Nigel Terry
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Queer Edward II
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
The Time of Your Life
2007
as Jack
Red Mercury
2005
as Lindsey
Doctor Who
2005
as Cobb
Sensitive Skin
2005
as George
Troy
2004
as Archeptolemus
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
as Kenneth Noye
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Sesame Esau
FearDotCom
2002
as Turnball
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Svidrigailov
Foyle's War
2002
as Hugh Jackson
Cutting It
2002
as Dexter Berkowicz
Spooks
2002
as Professor Stephen Curtis
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
as Montholon
The Search for John Gissing
2001
as Alan Jardeen
Waking the Dead
2001
as Sam Jacobs
The Vice
1999
as Ted Bascombe
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Mr Boldwood
The Ebb-Tide
1998
as Ellstrom
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Mr Boldwood
The Hunchback
1997
as King Louis XI
Silent Witness
1996
Resort to Murder
1995
as Kepler
The Vet
1995
as Mark Shreeves
Wycliffe
1994
as Lawrence Vinter
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Byron de Goris
Blue
1993
as (voice)
The Mushroom Picker
1993
as Kostya
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
as Roldan
Covington Cross
1992
as sir Thomas Grey
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Gabriel Piton
Edward II
1991
as Roger Mortimer
Spender
1991
as McDonna
The Orchid House
1991
as Master
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Lt Col Frank Crozier
War Requiem
1989
as Abraham
South of the Border
1988
as Eddie
Up Line
1987
as Raymond Rudran
The Last of England
1987
as Narrator (voice)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Denys Villiers
Caravaggio
1986
as Caravaggio
On Wings of Fire
1986
as Zarathustra
Sylvia
1986
as Aden
Song of Experience
1986
as Railway Policeman
Casualty
1986
as Denny Davidson
Déjà Vu
1985
as Michael / Greg
The Bill
1984
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Pistol
Excalibur
1981
as King Arthur
Flame
1975
as Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)
The Lion in Winter
1968
as John
Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Nick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Peter
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jacques
Theatre 625
1964
as Generalov