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John Nettles

John Nettles

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 11, 1943 (82)
Birthplace St. Austell, Cornwall, England
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Never Land

Never Land

2017

as Fisherman John

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

as Dr. James Mortimer

All Men Are Mortal

All Men Are Mortal

1995

as Sanier

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1980

as Bassanio

One More Time

One More Time

1970

as Dixon

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Midsomer Murders

as DCI Tom Barnaby

Episodes: 81

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Bergerac

as Det. Sgt. Jim Bergerac

Episodes: 71

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

Dickens Of London

as Macrone

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 28, 1976

Bergerac

as Jim Bergerac

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

Poldark

as Ray Penvenen

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 08, 2015

Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains

as Narrator

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 07, 1985

Heartbeat

as Giles Sutton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Robin of Sherwood

as Peter de Leon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 28, 1984

The Expert

as John Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1968

French & Saunders

as DCI Barnaby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 1987

The Detectives

as Jim Bergerac

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 27, 1993

Toast of London

as John Nettles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 2013

Enemy at the Door

as Det. Sgt. Roy Lewis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1978

The Professionals

as CI5 agent shot on stairs in library (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1977

The Adventures of Black Beauty

as Edwin Palgrave

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1972

Airport

Episodes: 101

First Aired: May 02, 1996

My Unique B&B

as Self - Narrator

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Mar 01, 2021

The Agatha Christie Hour

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 07, 1982

The Skipper

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 07, 1993

Under the Sun

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1989

Natural World

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 30, 1983

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 03, 1978

Skavlan

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2009

Walks with My Dog

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 2017

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2011

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