John Nettles
Known For
Acting
Born
1943-10-11 in St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Biography
John Nettles has been a familiar face on British and International television screens for over thirty years. From his early beginnings in the UK hit comedy "The Liver Birds" (1969), he became a household name overnight playing the Jersey detective "Jim Bergerac". The series, "Bergerac" (1981), was a huge hit in Britain and was exported to many countries across the world including France, Spain and Greece, gaining him thousands of fans. His new found fame as Bergerac gave him almost film-star-like fame and fortune, not to mention thousands of female admirers! Despite "Bergerac" (1981) being mothballed in the early 1990s, the series still has a considerable fan base and lingering popularity abroad, especially in Jersey, where images of John Nettles are still used for advertising tourist attractions and other services on the island. Nettles' polished Shakesperean performances have won him critical acclaim and many consider him to rival fellow British stalwarts of theatre such as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen. Oddly enough, however, he has never really ventured onto the big screen and has seemed happy to stick to stage and television throughout his successful career. Most recently he has enjoying continued success playing the straightforward DCI Tom Barnaby in ITV's _"Midsomer Murders" (1997). He is on record as wanting to create a TV detective without any of the usual tics, and consequently Tom Barnaby is a happy family man, who just happens to live in the most murderous part of an otherwise stereotypically idyllic English countryside.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as DCI Tom Barnaby
Heartbeat
as Giles Sutton
Poldark
as Ray Penvenen
Natural World
The Professionals
as CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)
Bergerac
as DS Jim Bergerac
Playhouse
as Gerald
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
The Expert
as John Franklin
Robin of Sherwood
as Peter de Leon
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Theo Redman
Toast of London
as John Nettles
Enemy at the Door
as Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Detectives
as Jim Bergerac
The Adventures of Black Beauty
as Edwin Palgrave
Under the Sun
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dickens of London
as Macrone
Walks with My Dog
as Self