# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-planer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:17.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-planer"
name: "Nigel Planer"
slug: "nigel-planer"
description: "Nigel George Planer is a British actor, writer and musician. His television credits include playing Neil in the sitcom The Young Ones, Ralph Filthy in the sitcom Filthy, Rich and Catflap and narrating the children's animated series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including as part of the original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has also appeared in Hairspray. He won a BRIT award in 1984 and has been nominated for Olivier, TMA, WhatsOnStage, and BAFTA awards."
tagline: "English actor, comedian and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigel_Planer_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.15
  momentum:             6.782588384841502
  historical:           14.283156
  currentAttention:     4.4
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/nigelplaner1"
    handle:    "nigelplaner1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Nigel-Planer-94679431875"
    handle:    "Nigel-Planer-94679431875"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686539/"
    handle:    "nm0686539"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نايجل بلانر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "نایجل پلینر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "나이절 플레이너"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Planer"
    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Nigel Planer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump