
Nigel Betts
Known for ActingBorn 1963-10-15 (age 62)Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Ralph & Katie
2022 · Series
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Small Zones
1990 · Movie
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All Creatures Great & Small
2020 · Series
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Outlander
2014 · Series
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Pie in the Sky
1994 · Series
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Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 · Movie
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Killing Eve
2018 · Series
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Coupling
2000 · Series
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Little Boy Blue
2017 · Series
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Father Brown
2013 · Series
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The Long Shadow
2023 · Series
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Desert Flower
2009 · Movie
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Doctor Who
2005 · Series
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Death in Paradise
2011 · Series
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Vera
2011 · Series
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Toast of Tinseltown
2022 · Series
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Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
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Boat Story
2023 · Series
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A Touch of Frost
1992 · Series
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As Time Goes By
1992 · Series
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I Fought the Law
2025 · Series
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Series
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The Escape Artist
2013 · Series
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The Afternoon Play
2003 · Series
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The Phantom of the Open
2022 · Movie
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All Those Small Things
2021 · Movie
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Sharpe's Mission
1996 · Movie
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Pib and Pog
1995 · Movie
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The Cursed
2021 · Movie
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Wasteland
2018 · Movie
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Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Movie
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019 · Movie
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Cheeky
2003 · Movie
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The Coroner
2015 · Series
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Class
2016 · Series
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The Whipping Boy
1994 · Movie
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The Good Ship Murder
2023 · Series
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The Christmas Candle
2013 · Movie
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Jekyll & Hyde
1990 · Movie
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Lipstikka
2011 · Movie
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Boy Meets Girl
2015 · Series
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Thunderpants
2002 · Movie

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The Lantern Man
2024 · Movie

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Lost Beasts
2023 · Series

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A Young Pirate's Tale
2022 · Movie

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Albion
2020 · Movie

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Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
2014 · Movie
The Eustace Bros.
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The Eustace Bros.
2003 · Series