Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-11-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK

Also Known As

Nigel Allan Havers

Nigel Havers

Biography

Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up. He portrayed the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street from 2009 to 2010.

Known For

7.5%

Empire of the Sun

Dec 9, 1987

6.7%

Penelope

Mar 1, 2006

6.8%

Chariots of Fire

May 15, 1981

7.9%

The Gentlemen

Mar 7, 2024

7.5%

Midsomer Murders

Mar 23, 1997

6.8%

A Passage to India

Dec 14, 1984

7.1%

Little Britain

Sep 16, 2003

7.1%

Brothers and Sisters

Sep 24, 2006

6.6%

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Oct 1, 2004

8.1%

All Creatures Great & Small

Sep 1, 2020

7.9%

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Jan 13, 1989

7.7%

Would I Lie to You?

Jun 16, 2007

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Acting

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The Cockfields Christmas Special

2025

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story as Cecil Havers

2024

The Gentlemen as Lord Whitecroft

2023

The Vintage French Farmhouse as Narrator

2021

Finding Alice as Roger

2020		Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
2020		Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020		All Creatures Great & Small as General Ransom
2020		The Bidding Room as Self - Presenter
2020		Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self

2019		The Cockfields as Larry
2019		Celebrity Gogglebox as Self
2019		Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel as Self

2017		Murder on the Blackpool Express as Doc
2017		Timewasters as Dr. Eugene Braithwaite
2017		All Round to Mrs. Brown's as Nigel Havers

2016		We Love Sitcom
2016		Trouser bar as (uncredited)

2014

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock as Tony Pebblé

2012

Tales of Television Centre as Self

2011		Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011		Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death as Narrator (voice)

2009

Lunch Monkeys

2007		The Sarah Jane Adventures as Peter Dalton
2007		The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007		That's What I Call Television
2007		Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007		Benidorm as Stanley Keen

2006		Brothers and Sisters as Roger Grant
2006		The One Show as Self
2006		Penelope as Mr. Vanderman

2005

The Friday Night Project as Self

2004		Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004		The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as David Niven

2003		Grumpy Old Men as Self
2003		Little Britain as Leader of the Opposition

2002		Best Ever Bond as Self
2002		I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as Self
2002		Born and Bred as Henry Williamson
2002		Manchild as Terry

2001		The Gentleman Thief as A J Raffles
2001		Murder in Mind as Nicholas Chadwick QC

1999		Paradise Lost as Hofstadter
1999		It's Only TV But I Like It as Self

1998

Parkinson as Self

1997		The Heart Surgeon as Dr. Alex Marsden
1997		The Heart Surgeon as Dr. Alex Marsden
1997		Midsomer Murders as Andrew Wilder
1997		Bridge of Time as Halek

1996		Element of Doubt as Richard
1996		An Audience with Freddie Starr

1995		Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story as Michael Wilding
1995		Chiller
1995		Prophecy as Oliver Halkin
1995		Dangerfield as Dr. Jonathan Paige
1995		The Glass Virgin as Edmund Lagrange

1994		The Burning Season as Steven Kaye
1994		Room 101 as Self
1994		Lie Down with Lions as Peter Husak

1992

Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self

1991		Murder Most Horrid as Harvey Stafford
1991		A Perfect Hero as Hugh Fleming
1991		Sleepers as Jeremy Coward
1991		Sleepers as Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rublev
1991		The Private War of Lucinda Smith as Edward Spencer-Grant

1990

Quiet Days in Clichy as Alfred Perlès

1989		Farewell to the King as Capt. Fairbourne
1989		A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1988

This Morning as Self

1987		Empire of the Sun as Dr. Rawlins
1987		The Charmer
1987		The Death of the Heart as Thomas Quayne
1987		A Little Princess as Carrisford

1986		The Whistle Blower as Robert "Bob" Jones
1986		Hold the Dream as Jim Fairley

1985		Bon Voyage as Roddy Buchanan
1985		Burke & Wills as William John Wills
1985		Combat as Clement

1984

A Passage to India as Ronny Heaslop

1983

Don't Wait Up

1982		Soft Targets as Harman
1982		Nancy Astor as Bobby Shaw

1981		Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Randolph Churchill
1981		Chariots of Fire as Lord Andrew Lindsay
1981		Unity as Philip Colindale

1979		Birth of The Beatles as George Martin
1979		Coming Out as Richie
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Miller

1978		A Horseman Riding By
1978		Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Counterman
1978		An Englishman's Castle as Mark Ingram
1978		Pennies from Heaven as Conrad Baker
1978		Full Circle as Estate Agent
1978		An Audience with... as Self

1977

Nicholas Nickleby as Nicholas Nickleby

1976		The Portland Millions as Ronald Walker
1976		Victorian Scandals as Ronald Walker
1976		French Without Tears as Kenneth Lake
1976		The Glittering Prizes

1975		Rumpole of the Bailey
1975		Angels
1975		The Next Voice You See as Ludovic Bates
1975		Edward the Seventh as Frederick Crichton
1975		Susan as Jim

1973

Thriller as Ludovic Bates

1972		Crown Court
1972		Crown Court as Bernard Crittenden
1972		Pope Joan as Young Monk
1972		The Black Arrow as Roger

1971

Upstairs, Downstairs as Peter Dinmont

1970		Play for Today
1970		Play for Today as Harman
1970		Edward II as Soldier/ Attendant

1960

Coronation Street as Lewis Archer

Directing

2003

The Afternoon Play as Director