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Nigel George Planer (born February 22 , 1953 in London ) is an English Actor , Novelist and Playwright . He was educated at Westminster School , the University Of Sussex at Brighton, and LAMDA . PERSONAL LIFE He has two sons from previous marriages - Stanley, with Anna Leigh, married from 19 August 1988 - 1995 and Harvey, with Frankie Park (April 1999-?). ACTING CAREER Planer is perhaps best known for his role as Neil, the hippie housemate of Vyvyan ( Adrian Edmonson ), Rick ( Rik Mayall ) and Mike ( Christopher Ryan ) in the cult BBC comedy '' The Young Ones '', which ran from 1982-1984. Planer was one of the original cast of the The Comic Strip team, pioneers of the Alternative Comedy movement in the UK. Originally a nightclub stage show, he appeared with its creator Peter Richardson as part of the double act The Outer Limits. It was also Planer and Richardson that wrote the '' That's Life! '' parody on '' Not The Nine O'Clock News ''. STAGE CAREER His first break in the theatre was understudying David Essex as Che Guevara in the original West End run of '' Evita ''. Nigel was in the original London cast of '' Chicago '', as Amos Hart. He was a member of the original West End cast of Ben Elton 's Queen musical '' We Will Rock You ''. From 10-15 July 2006 he played the part of the Narrator in " The Rocky Horror Show " taking on the role in Manchester and Bromley. He is currently starring as The Wizard in the West-End production of '' Wicked '' at The Apollo Victoria Theatre . He recently appeared on a BBC 4 programme under the guise of 'Nicholas Craig' to be interviewed by Mark Lawson. MUSIC CAREER Nigel was one of the 4 members of the 1980s spoof rock band, '' Bad News '', playing Den Dennis. As Neil from '' The Young Ones '', Nigel gained a number two hit single in 1984 in the form of "Hole in My Shoe", (originally a hit for sixties band Traffic ). A cover of Tomorrow 's "My White Bicycle" was a less successful follow up, only reaching number seventeen in the charts. After that, an album was produced, entitled "Neil's Heavy Concept Album." Nigel also took Neil's stage act on the road in that year as Neil in the "Bad Karma in The UK" tour. This culminated in a month long run at St. Mary's Hall at the Edinburgh Fringe . '' The Young Ones '' also appeared on Cliff Richard 's 1986 charity rerecording of 'Living Doll', which spent three weeks at number one in the UK. MISCELLANEOUS Nigel is the reader for the Audiobook editions of many of Terry Pratchett 's '' Discworld '' novels, including '' The Colour Of Magic '' and '' The Light Fantastic .'' He also appeared in the '' Terry Pratchett's Hogfather '' television adaptation. CREDITS He is arguably best known in Britain for his work in television comedy and satire, including:
He has published several books including Novels - ''The Right Man'' (2000) (ISBN 0-09-927227-X) and ''Faking It'' (2003) (ISBN 0-09-940986-0). , Nigel wrote ''A Good Enough Dad'' (1992) (ISBN 0-09-929661-6), after his first son was born, talking about coping with becoming a father. EXTERNAL LINKS
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