Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 11, 1943
Place of Birth
St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Credits
47 titles
John Nettles
Biography
John Nettles has been a familiar face on British and International television screens for over thirty years. From his early beginnings in the UK hit comedy "The Liver Birds" (1969), he became a household name overnight playing the Jersey detective "Jim Bergerac". The series, "Bergerac" (1981), was a huge hit in Britain and was exported to many countries across the world including France, Spain and Greece, gaining him thousands of fans. His new found fame as Bergerac gave him almost film-star-like fame and fortune, not to mention thousands of female admirers! Despite "Bergerac" (1981) being mothballed in the early 1990s, the series still has a considerable fan base and lingering popularity abroad, especially in Jersey, where images of John Nettles are still used for advertising tourist attractions and other services on the island. Nettles' polished Shakesperean performances have won him critical acclaim and many consider him to rival fellow British stalwarts of theatre such as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. Oddly enough, however, he has never really ventured onto the big screen and has seemed happy to stick to stage and television throughout his successful career. Most recently he has enjoying continued success playing the straightforward DCI Tom Barnaby in ITV's _"Midsomer Murders" (1997). He is on record as wanting to create a TV detective without any of the usual tics, and consequently Tom Barnaby is a happy family man, who just happens to live in the most murderous part of an otherwise stereotypically idyllic English countryside.
Known For
Filmography
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem
Self
The Great Wall: The Making of China
Narrator (voice)
My Unique B&B
Self - Narrator
Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special
Self
Devon and Cornwall
Self - Narrator
Walks with My Dog
Self
Never Land
Fisherman John
Shakespeare: The Legacy
Self
Poldark
Ray Penvenen
Toast of London
John Nettles
Playhouse Presents
John Nettles
Discovering Hamlet
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Skavlan
Self - Guest
John Nettles Applauds
Self
Sindy The Fairy Princess
Ulebus the Wand / Shay the Unicorn / The King / The Vicar (voice)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dr. James Mortimer
Midsomer Murders
DCI Tom Barnaby
Airport
Narrator
All Men Are Mortal
Sanier
Romeo and Juliet
Capulet
The Detectives
Jim Bergerac
Heartbeat
Giles Sutton
Tonight at 8.30
Peter Gilpin
Under the Sun
Self - Narrator (voice)
Boon
Joe Green
Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains
Narrator
Robin of Sherwood
Peter de Leon
Natural World
Self
The Agatha Christie Hour
Raoul Letardau
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Gerald
Bergerac
DS Jim Bergerac
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
Enemy at the Door
Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis
The Professionals
CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)
BBC2 Play of the Week
Theo Redman
Holding On
Herbert Goodings
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Theo Redman
Dickens of London
Macrone
Playhouse
Gerald
Up The Workers
Mechanic
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Edwin Palgrave
The Red, White, and Black
10th Cavalry Trooper
One More Time
Dixon
A Family at War
Ian Mackenzie
The Liver Birds
Paul
The Expert
John Franklin