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{{short description|British actor and presenter (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix =[[The Honourable]]
| name = Nigel Havers
| image = Nigel Havers.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Havers in 2004
| birth_name = Nigel Allan Havers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[Middlesex]], England
| occupation = Actor and presenter
| years_active = 1970–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carolyn Cox|1974|1989|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Polly Williams|1989|24 June 2004|end=d}}
* {{marriage|Georgiana Bronfman<br>|8 June 2007}}
}}
| children = 1
| relations =
| father = [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers]]
| mother =
|
}}

'''Nigel Allan Havers''' (born 6 November 1951)<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007, Name: Nigel A Havers
Registration Date: Oct 1951
[Nov 1951]
[Dec 1951]
Registration Quarter: Oct–Nov–Dec
Registration district: Edmonton, north London
Inferred County: London
Mother's Maiden Name: Lay
Volume Number: 5e
Page Number: 422</ref> is an English actor and presenter. His film roles include Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', which earned him a [[BAFTA]] nomination; as Dr. Rawlins in the 1987 [[Steven Spielberg]] war drama ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''; and as Ronny in the 1984 [[David Lean]] epic ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''. Television roles include Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' and [[Lewis Archer]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', between 2009 and 2019.

==Early life and family==
Havers was born in [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], Middlesex, and is the younger of two sons of Sir [[Michael Havers]] (later Lord Havers), a [[barrister]] who served as the [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] and, briefly, [[Lord Chancellor]] in the Conservative Government in the 1980s. His mother is Carol Lay, who is an author.<ref name="gene">{{cite web | title=Nigel Havers - Who do You Think You Are - A high society actor with humble origins | url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2013/who-do-you-think-you-are/nigel-havers-10/ }}</ref>

His paternal aunt, [[Lady Butler-Sloss]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28227075|title=Actor Nigel Havers defends aunt's abuse inquiry role|date=9 July 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=3 July 2016|language=en-GB}}</ref> his grandfather Sir [[Cecil Havers]] and elder brother Philip Havers [[King's Counsel|KC]] also had prominent legal careers. His paternal uncle, David Havers, was a Manchester-based businessman.

Havers took part in the [[BBC]] TV series [[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|''Who Do You Think You Are?'']], broadcast in the UK in July 2013. As part of the show he explored his ancestry from an [[Essex]] businessman, on his father's side, and a [[Cornish people|Cornish]] miller on his mother's side.<ref name="gene"/>

==Education==
Havers was educated at Nowton Court Prep School in [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Suffolk]] and the [[Arts Educational School]], an [[independent school]] in London. He opted against the [[Eton College|Eton]] education traditional in his family, although his father had attended [[Westminster School]], because he thought that [[fagging]] "sounded frightful".{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

==Professional life and career==
Havers is most known for "playing the quintessential, old school Englishman with his dashing good looks, cut-glass accent and thoroughly charming manner".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2779605.stm|title=Havers makes smooth TV return|date=20 February 2003|work=BBC News|access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref> Havers's first acting job was in the radio series ''[[Mrs Dale's Diary]]'' and he subsequently went on to working for the [[Prospect Theatre Company]] initially "carrying a spear and making cups of tea" as he puts it in his autobiography.

In the 1970s he was a researcher for nine years on the [[Jimmy Young (broadcaster)|Jimmy Young]] radio show, particularly responsible for enticing politicians due to his father's contacts, including helping obtain [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s first radio interview.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

From an early age Havers had an eye for the ladies; [[Kenneth More]], a friend of his father, advised a young Havers that "If you are charming, you don't have to ask them to go to bed, they ask you".{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} He describes his experiences with an early leading lady, [[Maxine Audley]] thus: "I was in her dressing room doing whatever she asked me to, and I mean anything and everything. One afternoon I sauntered into her dressing room, still in my officer's kit, only to find a similarly clad new member of the cast rehearsing what I had perfected over the past few months. My time was up. She blew me a kiss and I slid away. Actually, I was rather relieved, I needed a rest."{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

After his theatre work, Havers slid into a period of acting [[unemployment]], during which time he worked for a [[wine merchant]]. He ended this part of his career when his girlfriend, who later became his first wife, Carolyn Cox, suggested they move in together in 1974.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In 1975, Havers's career began to pick up with an appearance in ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]],'' appearing in one of the series' last episodes, "Joke Over" as Peter Dinmont, one of Georgina's ([[Lesley-Anne Down]]) ''[[Roaring Twenties]]'' "party" friends. Dinmont is in the Rolls-Royce when Georgina accidentally kills a farmer on a bicycle. Dinmont refuses to testify on Georgina's behalf at a preliminary trial, as he was passed out drunk in the back seat and did not witness the accident.

It was also in 1975 that Havers appeared in the [[Granada Television]] daytime series ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]],'' in which he played a hapless [[heroin addict]], Patrick Mills, who stands trial on a series of drug offences.

His first film appearance was a small part in ''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]'' (1972) and he was a character in ''[[The Glittering Prizes]]'' (1976), but his first major success came with the leading role in a [[BBC]] dramatisation of ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1977), closely followed by another BBC drama serial, ''A Horseman Riding By'' (1978). By the time he appeared in the film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981), he had become a familiar face on British television. Despite his work in such films as ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]'' (1984), ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]'' (1987) and ''[[Farewell to the King]]'' (1989), he never became a film star, but has continued in a succession of starring roles on television. He co-starred for several years in the 1980s [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' (1983–1990) alongside [[Dinah Sheridan]] and [[Tony Britton]]. He also starred in ''The Little Princess'' (1986) with [[Maureen Lipman]].

Havers co-starred with [[Warren Clarke]] in the 1991 BBC comedic mini-series [[Sleepers (TV series)|''Sleepers'']]. Havers and Clarke played former [[KGB]] spies who had assimilated into English life in the 1960s and were "lost" for 25 years. Successfully and happily living as Englishmen, their worlds are turned upside-down when they discover that the KGB is looking for them. As they resist going back to Russia, the ex-spies lead the KGB, [[CIA]], and [[MI5]] on a madcap chase through England.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Havers appeared on ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1992, having been surprised by host [[Michael Aspel]] at Twickenham Film Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thetvdb.com/series/this-is-your-life/episodes/5701055 |title=Nigel Havers |author= |date=n.d. |website=TheTVDB |publisher=Whip Media |access-date=2023-01-05 }}</ref> He later wrote an [[autobiography]], titled ''Playing with Fire'', which was published in October 2006 by Headline Publishing Group.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/nigel-havers/playing-with-fire/9780755314614/ |title=Playing With Fire by Nigel Havers |author= |date=n.d. |website=headline.co.uk |publisher=Headline Publishing Group Limited |isbn=978-0-7553-1461-4 |access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref>

In 2009, Havers appeared in the U.S. television drama ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', and the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spin-off ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. On 18 December 2009, he first appeared in the British soap (broadcast on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network) ''[[Coronation Street]]'' playing the charming [[male prostitution|escort]] [[Lewis Archer]], who woos [[Audrey Roberts]]. He left on 13 August 2010. He returned to the role on 17 February 2012 and left again on 1 February 2013. He returned again on 1 June 2018 and remained in ''Coronation Street'' until the character's death on 1 January 2019.

In November 2010, Havers became a contestant on the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 10|tenth series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]]'', which started on 14 November 2010. On 21 November, Havers left the show after vehemently objecting to a challenge called Kangaroo Court in which contestants who lost the challenge would be subjected to an electric shock.<ref>[http://celebrity.itv.com/2010/TheCelebrities/nigel-havers-1199 I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! – Nigel Havers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113044840/http://celebrity.itv.com/2010/TheCelebrities/nigel-havers-1199 |date=13 November 2010 }} ITV, November 2010</ref>

As a guest star in the 2011 Christmas Special episode of television show ''[[Downton Abbey]]'', Havers portrayed Lord Hepworth, a charming and hopeful suitor of wealthy [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Lady Rosamund Painswick|Lady Rosamund Painswick]], the widowed sister of the [[List of Downton Abbey characters#Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham|Earl of Grantham]] played by [[Samantha Bond]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/8908374/Will-Downton-Abbey-love-rivals-battle-it-out-on-hunt.html|title=Will Downton Abbey love rivals battle it out on hunt?|last=Singh|first=Anita|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-11-22|access-date=2019-08-30|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In the episode, Hepworth is discovered having an affair with Lady Rosamund's maid and outed as a "fortune hunter." Series creator [[Julian Fellowes]] remarked in his book of [[teleplay]]s for the second series of ''Downton Abbey'' that "no one in [[Equity (British trade union)|Equity]] is better" than Havers "at playing a cad."

In July 2012, Havers presented a programme on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] called ''The Real Chariots of Fire'', a documentary about the runners who inspired the film ''Chariots of Fire''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/television-chariots-of-fire-and-the-real-harold-abrahams-story-1.34257|title=Television: Chariots of Fire and the real Harold Abrahams story|last=Round|first=Simon|date=6 July 2012|website=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> In 2014, he played Tony Pebble in ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'', a [[BBC Four]] comedy which parodied the life and career of former [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] singer, [[Peter Gabriel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cssfr9/the-life-of-rock-with-brian-pern--series-1---1-birth-of-rock|title=The Life of Rock with Brian Pern|work=Radio Times|access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref> On 25 January 2015, Havers took part in celebrity talent show ''[[Get Your Act Together]]''.

Havers appeared in the ninth series of the sitcom ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]],'' in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/nigel-havers-gets-his-teeth-in-benidorm-guest-role-35494587.html|title=Nigel Havers gets his teeth in Benidorm guest role|date=1 March 2017|website=Independent.ie|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> returning as the same character for the tenth series in 2018. He also joined fellow celebrities [[Simon Callow]], [[Lorraine Chase]], and [[Debbie McGee]] on the Channel 5 (UK) show, ''Celebrity Carry On Barging'', later that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/11/celebrity-carry-on-barging-review|title=Celebrity Carry On Barging review – these stars could use a touch more sauce|last=Wollaston|first=Sam|date=2017-02-11|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2019-08-30|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2024 he was the narrator of a new [[Channel 4]] series ''Help! We Bought a Hotel''.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In March 2025, Havers appeared in the four-part ITV series ''[[A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story]]'' as his own grandfather the judge Sir [[Cecil Havers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/cruel-love-ruth-ellis-story-cast/|title=A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story cast and their real-life counterparts |work=Radio Times}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In the mid-1980s, Havers began an affair with Polly Williams, the daughter of actor [[Hugh Williams]] and the sister of his friend, the actor [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]]. He has stated that he had several affairs during his first marriage, which he now regrets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitalbay.com/latest-news1/539537-nigel-havers-says-he-now-believes-firmly-believes-in-fidelity-and-would-not-have-cheated-on-his-first-wife.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118134543/http://www.capitalbay.com/latest-news1/539537-nigel-havers-says-he-now-believes-firmly-believes-in-fidelity-and-would-not-have-cheated-on-his-first-wife.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2015|title=Nigel Havers says he now believes firmly believes in fidelity and would not have cheated on his first wife|website=CapitalBay|access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

Havers has written of the [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] he experienced trying to choose between his marriage to Carolyn Cox and their young daughter Kate, born in 1977, and his mistress, Polly Williams. During this time, he consulted a psychiatrist at the Devonshire Hospital in London. Havers and Williams married in 1989, and the marriage lasted until her death on 24 June 2004. A blessing was held in [[Saint Tropez]] the following month.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} Following his wife's death, Havers took legal action, claiming her will left him without "reasonable financial provision". The case was settled before court; Havers was awarded £375,000 and proceeds from the sale of some of his late wife's belongings.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Havers was arrested in February 1990 on suspicion of drink-driving, and taken to Harrow police station. He was later banned from driving for one year, and fined £500, but told a woman's magazine: "I thought the whole thing was pretty unfair. I was only 300 yards from home in a restaurant and had only used my car anyway because it was pouring with rain. I got the same punishment as people who are three times over the limit. I felt victimised, especially as the police know who I am." He was criticised for these comments by John Knight, co-founder of the Campaign against Drinking and Driving.<ref>{{Citation | title = Havers' drink-driving moans fail to impress | work = The Courier and Advertiser | date = 1 April 1991 | page = 6 }}</ref>

On 8 June 2007, Havers married [[Essex]] native Georgiana "George" Bronfman<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/8769716/Nigel-Havers-Im-so-loved-up-60-really-is-the-new-40.html Woods, Judith] "Nigel Havers: 'I'm so loved up – 60 really is the new 40'", 19 September 2011.</ref> (née Rita Webb), in [[New York City]]. Bronfman is the former spouse of Canadian-American businessman [[Edgar Bronfman, Sr.|Edgar Bronfman]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/edgar-m-bronfman-who-brought-elegance-and-expansion-to-seagram-dies-at-84.html Kandell, Jonathan] "Edgar M. Bronfman, Who Built a Bigger, More Elegant Seagram, Dies at 84"; ''New York Times''; 22 December 2015.</ref>

He is the godfather of comedian [[Jack Whitehall]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-20/jack-whitehall-reveals-what-his-dad-michael-is-really-like|title=Jack Whitehall reveals what his dad Michael is really like|date=20 November 2013|website=Radio Times|access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]''
| Young Monk
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Haunting of Julia]]''
| Estate Agent
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Too Many Chefs]]''
| Counterman
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Birth of the Beatles]]''
| [[George Martin]]
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
| Lord Andrew Lindsay
| Nominated – [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|-
| 1984
| ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''
| Ronny
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Burke & Wills]]''
| William John Wills
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Whistle Blower]]''
| Bob Jones
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''
| Dr. Rawlins
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Farewell to the King]]''
| Capt. Fairbourne
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Quiet Days in Clichy (1990 film)|Quiet Days in Clichy]]''
| Alfred Perlès
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Element of Doubt]]''
| Richard
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]''
| [[David Niven]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Penelope (2006 film)|Penelope]]''
| Mr. Vanderman
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1973 || ''[[Shabby Tiger (TV series)|Shabby Tiger]]'' || Toby Scriven || Episode: "A Wife in Water Colours"
|-
|1973 || ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'' || Bernard Crittenden || Episode: "Wise Child"
|-
|1974
|''[[The Black Arrow]]''
|Roger
|4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1975
|''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''
|Peter Dimont
|Episode: "Joke Over"
|-
|''[[Edward the Seventh]]''
|Frederick Crichton
|2 episodes
|-
|''Crown Court''
|Patrick Mills
|Episode: "Never on Sundays"
|-
| ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]'' || Ludovic Bates || Episode: "The Next Voice You See"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1976 || ''[[The Glittering Prizes]]'' || Denis Porson || 3 episodes
|-
|''[[The Cedar Tree]]''
|Rex Burton-Smith
|2 episodes
|-
|1977 || ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' || Nicholas Nickleby || Lead role; all 6 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|1978 || |''[[Pennies from Heaven (TV series)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' || Conrad Baker || Episode: "Down Sunnyside Lane"
|-
|''[[An Englishman's Castle]]'' || Mark Ingram || 3 episodes
|-
|''[[A Horseman Riding By]]'' || Paul Craddock || 12 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1979 || ''[[Birth of the Beatles]]'' || [[George Martin]] || Television film
|-
| ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' || Ronald Ransom || Episode: "Rumpole and the Course of True Love"
|-
|rowspan=2| 1981 || ''[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]'' || Randolph Churchill || All 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' || Miller || Episode: "Would You Believe It?"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Nancy Astor (TV series)|Nancy Astor]]'' || Bobby Shaw || 4 episodes
|-
|1983–1990 || ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' || Dr. Tom Latimer || All 39 episodes
|-
|1984 || ''[[Strangers and Brothers (TV series)|Strangers and Brothers]]'' || Roy Calvert || 4 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1985 || ''Star Quality: Bon Voyage'' || Roddy Buchanan ||
|-
|''A Different Kind of Love'' || Clement ||
|-
|1986 || ''Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value'' || Lord Elgin / Tim ||
|-
|rowspan=4|1987 || ''[[A Little Princess (1986 miniseries)|A Little Princess]]'' || Carrisford || 4 episodes
|-
|''[[The Death of the Heart]]'' || Thomas Quayne ||
|-
|''[[Hold the Dream]]'' || Jim Fairley || Episode #1.1
|-
|''[[The Charmer (TV series)|The Charmer]]'' || Ralph Ernest Gorse || All 6 episodes
|-
|1989 || ''[[Naked Under Capricorn]]'' || Davy Marriner ||
|-
|1990 || ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' || Himself || Episode #2.6
|-
|rowspan=4|1991 || ''[[The Private War of Lucinda Smith]]'' || Edward ||
|-
|''A Slight Hitch'' || Simon ||
|-
|''[[Sleepers (TV series)|Sleepers]]'' || Jeremy Coward/<br>Sergei Rublev || 4 episodes
|-
|''[[A Perfect Hero]]'' || Hugh Fleming || All 6 episodes
|-
|1992–1993 || ''[[The Good Guys (British TV series)|The Good Guys]]'' || Guy McFadyean || All 16 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|1994 || ''Red Eagle'' || Peter Husak ||
|-
|''The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story'' || Steven Kaye ||
|-
|''[[Woof!]]'' || Appleby || Episode: "Mr. Wonderful"
|-
|rowspan=3|1995 || ''[[The Glass Virgin]]'' || Edmund Lagrange || 2 episodes
|-
|''[[Chiller (TV series)|Chiller]]'' || Oliver Halkin || Episode: "Prophecy"
|-
|''[[Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story]]'' || Michael Wilding ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1996 || ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'' || Harvey Stafford || Episode: "Girl Friday"
|-
|''Strangers'' || Philip || Episode: "Touch"
|-
|rowspan=2|1997 || ''Bridge of Time'' || Halek ||
|-
|''The Heart Surgeon'' || Dr. Alex Marsden ||
|-
|1997–1999 || ''[[Dangerfield (TV series)|Dangerfield]]'' || Dr. Jonathan Paige || 26 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2001 || ''[[The Gentleman Thief]]'' || [[A J Raffles]] ||
|-
|''[[The Armando Iannucci Shows]]'' || Ivy Waiter || Episode: "Mortality"
|-
|2002–2003 || ''[[Manchild (TV series)|Manchild]]'' || Terry || 15 episodes
|-
|2002 || ''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]'' || Nicholas Chadwick QC || Episode: "Flashback"
|-
|2004–2005 || ''[[Little Britain (TV series)|Little Britain]]'' || Leader of the Opposition || 2 episodes
|-
|2005 || ''[[Born and Bred]]'' || Henry Williamson || 3 episodes
|-
|2006 || ''Open Wide'' || Peter Hillman ||
|-
|2009–2010 || ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' || Roger Grant || 6 episodes
|-
|2009–2011 || ''[[Lunch Monkeys]]'' || Mike || 12 episodes
|-
|2009 || ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' || Peter Dalton || 2 episodes
|-
|2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2018–2019 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Lewis Archer || Series regular, 182 episodes
|-
|2011 || ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' || Lord Hepworth || Episode: "Christmas at Downton Abbey"
|-
|2010
|''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 10)]]''
|Himself
|Withdrew on Day 9
|-
|2014–2017 || ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'' || Tony Pebblé || 9 episodes
|-
|2016 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || David || Episode: "Stop/Start"
|-
|2017–2018 || ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' || Stanley Keen || 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan=5|2017 || ''[[Tracey Ullman's Show]]'' || Sir Richard Appleworth || Episode #2.4
|-
|''Brian Pern: A Tribute'' || Tony Pebblé ||
|-
|''[[Timewasters]]'' || Dr. Eugene Braithwaite || Episode: "Good Kids, M.D.A City"
|-
|''[[Better Things (TV series)|Better Things]]'' || Lester || Episode: "White Rock"
|-
|''[[Murder on the Blackpool Express]]'' || Doc ||
|-
|rowspan=2|2019 || ''[[The Cockfields]]'' || Larry || TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_cockfields/|title=The Cockfields – Gold Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Andrew Wilder || S21E1: "The Point of Balance"
|-
| rowspan="1" |2020 ||''[[All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' || General Ransom || Episode: "Andante"
|-
|rowspan="1" |2020-2025 ||''The Bidding Room''
|Himself as host
|BBC TV Series 1-7 (25-30 Episodes each)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bidding Room - Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jygn/episodes/guide |website=BBC One |access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2021 || ''[[Finding Alice]]'' || Roger ||TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|''[[The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)|The Gentlemen]]''
|Lord Whitecroft
|Netflix Series, 2 episodes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hmrgvj/posh-hotels-with-sally--nigel-episode-guide/|title=Posh Hotels with Sally & Nigel Series and Episode Guides|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-02-24/coach-trip-meets-come-dine-with-me-why-you-have-to-see-celebrity-carry-on-barging/|title=Coach Trip meets Come Dine With Me: why you have to see Celebrity Carry On Barging|work=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref>''
|-
|''Sandringham: A Royal Residence with Nigel Havers''
|Himself as presenter
|[[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] three-part series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-ewq1sd/sandringham-a-royal-residence-with-nigel-havers-season-1/?episode=b-f85jph|title=Sandringham: A Royal Residence with Nigel Havers|work=Radio Times|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2025
|''[[A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story]]'' || Judge [[Cecil Havers]] ||
|-
| ''Play for Today'' || Frank || Episode: "Never Too Late"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-bxfj28/play-for-today-season-1/?episode=b-11ijy2|title=Play for Today|website=radiotimes.com/programme|accessdate=13 November 2025}}</ref>
|}

===Theatre (pantomime)===
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* ''[[Robin Hood]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2024)
* ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2023)
* ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]] -'' [[London Palladium]] (2022)
* ''[[Pantoland]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2021)
* ''[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2019)
* ''[[Snow White]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2018)
* ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' – [[London Palladium]] (2017)
*''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' – [[Theatre Royal Bath]] (2016)
* ''[[The Importance Of Being Earnest]]'' – [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow]] (2015)
* ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' – Swindon Wyvern Theatre (2014)
* ''[[The Importance Of Being Earnest]]'' – [[Harold Pinter Theatre]] (2014)
* ''[[Robin Hood]]'' – [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]] (2013)
* ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' – The Mayflower (2012)
* ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'' – [[Hawth Theatre]] (2011)
* ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' – [[Birmingham Hippodrome]] (2010–2011)
* ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' – [[Nottingham Theatre Royal]] (2009)
* ''[[Aladdin]]'' – [[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]] (2008)
* ''[[Cinderella]]'' – [[Richmond Theatre (London)|Richmond Theatre]] (2007)

===Theatre (other)===
* ''[[Private Lives]]'' (2021–23) as lead actor
* ''[[Art (play)|Art]]'' (2018) as lead actor
* ''[[Rebecca (play)|Rebecca]]'' (2011) as lead actor
* ''[[Ricochet (play)|Ricochet]]'' (1993) as producer and lead actor

===Radio===
* ''[[Proof by Dick Francis]]'' (1987) as Tony Beach
* ''[[Reluctant Persuaders]]'' (2015) as Rupert Hardacre

===Audiobooks===
* ''[[The Scarifyers|The Scarifyers: The Secret Weapon of Doom]]'' (2010) as Victor Bright
* [[No More Lies (audio drama)|''Doctor Who: No More Lies'']] (2007) as Nick
* ''[[Tales from Watership Down]]'' (Richard Adams) (1996)

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| align="center"| 1982
| [[BAFTA Awards]]
| Best Supporting Artist
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref name = "tvguide">{{ cite news | url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nigel-havers/bio/3000204344/ | title = Nigel Havers Biography | website = tvguide.com | access-date = 27 March 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 1988
| ''[[TV Times]]'' Awards
| Best Actor
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005232/19880123/292/0022 | title = What a surprise! | newspaper = Halifax Evening Courier | date = 23 January 1988 | access-date = 27 March 2025 | url-access = subscription | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 1990
| British Style Awards
| Best Style
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19900908/259/0029 | title = Classic Brits impress the style council | newspaper = Wolverhampton Express and Star | date = 8 September 1990 | access-date = 27 March 2025 | url-access = subscription | via = British Newspaper Archive }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "2" align = "center"| 2013
| rowspan = "2"| [[British Soap Awards]]
| Best Exit
| {{won}}
| rowspan= "2" align="center" | <ref name = "tvguide"/><br><ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a482584/british-soap-awards-2013-winners-in-full/ | title = British Soap Awards 2013 - winners in full | work = [[Digital Spy]] | date = 18 May 2013 | access-date = 27 March 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| [[British Soap Award for Villain of the Year|Villain of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"| 2018
| British Pantomime Awards
| Best Supporting Male
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/elaine-paige-and-nigel-havers-nominated-for-panto-awards | title = Elaine Paige and Nigel Havers nominated for panto awards | website = thestage.co.uk | date = 12 February 2018 | access-date = 27 March 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 2019
| [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]]
| Best Exit
| {{longlisted}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a28250686/inside-soap-awards-2019-longlist-coronation-street-eastenders-emmerdale-hollyoaks/ | title = Inside Soap Awards 2019 longlist revealed - which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up? | work = Digital Spy| date = 2 July 2019 | access-date = 27 March 2025 }}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0369814|name=Nigel Havers}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130623173331/http://nigelhaversalliance.co.uk/ The Nigel Havers Alliance – A mock political party]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085414/http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Celebrity-support/Entertainment-and-Artists-Supporters-Network/Nigel-Havers Profile on the Red Cross site]

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