Nigel Terry

Biography

Nigel Terry (1945 -2015) was an English stage and film actor probably best known for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, the future King John in 1968's A Lion In Winter, and for his work with legendary British auteur Derek Jarman, including the title role in his 1986 production of Caravaggio.

Known For

Doctor Who

Silent Witness

Casualty

Highlander: The Series

Spooks

Waking the Dead

The Bill

BBC Play of the Month

All Movies (29)

• The Gospel According to St Derek2014 · as Self
• Excalibur: Behind the Movie2013 · as Self
• Red Mercury2005 · as Lindsey
• Troy2004 · as Archeptolemus
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp2003
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story2003 · as Sesame Esau
• Danielle Cable: Eyewitness2003 · as Kenneth Noye
• FearDotCom2002 · as Turnball
• Crime and Punishment2002 · as Svidrigailov
• The Search for John Gissing2001 · as Alan Jardeen
• The Emperor's New Clothes2001 · as Montholon
• Far from the Madding Crowd1998 · as Mr Boldwood
• The Ebb-Tide1998 · as Ellstrom
• The Hunchback1997 · as King Louis XI
• Blue1993 · as (voice)
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery1992 · as Roldan
• Edward II1991 · as Roger Mortimer
• War Requiem1989 · as Abraham
• The Last of England1987 · as Narrator (voice)
• Up Line1987 · as Raymond Rudran
• Caravaggio1986 · as Caravaggio
• On Wings of Fire1986 · as Zarathustra
• Song of Experience1986 · as Railway Policeman
• Sylvia1986 · as Aden
• Déjà Vu1985 · as Michael / Greg
• The Merry Wives of Windsor1982 · as Pistol
• Excalibur1981 · as King Arthur
• Flame1975 · as Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)
• The Lion in Winter1968 · as John

All TV Shows (27)

• The Time of Your Life2007 · as Jack
• Sensitive Skin2005 · as George
• Doctor Who2005 · as Cobb
• Foyle's War2002 · as Hugh Jackson
• Spooks2002 · as Professor Stephen Curtis
• Cutting It2002 · as Dexter Berkowicz
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Sam Jacobs
• The Vice1999 · as Ted Bascombe
• Far from the Madding Crowd1998 · as Mr Boldwood
• Silent Witness1996
• Resort to Murder1995 · as Kepler
• Wycliffe1994 · as Lawrence Vinter
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Byron de Goris
• The Mushroom Picker1993 · as Kostya
• Highlander: The Series1992 · as Gabriel Piton
• Covington Cross1992 · as sir Thomas Grey
• In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Lt Col Frank Crozier
• The Orchid House1991 · as Master
• Spender1991 · as McDonna
• South of the Border1988 · as Eddie
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Denys Villiers
• Casualty1986 · as Denny Davidson
• The Bill1984
• Boy Meets Girl1967 · as Nick
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Jacques
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Peter
• Theatre 6251964 · as Generalov