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.
Available on CineVibes
Full Filmography
All Credits (50)
Paralysis
as The Pharmacist
I Fought the Law
as DCC Nigel Johnstone
The Lantern Man
as David's father
Boat Story
as Superintendent Hodgson
The Good Ship Murder
as Tony Donnelly
The Long Shadow
as Dr. Alan Caplin
Lost Beasts Unearthed
as Narrator
A Young Pirate's Tale
as (voice)
Ralph & Katie
as Steve Thorne
The Phantom of the Open
as Tony Marsh
Toast of Tinseltown
as Dr. Harold Shitman
All Those Small Things
as Spencer
All Creatures Great & Small
as Dennis Handshaw
Albion
as Edward
The Personal History of David Copperfield
as Creditor
Wasteland
as Cemetery Worker 2
Killing Eve
as Quartermaster
Little Boy Blue
as Tom, POLSA Officer
Class
as Mr. Armitage
The Coroner
as Brian Teddern
Boy Meets Girl
as Tony
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
as Mr. Armitage
Outlander
as Aloysius Murphy
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
as Bobo
The Christmas Candle
as Dr. Clem
The Escape Artist
as Jonathan Crowe
Father Brown
as Samuel Hinds
Death in Paradise
as Martin West
Vera
as Brian Bennick
Lipstikka
as Unknown
Desert Flower
as Home Office Detective
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
as Uncle Philip
Waterloo Road
as Ray Stewart
Doctor Who
as Mr Armitage
Cheeky
as Ramsey
Grease Monkeys
as George
The Afternoon Play
as Claude
Thunderpants
as Launch Controller 2
Coupling
as Neighbour
Midsomer Murders
as Liam Tarleton
Midsomer Murders
as Sergeant
Sharpe's Mission
as Major Septimus Pyecroft
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Betting Shop Manager
Pib and Pog
as Pib (voice)
The Whipping Boy
as Walter
Pie in the Sky
as Plainclothes
A Touch of Frost
as Reginald Muldane
As Time Goes By
as Barman
Small Zones
as Policeman at Refuge
Jekyll & Hyde
as Local Cop