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{{About|the Canada-based English actor and director|the English cricketer|Nigel Harvie Bennett}}
{{short description|English and Canadian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = Nigel Bennett 2004.JPG
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| caption            = Bennett in [[Ontario]], 2004
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Wolverhampton]], [[Staffordshire]], England
| citizenship        = 
| education          = [[Tettenhall College]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of Wales]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1976–present
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| spouse             = 
| children           = 4
| mother             = 
| father             = 
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}}
'''Nigel Bennett''' (born 19 November 1949)<ref name="amazon">{{Cite web|url= https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Nigel-Bennett/amzn1.dv.gti.18274c39-0d5d-446e-b129-56e72c2d4f25/ |title= Nigel Bennett |work= amazon.com |access-date= 12 January 2024}}</ref> is an English-born Canadian actor, director and writer.<ref name="amazon"/> He is best known for playing the [[vampire]] patriarch Lucien LaCroix in the television series ''[[Forever Knight]]'', for which he won the Canadian [[Gemini Award]] for best supporting actor in a dramatic series.<ref name="amazon"/>

==Early life and education==
Bennett was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.<ref name="amazon"/> Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw's]] ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''. He graduated from the [[University of Wales]] with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time. He had fifteen years of stage experience in Britain prior to moving to Canada. He attended [[Tettenhall College]] in [[Wolverhampton]], [[Staffordshire]].<ref name="amazon"/>

== Career ==
He has been in a number of major films such as ''[[Murder at 1600]]'',<ref name="tv">{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nigel-bennett/credits/3000030757/ |title= Nigel Bennett Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 12 January 2024}}</ref> and ''[[The Skulls (film)|The Skulls]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and many other television series. He had recurring roles in ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and ''[[Lexx]]''.<ref name="tv"/> 

Teaming up with writer [[P.N. Elrod]], Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed "James Bond with fangs" vampire adventure novels for Baen Books. The "Lord Richard, Vampire" trilogy includes ''Keeper of the King, His Father's Son,'' and ''Siege Perilous.'' He also contributed the short story "Wolf and Hound" to "Dracula's London," a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025|reason=Unreferenced paragraph}}

In 2006, he appeared in the [[Ken Finkleman]] miniseries ''[[At the Hotel]]'',<ref name="tv"/> for which he was nominated for a [[Gemini Award]].<ref name="amazon"/>

Bennett keeps himself busy with additional film and television roles, stage work, convention and charity appearances. He was the artistic director of the [[Atlantic Theatre Festival]] in [[Wolfville, Nova Scotia|Wolfville]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada, in 2006–07.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025|reason=Unreferenced paragraph}}

==Filmography==
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=== Film ===
<!--"television films belong in the television table" & Rowspans allowed only for "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Screen reader-only|Nigel Bennett film credits}}<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] -->
! Year !! Title !! Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1984
|data-sort-value="Ninja Mission, The" | ''[[The Ninja Mission]]''
|Second helicopter pilot
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|data-sort-value="Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, The" | ''[[The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick]]''
|Derek Blackthorn
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Jeweller's Shop, The" | [[The Jeweller's Shop (film)|''The Jeweller's Shop'']]
|Choreographer
|<ref name="TCMf">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett: Filmography | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/13906%7C0/Nigel-Bennett#filmography | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2| 1990
|''[[Narrow Margin]]''
|Jack Wootton
|<ref name="AFIf">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/310900-Nigel-Bennett?sid=232e0e00-3400-4fdb-9487-723082a424b1&sr=9.535934&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] | publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Star Turn]]''
|Geoffrey
|
|-
|1992
|''Passage of the Heart''
|Alan Spencer
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1994
|''[[Back in Action (1994 film)|Back in Action]]''
|Kasajian
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Paint Cans]]''
|Bryson Vautour
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Legends of the Fall]]''
|Asgaard
|<ref name="ATVm">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett Movies | url=https://tv.apple.com/us/collection/movies/uts.col.Person.umc.cpc.5ypue6w38mu0ijlx6jxzngjkc.Movies?ctx_shelf=edt.shelf.PersonShelf1 | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=[[Apple TV+]] | publisher=Apple, Inc.}}</ref>
|-
|''Soft Deceit''
|Ed McCullough
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|1995
|''[[Memory Run]]''{{nbs}}{{sup|[[Television Director|{{Abbr|D2V|Direct to video}}]]}}{{br}}
|Sladecker
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Darkman III: Die Darkman Die]]''{{nbs}}{{sup|[[Television Director|{{Abbr|D2V|Direct to video}}]]}}{{br}}
|Nico
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|1997
|''[[Murder at 1600]]''
|Burton Cash
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|''Sanctuary''
|Sen. Stephen Macguire
|
|-
|[[All I Wanna Do (1998 film)|''All I Wanna Do'']]
|Harvey Sawyer
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[One Tough Cop]]''
|Insp. Bassie
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[[Free Fall (1999 film)|''Free Fall'']]
|Donald Caldwell
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[Top of the Food Chain]]''
|Michel O'Shea
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|data-sort-value="Skulls, The" | [[The Skulls (film)|''The Skulls'']]
|Dr. Whitney
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''Rats and Rabbits'' (''Beyond Mozambique'')
|Rocco
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[Phase IV (2002 film)|''Phase IV'']]
|Sen. Richard Karnes
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|[[Cypher (film)|''Cypher'']]
|Finster
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2004
|''[[Post Impact]]''
|Col. Preston Waters
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2006
|data-sort-value="Bug and a Bag of Weed, A" | ''[[A Bug and a Bag of Weed]]''
|Henry Tyler
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|2007
|''[[Just Buried]]''
|Chief Knickle
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2008
|[[Passage (2008 film)|''Passage'']]
|Sir James Graham
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|data-sort-value="Corridor, The" | [[The Corridor (2010 film)|''The Corridor'']]
|Lee Shephard
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Eternal Kiss''
|Dr. Polidori
|
|-
|2016
|''Prisoner X''
|President Charles Turner
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]''
|MI6 Control
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Shape of Water, The" | ''[[The Shape of Water]]''
|Mihalkov
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2020
|''Christmas in the Rockies''
|Grandpa Sam
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2021
|data-sort-value="Righteous, The" | ''[[The Righteous (2021 film)|The Righteous]]''
|Graham
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|}

=== Television ===
<!-- Rowspans allowed only for "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{Screen reader-only|Nigel Bennett television credits}}<!-- [[WP:ACCESSIBILITY]] & [[MOS:TABLECAPTION]] -->
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1977
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|Colin Bailey
|Episode #1.1749
|
|-
|1981–1982
|''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]''
|Mr. Ring / Gary
|3 episodes
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]''
|Port Official's Assistant
|Episode: "Prelude to War"
|
|-
|1984
|''Eh Brian! It's a Whopper''
|Weigher-in
|Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come"
|
|-
|1985
|[[Gulag (film)|''Gulag'']]
|Lubyanka Guard #1
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|1986
|''[[Adderly]]''
|Monsieur Duval
|Episode: "Nina Who?"
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1987
|''[[Night Heat]]''
|Kilpatrick
|Episode: "Love You to Death"
|<ref name="RTf">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nigel_bennett | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media]] / [[NBCUniversal]]}}</ref>
|-
|''Bay Coven''
|Mr. Bob Holden #1
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Child's Christmas in Wales, A" | ''A Child's Christmas in Wales''
|Father (past)
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | [[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone'']]
|Jim Sinclair
|Episode: "[[Memories (The Twilight Zone)|Memories]]"
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'']]
|Griffin
|Episode: "Survival of the Fittest"
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|''[[Passion and Paradise]]''
|Lt. Johnny Douglas
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]''
|Rausch / Karl Steiner
|Episode: "The Butcher"
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|1989–1994
|[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|''Street Legal'']]
|Ron Harris, Andrew Michaels, Lukash
|4 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1990
|data-sort-value="Campbells, The" | ''[[The Campbells]]''
|Edward Marchant
|Episode: "Bird of Paradise"
|
|-
|''[[T. and T.]]''
|Big Steve
|Episode: "Wild Willy and the Waves"
|
|-
|''[[Hitler's Daughter]]''
|Berger
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[E.N.G.]]''
|Phil Norwin
|Episode: "Duffy, Bok, & Flann"
|
|-
|1990–1991
|''[[Max Glick]]''
|Derek Blackthorn
|3 episodes
|
|-
|1990
|[[Counterstrike (1990 TV series)|''Counterstrike'']]
|Kirkoff
|Episode: "[[List of Counterstrike (1990 TV series) episodes#ep1|Dealbreaker]]"
|<!--verified by primary source: Screen credit-->
|-
|1991
|''Counterstrike''
|Stash<!--Screen credit--> Janic<!--from Scoreboard (in episode). Ignore IMDb's "Jannovic"-->
| Episode: "[[List of Counterstrike (1990 TV series) episodes#ep34|In the Blood]]"
|<!--verified by primary source-->
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|''[[Heritage Minutes]]''
|James Floyd
|Episode: "Avro Arrow"
|
|-
|''[[Tropical Heat]]''
|Hudson
|Episode: "Big Brother Is Watching"
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1992
|data-sort-value="Valour and the Horror, The" | ''[[The Valour and the Horror]]''
|Kurt Meyer
|Episode: "In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944"
|
|-
|[[Beyond Reality (TV series)|''Beyond Reality'']]
|Dr. Bill Brandt
|Episode: "Sins of the Father"
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Women of Windsor, The" | ''[[The Women of Windsor]]''
|Lawson
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[Secret Service (American TV series)|''Secret Service'']]
|Cross
|Episode: "Tattoo Arms and the Man"
|
|-
|1992–1996
|''[[Forever Knight]]''
|Lacroix / Lucien LaCroix / Spirit Guide
|69 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|rowspan=5|1993
|''Counterstrike''
|Quinton<!--Screen credit--> Jones<!--from Dialog & Newspaper-->
|Episode: "[[List of Counterstrike (1990 TV series) episodes#ep61|French Twist]]"
|<!--verified by primary source-->
|-
|data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | [[The Hidden Room (TV series)|''The Hidden Room'']]
|Leon
|Episode: "Transfigured Night"
|
|-
|[[Matrix (TV series)|''Matrix'']]
|Dr. Anders
|Episode: "Lapses in Memory"
|
|-
|''[[Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story]]''
|N/A
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|[[Dieppe (film)|''Dieppe'']]
|Baillie-Grohman
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|1993
|''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]''
|John Mitchell
|Episode: "[[List of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues episodes#ep16|Straitjacket]]" {{small|(S1.E16)}}
|
|-
|rowspan=6|1994
|''Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad''
|[[Levi Coffin]]
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''I Know My Son Is Alive''
|Atty. Derek Eisner
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Ultimate Betrayal]]''
|Steven Rodgers
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''Model by Day''
|Nicholai
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[RoboCop (1994 TV series)|''RoboCop'']]
|Granger
|Episode: "The Human Factor"
|
|-
|''[[Madonna: Innocence Lost]]''
|Bennett
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|1994–1995
|''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]''
|[[Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)|Mastermind / Jason Wyngarde]], [[Master Mold]] 
|Voice, 5 episodes 
|<ref name="BtVAf">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett | url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Nigel-Bennett/ | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=Behind The Voice Actors | publisher=Inyxception Enterprises}}</ref>
|-
|1994–1996
|[[Hurricanes (TV series)|''Hurricanes'']]
|Voices
|7 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=11|1995
|''Between Love and Honor''
|Large Man
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story]]''
|[[John Farrow]]
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Shamrock Conspiracy, The" | ''The Shamrock Conspiracy''
|Dennis Malloy
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Friends at Last''
|Teddy
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Road to Avonlea]]''
|Enoch Cain
|3 episodes
|
|-
|[[Harrison Bergeron (film)|''Harrison Bergeron'']]
|Dr. Eisenstock
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling''
|Treasury Agent Whittlesy
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''Degree of Guilt''
|Victor Salinas
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="New Adventures of Madeline, The" | ''[[The New Adventures of Madeline]]''
|Voices
|13 episodes
|<ref name="BtVAf" />
|-
|''[[Lonesome Dove: The Series]]''
|Willis Logan
|Episode: "The Alliance"
|
|-
|''Where's the Money, Noreen?''
|Briscoll
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|1995–1996
|[[Action Man (1995 TV series)|''Action Man'']]
|Additional Voices
|26 episodes
|<ref name="BtVAf" />
|-
|1995, 1997
|''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues''
|Capt. Jack Lasher
|2 episodes: "[[List of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues episodes#ep63|Banker's Hours]]" {{small|(S3.E16)}} & "[[List of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues episodes#ep88|May I Talk with You]]" {{small|(S4.E22)}}
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=5|1996
|''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice''
|Brother Anthony
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''In the Fold''
|Cyno Commander
|Television film
|
|-
|[[Gotti (1996 film)|''Gotti'']]
|Bruce Mouw
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Her Desperate Choice''
|Raskin, Private Investigator
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Taking the Falls]]''
|Samuel Wisotsky
|Episode: "The Marrying Man"
|
|-
|1996–1999
|''[[Psi Factor]]''
|Frank Elsinger
|39 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|rowspan=6|1997
|data-sort-value="Arrow, The" | [[The Arrow (miniseries)|''The Arrow'']]
|James Floyd
|Miniseries
|
|-
|''[[F/X: The Series]]''
|Agent Cal Judson
|Episode: "Quicksilver"
|
|-
|''Lies He Told''
|Commanding Officer
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Any Mother's Son]]''
|[[Allen R. Schindler, Jr.|Allen Schindler Sr.]]
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[Once a Thief (TV series)|''Once a Thief'']] 
|Nicholas Love
|Episode: "Drive, She Said"
|
|-
|''Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs''
|[[Robert Hooke]]
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|1997–1998
|[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|''La Femme Nikita'']]
|Col. Egran Petrosian
|2 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=7|1998
|''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''
|Major Raymond MacIntire
|2 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show]]''
|U
|Episode: "From Honey, with Love"
|
|-
|''Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples''
|Kurt (segment "Aart and Johtje Vos")
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Thanks of a Grateful Nation]]''
|Col. Sanitsky
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''Flood: A River's Rampage'' 
|Harry
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|[[Super Dave (TV series)|''Super Dave'']]
|Doctor Leo Thompson
|Episode dated, October 21, 1998
|
|-
|''[[Naked City: A Killer Christmas]]''
|Joseph Soloff
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=5|1999
|''Vanished Without a Trace''
|Davis
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Different''
|Russell Talmadge
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Half a Dozen Babies]]''
|David McLaughlin
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Total Recall 2070]]''
|Jake Esterhaus
|Episode: "Eye Witness"
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''War of 1812''
|[[Winfield Scott]]
|Miniseries; 4 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=9|2000
|data-sort-value="Crossing, The" | [[The Crossing (TV series)|''The Crossing'']]
|Gen. Horatio Gates
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[Code Name Phoenix]]''
|Head of Marshall Service
|Television film
|
|-
|''Catch a Falling Star''
|Carter Hale
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]''
|Fergus Keegan
|2 episodes
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[Code Name: Eternity]]''
|Koom
|Episode: "The Watery Grave"
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, The" | ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]''
|Jacomb Hyde
|Episode: "The Black Glove of Melchizedek"
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Chippendales Murder, The" | ''The Chippendales Murder''
|Frank Ballard
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[Canada: A People's History]]''
|[[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]] / Additional Voices
|2 episodes
|
|-
|''[[Relic Hunter]]''
|Professor Alaine Richarde
|Episode: "Cross of Voodoo"
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|2000–2002
|''[[Lexx]]''
|Prince / Isambard Prince / White King
|22 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|''[[Dark Realm]]''
|Patrick Lawless
|Episode: "Emma's Boy"
|
|-
|[[All Souls (TV series)|''All Souls'']]
|Barney Wheelock
|Episode: "One Step Closer to Roger"
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Town Without Christmas, A" | ''[[A Town Without Christmas]]''
|Literary Agent
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=7|2002
|[[Mentors (TV series)|''Mentors'']]
|Alan Pinkerton
|Episode: "The Private Eyes"
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Pilot's Wife, The" | ''[[The Pilot's Wife]]''
|Dick Somers
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''Too Young to Be a Dad''
|Dr. Howell
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|[[Widows (TV series)|''Widows'']]
|Harry Rawlins
|Miniseries; 4 episodes
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Scream Team, The" | ''[[The Scream Team]]''
|Warner MacDonald
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Interceptor Force 2]]''
|Jack Bavaro
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''Heart of a Stranger''
|Stan
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|rowspan=9|2003
|''[[Liocracy]]''
|Jerry Wright
|Episode: "Say Uncle"
|
|-
|''Do or Die''
|Ethan Grant
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[Mutant X (TV series)|''Mutant X'']]
|John Warren
|Episode: "Final Judgement"
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|''[[Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart]]''
|Rat Bastard
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|''[[Sex and the Single Mom]]''
|Nick Gradwell
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|[[Andromeda (TV series)|''Andromeda'']]
|Paroo
|Episode: "Answers Given to Questions Never Asked"
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|''Rush of Fear''
|Sheriff Lathrop
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Starhunter]]''
|Roan Gerick
|Episode: "Painless"
|
|-
|''[[Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion]]''
|Captain From
|2 episodes
|
|-
|2004
|[[Reversible Errors (film)|''Reversible Errors'']]
|Talmadge Loman
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|''Phantom Force''
|Jack Bavaro
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|[[Plain Truth (film)|''Plain Truth'']]
|Jeremy Whitmore
|Television film
|<ref name="TCMf" />
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[Beach Girls (American TV series)|''Beach Girls'']]
|Sam Emerson
|5 episodes
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Hunt for the BTK Killer, The" | ''[[The Hunt for the BTK Killer]]''
|Detective Zilinski
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making''
|Brébeuf Professor
|Television film
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|''[[At the Hotel]]''
|Jacob
|6 episodes
|
|-
|''Fatal Trust''
|Samuel Ryder
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|data-sort-value="State Within, The" | ''[[The State Within]]''
|Charles Macintyre
|6 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|''[[Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]''
|Harrison Pendleton
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|''[[Matters of Life and Dating]]''
|Errol Sager
|Television film
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|''Bridal Fever''
|Sam Panofsky
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Summit, The" | ''[[The Summit (TV miniseries)|The Summit]]''
|Ian Greene
|2 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|[[Burn Up (TV series)|''Burn Up'']]
|Jerry
|Episode #1.1
|
|-
|2008–2010
|data-sort-value="Border, The" | [[The Border (TV series)|''The Border'']]
|Andrew Mannering
|16 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2009
|[[G-Spot (TV series)|''G-Spot'']]
|Doctor
|Episode: "Handicap Hummer"
|
|-
|[[Nova (American TV program)|''Nova'']]
|[[Charles Lyell]]
|Episode: "Darwin's Darkest Hour"
|
|-
|[[Sea Wolf (miniseries)|''Sea Wolf'']]
|Henderson
|Episode #1.1 
|
|-
|2011
|data-sort-value="Kennedys, The" | [[The Kennedys (miniseries)|''The Kennedys'']]
|Henderson
|Episode: "Bobby's War"
|
|-
|2011–2021
|''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]''
|Inspector Giles/Chief Constable Giles 
|13 episodes
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Time of Death]]''
|Robert Loring
|Television film
|<ref name="ATVm" />
|-
|2014
|''[[Rookie Blue]]''
|Dr. Howard
|2 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg">{{cite web | title=Nigel Bennett Shows & Guest Appearances | url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/nigel-bennett/umc.cpc.5ypue6w38mu0ijlx6jxzngjkc | access-date=17 August 2025 | website=[[Apple TV+]] | publisher=Apple, Inc.}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|''[[Saving Hope]]''
|Dr. Burt Goran
|Episode: "Trading Places"
|
|-
|''[[Orphan Black]]''
|Kassov
|Episode: "Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow"
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|2015–2016
|data-sort-value="Strain, The" | [[The Strain (TV series)|''The Strain'']]
|Dr. Draverhaven
|2 episodes
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|''Valentine Ever After''
|Judge Joe Emmett
|Television film
|
|-
|[[Dark Matter (2015 TV series)|''Dark Matter'']]
|Larcan Tanner
|2 episodes
|<ref name="ATVsg" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2018
|[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|''Designated Survivor'']]
|Alton Prast
|Episode: "Original Sin"
|
|-
|''[[Frankie Drake Mysteries]]''
|Mr. Frost
|Episode: "Now You See Her"
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2019
|[[Coroner (TV series)|''Coroner'']]
|Bryan Da Silva
|4 episodes
|
|-
|[[Tin Star (TV series)|''Tin Star'']]
|Mr. Quiring
|5 episodes
|<ref name="RTf" />
|-
|''[[V Wars]]''
|Emil Lansing
|Episode: "Down with the Sickness"
|
|-
|2020
|data-sort-value="Christmas Exchange, A" | ''A Christmas Exchange''
|Garret / Bartender
|Television film
|
|-
|2021
|[[Jupiter's Legacy (TV series)|''Jupiter's Legacy'']]
| Dr. Jack Hobbs
|Episode: "What's the Use"
|
|}

==See also==
* [[List of residents of Wolverhampton]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AFI person|310900-Nigel-Bennett}}
* {{TCMDb name|id=13906%7C0}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes person|nigel_bennett}}
* {{Behind The Voice Actors person|Nigel-Bennett}}
* {{TV Guide person|id=3000030757}}
* [https://tv.apple.com/us/person/nigel-bennett/umc.cpc.5ypue6w38mu0ijlx6jxzngjkc Nigel Bennett] at [https://tv.apple.com/ Apple TV+]
* {{IMDb name|0000911}}

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