Nigel Betts

Short Biography

Nigel Betts is an actor, known for Emmerdale (1972), Pib and Pog (1995) and Sharpe's Mission (1996).Nigel Betts is an English actor who has an irregular recurring role in ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Sales Manager Eddie Hope. He plays Tony in the BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and had a recurring role as Mr Armitage in the eighth series of Doctor Who as well as in Class the current Doctor Who spin-off.Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Downton Abbey, Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill and the much acclaimed ITV series, Sharpe. He also played a singing bartender in an episode of the sitcom As Time Goes By and Steve Taylor's laconic neighbor in an episode of the sitcom Coupling. Betts has also numerous theatre credits including playing an assortment of roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing a variety of successful characters in the RSC's Gunpowder season. Other theatre credits include The 39 Steps, a British play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchc*ck, and Arthur in War Horse, the National Theatre's award winning show in the West End.