Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett (born 19th November 1949 in Wolverhampton) appeared in Coronation Street in November 1977 as Ray Langton's friend Colin Bailey.

This was one of his very first television roles in a career which has last until the present day. After acting in school plays, he graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time.

He moved to Canada in 1986 but prior to that move he also appeared in Play for Today, BBC2 Playhouse and Reilly: Ace of Spies. Since then his television roles include parts in Adderly, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, E.N.G., Heritage Minutes, Secret Service, Counterstrike, Street Legal, Robocop, X-Men, Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling, Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, a regular role in Forever Knight, Hurricanes, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues , Earth: Final Conflict, a regular role in PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Relic Hunter, All Souls, Mentors, a regular role in Lexx, the Canadian version of Widows by Lynda La Plante, Beach Girls, At the Hotel, The State Within, The Border, The Kennedys, Murdoch Mysteries and The Strain.

Film roles include parts in The Ninja Mission, The Jeweller's Shop, Narrow Margin, Murder at 1600, The Skulls, Passage of the Heart , Legends of the Fall, Soft Deceit, Sanctuary, All I Wanna Do, Free Fall, Cypher and Post Impact.

On stage he appeared in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole in the West End and was artistic director of the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

External pages

 * Internet Movie Database entry for Nigel Bennett
 * Wikipedia entry for Nigel Bennett