Nigel Whitmey

Biography

Nigel Whitmey (born 23 February 1963) is a British-Canadian actor who has appeared in TV series and films. He is also the husband of the actress Abigail Thaw, whom he met while training at RADA.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Clinton Finn

Jay Kelly

Stand-in

Doctor Who

Simmons

Death in Paradise

Bobby Rodrigues

The Crown

Marquis Childs

Spooks

Senior Suit

Hustle

Chip Lacey

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	A Keller Christmas Vacation	Ben Keller
2025	Jay Kelly	Stand-in
2023	The Perfect Escape	Scott
2020	Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky	Moose Roberts (voice)
2018	Fireman Sam: Set for Action!	Moose Roberts (voice)
2018	The Current War	Doctor Grandoff
2017	Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie	Moose Roberts (voice)
2016	London Has Fallen	Canadian Prime Minister Robert Bowman
2015	Never Let Go	Clark Anderson
2014	Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm	Moose (voice)
2013	The Fifth Estate	General Thomason
2012	Dark Shadows	Hard Hat #1
2012	Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter	Bruce Curtis
2009	Gracie!	Reporter 2
2009	Knife Edge	Martin
2007	The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island	Al Crenshaw
2006	Land of the Blind	Anchorman
2006	The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering	Ben
2005	The Jacket	Lieutenant
2005	Pitch Perfect	Bruce
2005	The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million	Ron Beller
2004	Carrie's War	Maj. Cass Harper
2003	Octane	Detective Ned Stephens
2001	The 51st State	L.A. Highway Patrol
1998	Girls' Night	Tyrone
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Private Boyd
1997	Twilight of the Ice Nymphs	Peter Glahn (uncredited)
1996	Killer Tongue	Chip
1996	Surviving Picasso	Pierre
1995	Jefferson in Paris	John Trumbull
1992	The Lost Language of Cranes	Winston Penn
1992	Shining Through	1st G.I. in Canteen
	De Gaulle - Partie 1 : La France Libre	Général Gerow

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Too Much	Dane
2023	The Way Home	Byron Groff
2021	The Serpent	Newsreader
2018	Black Earth Rising	Major Charles Bouchard
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators	Clive Brenton
2016	The Crown	Marquis Childs
2015	Occupied	American Ambassador
2013	Jo
2011	Death in Paradise	Bobby Rodrigues
2008	Stephen Hawking and the Theory of Everything
2007	Kingdom	Brad Johnson
2005	Doctor Who
2005	Doctor Who	Simmons
2004	Hustle	Chip Lacey
2003	Keen Eddie
2003	Helen of Troy	King Odysseus of Ithaca
2002	Shackleton	William Blakewell
2002	Spooks	Senior Suit
2001	Murphy's Law
2001	Waking the Dead	Mervyn Simmel
2001	Attila	Grachia
2000	Too Much Sun	Jack
1999	People Like Us
1997	Midsomer Murders	Clinton Finn
1991	Paul Merton: The Series
1990	Jeeves and Wooster	George
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Jonathan Hogarth
1987	Fireman Sam	Moose (voice)