John Nettles
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
Credits
- 2022 · Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem as Self
- 2021 · The Great Wall: The Making of China as narrator
- 2021 · My Unique B&B as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Walks with My Dog as Self
- 2017 · Never Land as Fisherman John
- 2016 · Shakespeare: The Legacy as
- 2015 · Poldark as Ray Penvenen
- 2013 · Toast of London as John Nettles
- 2011 · Discovering Hamlet as Self
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Sindy The Fairy Princess as
- 2002 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Dr. James Mortimer
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as DCI Tom Barnaby
- 1996 · Airport as
- 1995 · All Men Are Mortal as Sanier
- 1993 · The Skipper as
- 1993 · The Detectives as Jim Bergerac
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Giles Sutton
- 1989 · Under the Sun as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · French & Saunders as DCI Barnaby
- 1985 · Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains as Narrator
- 1984 · Robin of Sherwood as Peter de Leon
- 1983 · Natural World as
- 1982 · The Agatha Christie Hour as
- 1981 · Findings on a Late Afternoon as Gerald
- 1981 · Bergerac as Det. Sgt. Jim Bergerac
- 1981 · Bergerac as Jim Bergerac
- 1980 · The Merchant of Venice as Bassanio
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Enemy at the Door as Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis
- 1977 · The Professionals as CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)
- 1976 · Arnhem: The Story of an Escape as Theo Redman
- 1976 · Dickens Of London as Macrone
- 1968 · The Expert as John Franklin
- Future · Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special as
- 1970 · One More Time as Dixon