Nigel Betts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 15, 1963 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 51
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
Paralysis
2026Movie
The Pharmacist
I Fought the Law
2025TV
DCC Nigel Johnstone
The Lantern Man
2024Movie
David's father
Boat Story
2023TV
Superintendent Hodgson
The Good Ship Murder
2023TV
Tony Donnelly
The Long Shadow
2023TV
Dr. Alan Caplin
Lost Beasts Unearthed
2023TV
Narrator
A Young Pirate's Tale
2022Movie
(voice)
Ralph & Katie
2022TV
Steve Thorne
The Phantom of the Open
2022Movie
Tony Marsh
Toast of Tinseltown
2022TV
Dr. Harold Shitman
The Cursed
2021Movie
Alfred Moliere
All Those Small Things
2021Movie
Spencer
All Creatures Great & Small
2020TV
Dennis Handshaw
Albion
2020Movie
Edward
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019Movie
Creditor
Wasteland
2018Movie
Cemetery Worker 2
Killing Eve
2018TV
Quartermaster
Little Boy Blue
2017TV
Tom, POLSA Officer
Class
2016TV
Mr. Armitage
The Coroner
2015TV
Brian Teddern
Boy Meets Girl
2015TV
Tony
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014Movie
Mr. Armitage
Outlander
2014TV
Aloysius Murphy
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014Movie
Bobo
The Christmas Candle
2013Movie
Dr. Clem
The Escape Artist
2013TV
Jonathan Crowe
Father Brown
2013TV
Samuel Hinds
Death in Paradise
2011TV
Martin West
Vera
2011TV
Brian Bennick
Lipstikka
2011Movie
Desert Flower
2009Movie
Home Office Detective
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007Movie
Uncle Philip
Waterloo Road
2006TV
Ray Stewart
Doctor Who
2005TV
Mr Armitage
Cheeky
2003Movie
Ramsey
The Eustace Bros.
2003TV
Eddie Aspen
Grease Monkeys
2003TV
George
The Afternoon Play
2003TV
Claude
Thunderpants
2002Movie
Launch Controller 2
Coupling
2000TV
Neighbour
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Liam Tarleton, Sergeant
Sharpe's Mission
1996Movie
Major Septimus Pyecroft
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996TV
Betting Shop Manager
Pib and Pog
1995Movie
Pib (voice)
The Whipping Boy
1994Movie
Walter
Pie in the Sky
1994TV
Plainclothes
A Touch of Frost
1992TV
Reginald Muldane
As Time Goes By
1992TV
Barman
Small Zones
1990Movie
Policeman at Refuge
Jekyll & Hyde
1990Movie
Local Cop