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.
Known For
Boat Story
Superintendent Hodgson · (4 episodes)
2023
The Long Shadow
Dr. Alan Caplin · (1 episode)
2023
Lost Beasts
Narrator · (6 episodes)
2023
A Young Pirate's Tale
(voice)
2022
Ralph & Katie
Steve Thorne · (3 episodes)
2022
The Phantom of the Open
Tony Marsh
2022
Toast of Tinseltown
Dr. Harold Shitman · (1 episode)
2022
The Cursed
Alfred Moliere
2021
All Those Small Things
Spencer
2021
All Creatures Great & Small
Dennis Handshaw · (2 episodes)
2020
Albion
Edward
2020
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Creditor
2019
Wasteland
Cemetery Worker 2
2018
Killing Eve
Quartermaster · (1 episode)
2018
Little Boy Blue
Tom, POLSA Officer · (4 episodes)
2017
Class
Mr. Armitage · (2 episodes)
2016
The Coroner
Brian Teddern · (1 episode)
2015
Boy Meets Girl
Tony · (12 episodes)
2015
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Mr. Armitage
2014
Outlander
Aloysius Murphy · (2 episodes)
2014
Hampstead Theatre At Home: Wonderland
Bobo
2014
The Christmas Candle
Dr. Clem
2013
The Escape Artist
Jonathan Crowe · (1 episode)
2013
Father Brown
Samuel Hinds · (1 episode)
2013
Death in Paradise
Martin West · (2 episodes)
2011
Vera
Brian Bennick · (1 episode)
2011
Lipstikka
2011
Desert Flower
Home Office Detective
2009
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Uncle Philip
2007
Doctor Who
Mr Armitage · (3 episodes)
2005
The Eustace Bros.
Eddie Aspen · (6 episodes)
2003
Coupling
Neighbour · (1 episode)
2000
Midsomer Murders
Liam Tarleton · (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer Murders
Sergeant · (1 episode)
1997
Sharpe's Mission
Maj. Septimus Pyecroft
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Betting Shop Manager · (1 episode)
1996
Pib and Pog
Pib (voice)
1995
The Whipping Boy
Walter
1994
Pie in the Sky
Plainclothes · (1 episode)
1994
A Touch of Frost
Reginald Muldane · (1 episode)
1992
As Time Goes By
Barman · (1 episode)
1992
Small Zones
Policeman at Refuge
1990
Jekyll & Hyde
Local Cop
1990