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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-11-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK

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

Acting

2025

2024

The Gentlemen as Lord Whitecroft

2023

2021

Finding Alice as Roger

2020

The Bidding Room as Self - Presenter
All Creatures Great & Small as General Ransom

2019

2017

Timewasters as Dr. Eugene Braithwaite

2016

Trouser bar as (uncredited)

2014

2012

2011

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2009

2007

Benidorm as Stanley Keen

2006

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

2005

2004

2003

Little Britain as Leader of the Opposition

2002

Manchild as Terry
Born and Bred as Henry Williamson

2001

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

1999

Paradise Lost as Hofstadter

1998

Parkinson as Self

1997

The Heart Surgeon as Dr. Alex Marsden
Midsomer Murders as Andrew Wilder
The Heart Surgeon as Dr. Alex Marsden

1996

Element of Doubt as Richard

1995

Prophecy as Oliver Halkin
Dangerfield as Dr. Jonathan Paige
The Glass Virgin as Edmund Lagrange

1994

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

1992

1991

Sleepers as Jeremy Coward/Sergei Rublev
Murder Most Horrid as Harvey Stafford
Sleepers as Jeremy Coward
A Perfect Hero as Hugh Fleming
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

1988

This Morning as Self

1987

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

1986

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

1985

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

1984

A Passage to India as Ronny Heaslop

1983

1982

Soft Targets as Harman
Nancy Astor as Bobby Shaw

1981

Chariots of Fire as Lord Andrew Lindsay
Unity as Philip Colindale

1979

Birth of The Beatles as George Martin
Coming Out as Richie

1978

Full Circle as Estate Agent
Pennies from Heaven as Conrad Baker
An Englishman's Castle as Mark Ingram

1977

Nicholas Nickleby as Nicholas Nickleby

1976

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

1975

Susan as Jim
The Next Voice You See as Ludovic Bates
Edward the Seventh as Frederick Crichton

1973

Thriller as Ludovic Bates

1972

Pope Joan as Young Monk
Crown Court as Bernard Crittenden

1971

Upstairs, Downstairs as Peter Dinmont

1970

Edward II as Soldier/ Attendant
Play for Today as Harman

1960

Coronation Street as Lewis Archer

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Directing

2003

The Afternoon Play as Director