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John Nettles

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1943-10-11

Birth Place

St. Austell, Cornwall, England

Movies and TV shows :

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Airport

1996

0.0

TV
All Men Are Mortal

All Men Are Mortal

1995

6.0

Movie
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

1976

4.0

Movie
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BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

5.2

TV
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Bergerac

1981

6.4

TV
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

5.0

TV
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Dickens Of London

1976

6.5

TV
Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

2011

7.0

Movie
poster

Enemy at the Door

1978

8.0

TV
Findings on a Late Afternoon

Findings on a Late Afternoon

1981

0.0

Movie
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French & Saunders

1987

7.5

TV
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Heartbeat

1992

7.0

TV
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Midsomer Murders

1997

7.5

TV
Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special

Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary Special

0.0

Movie
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem

2022

6.0

Movie
poster

My Unique B&B

2021

8.0

TV
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Natural World

1983

7.0

TV
Never Land

Never Land

2017

0.0

Movie
One More Time

One More Time

1970

4.3

Movie
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Poldark

2015

7.8

TV
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Robin of Sherwood

1984

7.6

TV
Shakespeare: The Legacy

Shakespeare: The Legacy

2016

0.0

Movie
Sindy The Fairy Princess

Sindy The Fairy Princess

2006

0.0

Movie
poster

Skavlan

2009

5.0

TV
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Submarine: Perisher: Million Pound Captains

1985

0.0

TV
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The Adventures of Black Beauty

1972

6.2

TV
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The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

6.7

TV
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The Detectives

1993

6.7

TV
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The Expert

1968

9.5

TV
The Great Wall: The Making of China

The Great Wall: The Making of China

2021

8.0

Movie
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002

6.0

Movie
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1980

7.0

Movie
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The Professionals

1977

7.4

TV
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The Skipper

1993

0.0

TV
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Toast of London

2013

7.4

TV
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Under the Sun

1989

0.0

TV
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Walks with My Dog

2017

0.0

TV