Acting · Moseley, Birmingham, England · Born March 15, 1984
Nigel is an actor of Irish descent who grew up in Birmingham. He is best known for playing series regular Superintendent Ian Buckells in the multi award winning police drama “Line of Duty” for BBC. Nigel next plays leading reg Jim in new CBBC series High Hoops, opposite Peep Show’s Robert Webb and Isy Suttie. Further TV credits include: Three Little Birds (Tiger Aspect/ITV), Small Axe (BBC/Amazon), Peaky Blinders (Tiger Aspect), The End Of the F**king World (Netflix), Temple (Sky One) Film credits include: Alleycats (Fyzz Facility Film Six), Une Rencontre (Poisson Rouge Pictures), Young High and Dead (Rumpunch Productions), The Best Years (Empire Productions). Theatre credits include: Going For Gold (Park Theatre), How Love is Spelt (Southwark Playhouse), A Dybbuk (Crescent Theatre), Circus Land (New Leicester Square Theatre), Sweet Love Remembered (Shakespeare’s Globe).
TVHigh Hoops
2025
as Jim
MovieGrey Matter
2024
as Nicholas
TVThree Little Birds
2023
as Dougie
TVSAS Rogue Heroes
2022
as Police Officer
TVSister Boniface Mysteries
2022
as Terry Smith
TVAnne
2022
as Reporter (Medico-Legal)
Unmasked
2020
TVSmall Axe
2020
as Mr. Harnley
TVThe Feed
2019
as Gary
TVTemple
2019
as Nick
TVThis Time with Alan Partridge
2019
as Simon Brading
TVDe Infiltrant
2018
as Richie Hammond
TVThe End of the F***ing World
2017
as Franklin
The Invisible Man
2016
as Kid
MovieAlleycats
2016
as PC Stone
TVHumans
2015
as Rickie
TVThe Enfield Haunting
2015
as Graham Morris
TVHome Fires
2015
as DS Reynolds
The Jeanmaker
2015
as Atticus
MovieThe Ring Cycle
2014
as Policeman
MovieQuantum Love
2014
as Le marié
Young, High and Dead
2013
as Gary
TVPeaky Blinders
2013
as Policeman
TVCount Arthur Strong
2013
as Miller
TVThe Job Lot
2013
as Adam Rogers
MovieThe Best Years
2013
as Dougie
TVWPC 56
2013
as Philip Cook
TVLine of Duty
2012
as DI Ian Buckells
TVPointless Celebrities
2011
as Self - Contestant
TVLife of Riley
2009
as Cedric
TVThe Inbetweeners
2008
as Barman
MovieAll In The Game
2006
as Tony
TVPeep Show
2003
as JLB Worker
TVDoctors
2000
as Dean Arthur
TVDream Team
1997
as John Hagan
The Blame
as Neil Shergill
