- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 15, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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…
Filmography
tvI Fought the Law
2025 · DCC Nigel Johnstone
movieThe Lantern Man
2024 · David's father
tvBoat Story
2023 · Superintendent Hodgson
tvThe Good Ship Murder
2023 · Tony Donnelly
tvThe Long Shadow
2023 · Dr. Alan Caplin
tvLost Beasts Unearthed
2023 · Narrator
movieA Young Pirate's Tale
2022 · (voice)
tvRalph & Katie
2022 · Steve Thorne
movieThe Phantom of the Open
2022 · Tony Marsh
tvToast of Tinseltown
2022 · Dr. Harold Shitman
movieThe Cursed
2021 · Alfred Moliere
movieAll Those Small Things
2021 · Spencer
tvAll Creatures Great & Small
2020 · Dennis Handshaw
movieAlbion
2020 · Edward
movieThe Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Creditor
movieWasteland
2018 · Cemetery Worker 2
tvKilling Eve
2018 · Quartermaster
tvLittle Boy Blue
2017 · Tom, POLSA Officer
tvClass
2016 · Mr. Armitage
tvThe Coroner
2015 · Brian Teddern
tvBoy Meets Girl
2015 · Tony
movieDoctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 · Mr. Armitage
tvOutlander
2014 · Aloysius Murphy
movieHampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014 · Bobo
movieThe Christmas Candle
2013 · Dr. Clem
tvThe Escape Artist
2013 · Jonathan Crowe
tvFather Brown
2013 · Samuel Hinds
tvDeath in Paradise
2011 · Martin West
tvVera
2011 · Brian Bennick
movieLipstikka
2011
movieDesert Flower
2009 · Home Office Detective
movieMrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Uncle Philip
tvWaterloo Road
2006 · Ray Stewart
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Mr Armitage
movieCheeky
2003 · Ramsey
The Eustace Bros.
2003 · Eddie Aspen
tvGrease Monkeys
2003 · George
tvThe Afternoon Play
2003 · Claude
movieThunderpants
2002 · Launch Controller 2
tvCoupling
2000 · Neighbour
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Liam Tarleton, Sergeant
movieSharpe's Mission
1996 · Major Septimus Pyecroft
tvHetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Betting Shop Manager
moviePib and Pog
1995 · Pib (voice)
movieThe Whipping Boy
1994 · Walter
tvPie in the Sky
1994 · Plainclothes
tvA Touch of Frost
1992 · Reginald Muldane
tvAs Time Goes By
1992 · Barman
movieSmall Zones
1990 · Policeman at Refuge
movieJekyll & Hyde
1990 · Local Cop