Nigel Betts

Biography

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

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Outlander

Death in Paradise

Vera

Father Brown

A Touch of Frost

All Movies (21)

• The Lantern Man2024 · as David's father
• A Young Pirate's Tale2022 · as (voice)
• The Phantom of the Open2022 · as Tony Marsh
• The Cursed2021 · as Alfred Moliere
• All Those Small Things2021 · as Spencer
• Albion2020 · as Edward
• The Personal History of David Copperfield2019 · as Creditor
• Wasteland2018 · as Cemetery Worker 2
• Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven2014 · as Mr. Armitage
• Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland2014 · as Bobo
• The Christmas Candle2013 · as Dr. Clem
• Lipstikka2011
• Desert Flower2009 · as Home Office Detective
• Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution2007 · as Uncle Philip
• Cheeky2003 · as Ramsey
• Thunderpants2002 · as Launch Controller 2
• Sharpe's Mission1996 · as Major Septimus Pyecroft
• Pib and Pog1995 · as Pib (voice)
• The Whipping Boy1994 · as Walter
• Small Zones1990 · as Policeman at Refuge
• Jekyll & Hyde1990 · as Local Cop

All TV Shows (29)

• I Fought the Law2025 · as DCC Nigel Johnstone
• Boat Story2023 · as Superintendent Hodgson
• The Good Ship Murder2023 · as Tony Donnelly
• The Long Shadow2023 · as Dr. Alan Caplin
• Lost Beasts Unearthed2023 · as Narrator
• Ralph & Katie2022 · as Steve Thorne
• Toast of Tinseltown2022 · as Dr. Harold Shitman
• All Creatures Great & Small2020 · as Dennis Handshaw
• Killing Eve2018 · as Quartermaster
• Little Boy Blue2017 · as Tom, POLSA Officer
• Class2016 · as Mr. Armitage
• The Coroner2015 · as Brian Teddern
• Boy Meets Girl2015 · as Tony
• Outlander2014 · as Aloysius Murphy
• The Escape Artist2013 · as Jonathan Crowe
• Father Brown2013 · as Samuel Hinds
• Death in Paradise2011 · as Martin West
• Vera2011 · as Brian Bennick
• Doctor Who2005 · as Mr Armitage
• The Eustace Bros.2003 · as Eddie Aspen
• Grease Monkeys2003 · as George
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Claude
• Coupling2000 · as Neighbour
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Liam Tarleton
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Sergeant
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates1996 · as Betting Shop Manager
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Plainclothes
• A Touch of Frost1992 · as Reginald Muldane
• As Time Goes By1992 · as Barman