Nigel Betts
Acting
Born 1963-10-15
Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
49 credits
Midsomer Murders
Doctor Who
Outlander
Death in Paradise
Father Brown
Vera
All Creatures Great & Small
A Touch of Frost
Killing Eve
Waterloo Road
Pie in the Sky
As Time Goes By
The Good Ship Murder
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Coupling
The Coroner
The Long Shadow
The Afternoon Play
The Cursed
Desert Flower
I Fought the Law
Grease Monkeys
Class
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Boat Story
Toast of Tinseltown
The Escape Artist
Thunderpants
Little Boy Blue
Boy Meets Girl
The Phantom of the Open
Ralph & Katie
Lost Beasts Unearthed
Cheeky
The Whipping Boy
The Eustace Bros.
Jekyll & Hyde
The Christmas Candle
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Sharpe's Mission
All Those Small Things
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Small Zones
Albion
The Lantern Man
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Pib and Pog
A Young Pirate's Tale
Wasteland
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