Editing Nigel Planer (section)

{{Short description|British actor, comedian and writer (born 1953)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox person <!-- Do not change to comedian. The majority of his credits are as an actor, not as a stand-up. -->
| name               = Nigel Planer
| image              = Nigel Planer (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Planer after receiving his Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from [[Edinburgh Napier University]] in 2011
| birth_name         = Nigel George Planer
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1953|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list | {{marriage|Anna Lea|1989|1995|end=div.}} | {{marriage|Frankie Park|1999|2003|end=div.}} | {{marriage|Roberta Green|2013}}}}
| occupation         = {{cslist | Actor | comedian | musician | novelist | playwright }}
| years_active       = 1977–present
}}
'''Nigel George Planer''' (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, writer and musician. He played Neil in the [[BBC]] comedy ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' and Ralph Filthy in ''[[Filthy Rich & Catflap]]''. He has appeared in many [[West End theatre|West End]] musicals, including original casts of ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'', ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]'', ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', and ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''. He has also appeared in ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]''. He won a BRIT award in 1984 and has been nominated for [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier]], [[TMA award|TMA]], [[WhatsOnStage Awards|WhatsOnStage]], and [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] awards.