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Acting

Nigel Betts

Career

Active from 1995 to 2026, with a break from 2004 to 2013, busiest in 2003 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pib and Pog
Pib and Pog
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nigel Betts Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Warfare
    0.5, average 1.2
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.9, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    50
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    15 titles · average score 70
    Paralysis
    Paralysis (2026)

    as The Pharmacist

    I Fought the Law
    I Fought the Law (2025)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as DCC Nigel Johnstone

    The Lantern Man
    The Lantern Man (2024)

    as David's father

    Lost Beasts Unearthed
    Lost Beasts Unearthed (2023)

    TV show · as Narrator

    The Long Shadow
    The Long Shadow (2023)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show · as Dr. Alan Caplin

    The Good Ship Murder
    The Good Ship Murder (2023)
    GoodWatch score 40

    TV show · as Tony Donnelly

    Boat Story
    Boat Story (2023)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Superintendent Hodgson

    Toast of Tinseltown
    Toast of Tinseltown (2022)
    GoodWatch score 75

    TV show · as Dr. Harold Shitman

    The Phantom of the Open
    The Phantom of the Open (2022)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Tony Marsh

    The Cursed
    The Cursed (2021)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Alfred Moliere

    Albion
    Albion (2020)

    as Edward

    All Creatures Great & Small
    All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
    GoodWatch score 87

    TV show · as Dennis Handshaw

    2010s

    15 titles · average score 69
    The Personal History of David Copperfield
    The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Creditor

    Killing Eve
    Killing Eve (2018)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Quartermaster

    Little Boy Blue
    Little Boy Blue (2017)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Tom, POLSA Officer

    Class
    Class (2016)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Mr. Armitage

    Boy Meets Girl
    Boy Meets Girl (2015)
    GoodWatch score 58

    TV show · as Tony

    The Coroner
    The Coroner (2015)
    GoodWatch score 66

    TV show · as Brian Teddern

    Outlander
    Outlander (2014)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Aloysius Murphy

    Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
    Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
    GoodWatch score 82

    as Mr. Armitage

    Father Brown
    Father Brown (2013)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Samuel Hinds

    The Escape Artist
    The Escape Artist (2013)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Jonathan Crowe

    Death in Paradise
    Death in Paradise (2011)
    GoodWatch score 59

    TV show · as Martin West

    Vera
    Vera (2011)
    GoodWatch score 60

    TV show · as Brian Bennick

    2000s

    10 titles · average score 69
    Desert Flower
    Desert Flower (2009)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Home Office Detective

    Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
    Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
    GoodWatch score 71

    as Uncle Philip

    Waterloo Road
    Waterloo Road (2006)
    GoodWatch score 70

    TV show · as Ray Stewart

    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who (2005)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show · as Mr Armitage

    The Afternoon Play
    The Afternoon Play (2003)

    TV show · as Claude

    Cheeky
    Cheeky (2003)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Ramsey

    Grease Monkeys
    Grease Monkeys (2003)

    TV show · as George

    The Eustace Bros.
    The Eustace Bros. (2003)

    TV show · as Eddie Aspen

    Thunderpants
    Thunderpants (2002)
    GoodWatch score 53

    as Launch Controller 2

    Coupling
    Coupling (2000)
    GoodWatch score 86

    TV show · as Neighbour

    1990s

    10 titles · average score 68
    Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders (1997)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Sergeant / Liam Tarleton

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
    GoodWatch score 49

    TV show · as Betting Shop Manager

    Sharpe's Mission
    Sharpe's Mission (1996)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Major Septimus Pyecroft

    Pib and Pog
    Pib and Pog (1995)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Pib (voice)

    Pie in the Sky
    Pie in the Sky (1994)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Plainclothes

    The Whipping Boy
    The Whipping Boy (1994)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Walter

    A Touch of Frost
    A Touch of Frost (1992)
    GoodWatch score 51

    TV show · as Reginald Muldane

    As Time Goes By
    As Time Goes By (1992)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show · as Barman

    Jekyll & Hyde
    Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Local Cop

    Small Zones
    Small Zones (1990)

    as Policeman at Refuge