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John Nettles

​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.


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Born:
Oct 11, 1943 In St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the series The Liver Birds 1969-07-25
Latest Project:
Movie Shakespeare: The Legacy 2016-04-21
Known For
Poster of Airport
Poster of Heartbeat
Poster of The Agatha Christie Hour
Poster of The Liver Birds
Filmography
Movie Shakespeare: The Legacy 2016-04-21
Movie Discovering Hamlet Self 2011-11-01
Series Skavlan Guest 2009-01-16
Movie The Hound of the Baskervilles Dr. James Mortimer 2002-12-26
Series Midsomer Murders Unknown 1997-03-23
Series Airport 1996-05-02
Movie All Men Are Mortal Sanier 1995-11-17
Series The Skipper 1993-09-07
Series Heartbeat Unknown 1992-04-10
Series Robin of Sherwood Unknown 1984-04-28
Series Natural World Unknown 1983-10-30
Series The Agatha Christie Hour Unknown 1982-09-07
Series Bergerac Jim Bergerac 1981-10-18
Movie The Merchant of Venice Bassanio 1980-12-17
Series BBC Television Shakespeare Unknown 1978-12-03
Movie Arnhem: The Story of an Escape Theo Redman 1976-11-17
Series Dickens Of London Macrone 1976-09-28
Series A Family at War Unknown 1970-04-14
Movie One More Time Dixon 1970-05-01
Series The Liver Birds Unknown 1969-07-25