Nigel Terry

Known for: Acting

Born: 1945-08-15 – 2015-04-30 (aged 69)

From: Bristol, England, UK

Nigel Terry (1945 -2015) was an English stage and film actor probably best known for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, the future King John in 1968's A Lion In Winter, and for his work with legendary British auteur Derek Jarman, including the title role in his 1986 production of Caravaggio.

Filmography (56)

MOVIE
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Time of Your Life
2007
as Jack
TV★ 7.4
Sensitive Skin
2005
as George
MOVIE★ 5.3
Red Mercury
2005
as Lindsey
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Cobb
MOVIE★ 7.2
Troy
2004
as Archeptolemus
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Sesame Esau
MOVIE★ 8.5
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
as Kenneth Noye
TV★ 7.9
Foyle's War
2002
as Hugh Jackson
MOVIE★ 3.8
FearDotCom
2002
as Turnball
TV★ 7.7
Spooks
2002
as Professor Stephen Curtis
TV★ 7.0
Cutting It
2002
as Dexter Berkowicz
MOVIE★ 6.7
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Svidrigailov
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Search for John Gissing
2001
as Alan Jardeen
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
as Montholon
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Sam Jacobs
TV★ 5.6
The Vice
1999
as Ted Bascombe
TV★ 8.0
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Mr Boldwood
MOVIE★ 6.2
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Mr Boldwood
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Ebb-Tide
1998
as Ellstrom
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Hunchback
1997
as King Louis XI
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
TV★ 7.0
Resort to Murder
1995
as Kepler
TV★ 6.8
Wycliffe
1994
as Lawrence Vinter
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Byron de Goris
MOVIE★ 7.2
Blue
1993
as (voice)
TV★ 4.0
The Mushroom Picker
1993
as Kostya
TV★ 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Gabriel Piton
TV★ 7.0
Covington Cross
1992
as sir Thomas Grey
MOVIE★ 4.8
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
as Roldan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Edward II
1991
as Roger Mortimer
TV★ 6.5
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Lt Col Frank Crozier
TV★ 4.8
The Orchid House
1991
as Master
TV★ 7.3
Spender
1991
as McDonna
MOVIE★ 6.3
War Requiem
1989
as Abraham
TV★ 10.0
South of the Border
1988
as Eddie
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Last of England
1987
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Denys Villiers
MOVIE
Up Line
1987
as Raymond Rudran
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Denny Davidson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Caravaggio
1986
as Caravaggio
MOVIE★ 8.8
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Zarathustra
MOVIE★ 6.0
Song of Experience
1986
as Railway Policeman
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sylvia
1986
as Aden
MOVIE★ 6.2
Déjà Vu
1985
as Michael / Greg
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Pistol
MOVIE★ 7.0
Excalibur
1981
as King Arthur
MOVIE★ 7.3
Flame
1975
as Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Lion in Winter
1968
as John
TV
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Nick
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jacques
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Peter
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Generalov