Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 15, 1963
Place of Birth
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
50 titles
Nigel Betts
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.
Known For
Filmography
I Fought the Law
DCC Nigel Johnstone
The Lantern Man
David's father
Boat Story
Superintendent Hodgson
The Good Ship Murder
Tony Donnelly
The Long Shadow
Dr. Alan Caplin
Lost Beasts Unearthed
Narrator
A Young Pirate's Tale
(voice)
Ralph & Katie
Steve Thorne
The Phantom of the Open
Tony Marsh
Toast of Tinseltown
Dr. Harold Shitman
The Cursed
Alfred Moliere
All Those Small Things
Spencer
All Creatures Great & Small
Dennis Handshaw
Albion
Edward
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Creditor
Wasteland
Cemetery Worker 2
Killing Eve
Quartermaster
Little Boy Blue
Tom, POLSA Officer
Class
Mr. Armitage
The Coroner
Brian Teddern
Boy Meets Girl
Tony
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Mr. Armitage
Outlander
Aloysius Murphy
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Bobo
The Christmas Candle
Dr. Clem
The Escape Artist
Jonathan Crowe
Father Brown
Samuel Hinds
Death in Paradise
Martin West
Vera
Brian Bennick
Lipstikka
Desert Flower
Home Office Detective
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Uncle Philip
Waterloo Road
Ray Stewart
Doctor Who
Mr Armitage
Cheeky
Ramsey
The Eustace Bros.
Eddie Aspen
Grease Monkeys
George
The Afternoon Play
Claude
Thunderpants
Launch Controller 2
Coupling
Neighbour
Midsomer Murders
Liam Tarleton
Sharpe's Mission
Major Septimus Pyecroft
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Betting Shop Manager
Pib and Pog
Pib (voice)
The Whipping Boy
Walter
Pie in the Sky
Plainclothes
A Touch of Frost
Reginald Muldane
As Time Goes By
Barman
Small Zones
Policeman at Refuge
Jekyll & Hyde
Local Cop