBC Play of the Month — Kenneth Lake, Leonid Shervinsky
- Coronation Street — Lewis Archer
- About A Bell — Jeremy Delaunay
Appearances as themselves (25)
- VE Day 80 — Self
- Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up — Self - Guest
- 2020Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
- 2020Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration — Self
- The Bidding Room — Self - Presenter
- Celebrity Gogglebox — Self
- Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel — Self
- 2012Tales of Television Centre — Self
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
- That's What I Call Television — Self
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
- Would I Lie to You? — Self
- The One Show — Self
- The Friday Night Project — Self
- Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
- Grumpy Old Men — Self
- 2002Best Ever Bond — Self
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self
- It's Only TV But I Like It — Self
- Parkinson — Self
- Room 101 — Self
- Terry Wogan's Friday Night — Self
- This Morning — Self
- An Audience with... — Self