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==Early life== Nigel Planer is the son of Dr George and Lesley Planer and was brought up in [[Mortlake]], [[London]].<ref name="jc">{{cite news |last=Pope |first=Felix |date=23 July 2023 |title=Nigel Planer: 'My father hid that he was Jewish until his 70s' |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/nigel-planner-my-father-hid-that-he-was-jewish-until-his-70s-4mM1a8KpMS48rp1HE6h8QN |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=[[Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref> He has two brothers, Geoffrey and Roger, (a businessman and a musician) His father George (d 2016) established a company which pioneered technology in controlled-rate freezers, IVF and stem cell research. His mother, Lesley (d 2000) was a speech therapist. Nigel attended [[Westminster School]] in central London, where he wrote a satirical play about the school with fellow pupil [[Stephen Poliakoff]]. He began a degree course in African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex, but dropped out to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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