Nigel Betts

Nigel Betts

Birthday: 1963-10-15

Place of birth: Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0079451

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

Score: 8.0

Desert Flower

Score: 7.5

Pib and Pog

Score: 7.0

Sharpe's Mission

Score: 6.8

All Those Small Things

Score: 6.8

The Phantom of the Open

Score: 6.7

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Score: 6.7

Wasteland

Score: 6.6

The Cursed

Score: 6.6

The Whipping Boy

Score: 6.5

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Score: 6.4

Jekyll & Hyde

Score: 5.8

The Christmas Candle

Score: 5.8

Lipstikka

Score: 3.9

Albion

Score: 0.0

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland

Score: 0.0

Small Zones

Score: 0.0

A Young Pirate's Tale

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Ralph & Katie

Score: 10.0

Pie in the Sky

Score: 8.4

Outlander

Score: 8.2

All Creatures Great & Small

Score: 8.1

Coupling

Score: 7.9

Killing Eve

Score: 7.9

The Long Shadow

Score: 7.6

Little Boy Blue

Score: 7.6

As Time Goes By

Score: 7.6

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

A Touch of Frost

Score: 7.5

Doctor Who

Score: 7.5

Father Brown

Score: 7.5

Death in Paradise

Score: 7.5

Vera

Score: 7.4

Toast of Tinseltown

Score: 7.2

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Score: 7.2

Boat Story

Score: 7.0

The Escape Artist

Score: 7.0

Class

Score: 6.4

The Coroner

Score: 6.2

Boy Meets Girl

Score: 3.9

The Eustace Bros.

Score: 0.0

Lost Beasts

Score: 0.0