Nigel Betts
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
Credits
- 2023 · Boat Story as Superintendent Hodgson
- 2023 · The Long Shadow as Dr. Alan Caplin
- 2023 · Lost Beasts as Narrator
- 2022 · A Young Pirate's Tale as (voice)
- 2022 · Ralph & Katie as Steve Thorne
- 2022 · The Phantom of the Open as Tony Marsh
- 2022 · Toast of Tinseltown as Dr. Harold Shitman
- 2021 · The Cursed as Alfred Moliere
- 2021 · All Those Small Things as Spencer
- 2020 · All Creatures Great & Small as Dennis Handshaw
- 2020 · Albion as Edward
- 2019 · The Personal History of David Copperfield as Creditor
- 2018 · Wasteland as Cemetery Worker 2
- 2018 · Killing Eve as Quartermaster
- 2017 · Little Boy Blue as Tom, POLSA Officer
- 2016 · Class as Mr. Armitage
- 2015 · The Coroner as Brian Teddern
- 2015 · Boy Meets Girl as Tony
- 2014 · Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven as Mr. Armitage
- 2014 · Outlander as Aloysius Murphy
- 2014 · Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland as Bobo
- 2013 · The Christmas Candle as Dr. Clem
- 2013 · The Escape Artist as Jonathan Crowe
- 2013 · Father Brown as Samuel Hinds
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Martin West
- 2011 · Vera as Brian Bennick
- 2011 · Lipstikka as
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Home Office Detective
- 2007 · Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution as Uncle Philip
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mr Armitage
- 2003 · The Eustace Bros. as Eddie Aspen
- 2000 · Coupling as Neighbour
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Liam Tarleton
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sergeant
- 1996 · Sharpe's Mission as Maj. Septimus Pyecroft
- 1996 · Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Betting Shop Manager
- 1995 · Pib and Pog as Pib (voice)
- 1994 · The Whipping Boy as Walter
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Plainclothes
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Reginald Muldane
- 1992 · As Time Goes By as Barman
- 1990 · Small Zones as Policeman at Refuge
- 1990 · Jekyll & Hyde as Local Cop