Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Nigel Lindsay
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 31
TMDB ID: 6971
IMDb ID: nm0512283
Known for: Acting
Born: January 17, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: St. John's Wood, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1989 - 2025
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 7.06
Wikidata: Q7032521
Also known as
Nigel Lyndsay • 奈杰尔·林赛
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nigel Lindsay is an English actor. As well as many roles in TV and in film, most notably as Barry, the Muslim convert in Chris Morris's feature debut Four Lions for which he was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the British Comedy Awards 2011, he has worked extensively in theatre, most recently opposite Sir Antony Sher as Dr Harry Hyman in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre, for which he won the 2011 Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award as Best Supporting Actor. Nigel played Mugsy opposite Ray Winstone and Phil Daniels in the original 1995 National Theatre production of Patrick Marber’s Dealer's Choice; Max in The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard which won three Tonys on Broadway in 2000; Ariel in the 2004 Olivier award winning National Theatre production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, with Jim Broadbent and David Tennant; Nathan Detroit in Michael Grandage’s Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2005, and Lenny in Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming with Ken Cranham and Danny Dyer at the Almeida Theatre in 2009. He was also nominated in the 2008 WOS Awards as Best Supporting Actor opposite Stockard Channing and Jodie Whittaker in Awake and Sing, directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre. He will play the title character in the West End production of Shrek the Musical, which will begin performances at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 2011.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nigel Lindsay.
3.5
Kiss Me, Kate
as Gangster
2024 Movie
2.0
Pops
as Elli Jacobs
2021 Movie
6.1
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Mr. Wheatley
2020 Movie
6.3
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Brian
2018 Movie
6.3
Access All Areas
as Mack
2017 Movie
8.0
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017 Movie
National Theatre Live : A Small Family Business
as Jack McCracken
2014 Movie
7.0
Captcha
as Anton
2014 Movie
3.9
Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson
as Nigel Maitland
2013 Movie
7.5
RSC Live: Richard II
as Henry Bolingbroke
2013 Movie
6.6
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Jason Cresswell
2013 Movie
7.5
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self
2011 Movie
6.9
Four Lions
as Barry
2010 Movie
6.6
Scoop
as Strombel's Co-Worker
2006 Movie
6.4
On a Clear Day
as Sharp Suit
2005 Movie
5.2
Blackball
as Targitex Chairman
2003 Movie
7.0
Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Journalist
2001 Movie
Deja Vu
as Tim
1999 Movie
5.9
Rogue Trader
as Ron Baker
1999 Movie
2.0
A Few Short Journeys of the Heart
as Drunk
1994 Movie
Bosses From Hell
1989 Movie
Communicators From Hell
1989 Movie
Employees From Hell
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nigel Lindsay.
6.7
The Hack
as Jules Stenson • 1 eps
2025 Series
8.3
MobLand
as Alan Rusby • 6 eps
2025 Series
5.3
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
as Adrian Sington • 6 eps
2024 Series
6.3
The Chelsea Detective
as Ricky Hopkinson • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.9
The Salisbury Poisonings
as DCC Paul Mills • 3 eps
2020 Series
7.8
The Capture
as DSU Tom Kendricks • 5 eps
2019 Series
7.8
This Time with Alan Partridge
as Tommy • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Magnum P.I.
as Ian Pryce • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.1
Innocent
as DI William Beech • 4 eps
2018 Series
6.9
Safe
as JoJo Marshall • 8 eps
2018 Series
6.6
Tin Star
as Clive Bennett • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.7
White Gold
as Tony Walsh • 11 eps
2017 Series
7.3
Victoria
as Sir Robert Peel • 13 eps
2016 Series
6.8
You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Adren • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
No Offence
as Terry Taylor • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.4
The Fear
as Donny • 4 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Andy Hammond • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
as Tommy Gaskell • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.0
Jam and Jerusalem
as Marcus • 9 eps
2006 Series
Frances Tuesday
as Lambert • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Clayton Del Mar • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.7
Spooks
as Jacob Chapman • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Devlin • 2 eps
2001 Series
Shockers
as Tim • 1 eps
1999 Series