Cast & creator
Nigel Terry
Best known for Doctor Who, Casualty, Silent Witness
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.
30
film credits
28
television credits
58
1964–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Doctor Who
Cobb
2005
Casualty
Denny Davidson
1986
Silent Witness
1996
Highlander: The Series
Gabriel Piton
1992
The Bill
1984
Spooks
Professor Stephen Curtis
2002
BBC Play of the Month
Jacques
1965
Waking the Dead
Sam Jacobs
2001
Theatre 625
Generalov
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Peter
1965
Foyle's War
Hugh Jackson
2002
Pie in the Sky
Byron de Goris
1994
Troy
Archeptolemus
2004
Wycliffe
Lawrence Vinter
1994
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Denys Villiers
1987
The Vice
Ted Bascombe
1999
In Suspicious Circumstances
Lt Col Frank Crozier
1991
Excalibur
King Arthur
1981
Cutting It
Dexter Berkowicz
2002
Boy Meets Girl
Nick
1967
Spender
McDonna
1991
South of the Border
Eddie
1988
The Lion in Winter
John
1968
Sensitive Skin
George
2005
The Time of Your Life
Jack
2007The Vet
Mark Shreeves
1995
Far from the Madding Crowd
Mr Boldwood
1998
Covington Cross
sir Thomas Grey
1992
The Hunchback
King Louis XI
1997
FearDotCom
Turnball
2002
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Roldan
1992Resort to Murder
Kepler
1995
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
1986
The Emperor's New Clothes
Montholon
2001
Déjà Vu
Michael / Greg
1985
Edward II
Roger Mortimer
1991
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Sesame Esau
2003
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013The Mushroom Picker
Kostya
1993
The Last of England
Narrator (voice)
1987
Crime and Punishment
Svidrigailov
2002
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp
2003
Far from the Madding Crowd
Mr Boldwood
1998
War Requiem
Abraham
1989
On Wings of Fire
Zarathustra
1986
Blue
(voice)
1993
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Pistol
1982
Up Line
Raymond Rudran
1987
Queer Edward II
Self (archive footage)
2026
Red Mercury
Lindsey
2005
The Gospel According to St Derek
Self
2014
Flame
Assistant Disc Jockey (uncredited)
1975
The Search for John Gissing
Alan Jardeen
2001
The Orchid House
Master
1991
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Kenneth Noye
2003
The Ebb-Tide
Ellstrom
1998
Song of Experience
Railway Policeman
1986
Sylvia
Aden
1986