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Nigel Planer
Born: 1953-02-22 in Westminster, London, England, UK
Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, comedian, musician, novelist and playwright. He played Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones and Ralph Filthy in Filthy Rich & Catflap. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Rated Filmography (49)
Sorted by Score10.0
War
1983
10.0
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
9.8
More Bad News
1988
9.0
Number 27
1988
9.0
Group Madness
1983
8.7
Bad News
1983
8.0
Red Nose of Courage
1992
8.0
From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television
2015
8.0
The Comic Strip
1981
8.0
You Are Here
1998
8.0
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas?
2024
7.8
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
7.7
Brazil
1985
7.6
Prog Rock Britannia
2009
7.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
7.3
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
7.1
Heavy Metal Britannia
2010
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
7.0
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After
2022
7.0
The Strike
1988
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
6.8
Hogfather
2007
6.6
Dead on Time
1983
6.5
Sex Actually
2005
6.5
Burn Burn Burn
2016
6.5
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
2008
6.3
The Trials of Oz
1991
6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
6.2
Eat the Rich
1987
6.1
The Supergrass
1985
6.0
The Land Girls
1998
6.0
Diana & Me
1997
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
1996
5.6
Yellowbeard
1983
5.5
I Give It a Year
2013
5.5
The Last Impresario
2014
5.3
Red Top
2016
5.3
Flood
2007
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
4.6
Clockwork Mice
1995
4.3
The List
2013
4.3
Ratburger
2017
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020
3.9
Carry On Columbus
1992
2.0
Slags
1984
2.0
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
1.2
Santa's First Christmas
1992