- Born
- Birth nameNigel Allan Havers
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Nigel Havers is one of Britain's best known actors, mainly for his many roles on television since the 1970s. He was born as the younger son of Michael Havers, QC, a Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Attorney General (1979-1987), and Lord High Chancellor of England (1987).
After a private education, Havers attended a drama school attached to the Oxford Playhouse and at the same time worked in university productions, always in revues and comedies. He appeared in "Twelfth Night" in a revue at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which transferred to London where it was seen by an American director who took the show to the States.
Havers' starring roles on British television have included series such as Nicholas Nickleby (1977), A Horseman Riding By (1978), Don't Wait Up (1983), The Charmer (1987), and Dangerfield (1995). He has also made notable guest appearances in cult series such as The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007) and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014), and played the regular role of Lewis Archer in the soap opera Coronation Street (1960).
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- SpousesGeorgiana Bronfman(June 2007 - present)Polly Williams(December 12, 1989 - June 24, 2004) (her death)Carolyn Cox(1974 - 1989) (divorced, 1 child)
- Parents
- RelativesElizabeth Butler-Sloss(Aunt or Uncle)
- He and Gary Graham were the only two actors who were permitted to audition for the role of Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
- He now claims to regret not moving to Hollywood after the success of Chariots of Fire (1981).
- His grandfather, Sir Cecil Havers, was the judge on the murder trial of Ruth Ellis, who was the last woman to be executed for murder in the UK.
- His wife, Polly Williams, was ill with cancer for four years and died on 24 June 2004.
- He considers the BBC miniseries of A Horseman Riding By (1978) to have been his big break, despite his previous starring role in the BBC's adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby (1977).
- I love doing comedy and I used to do a fair amount of it. Years ago I did a series called Don't Wait Up (1983) and comedy is just something that I enjoy doing, especially when it's as well written as Lunch Monkeys (2009).
- I always wanted to be an actor, largely because my parents used to take me to the theatre when I was a child. My brother, on the other hand, who's a year and a half older than me, is a lawyer, so the family tradition lives on.
- If any actor gets offered Corrie (Coronation Street (1960)), for heaven's sake take it because it's the best job in the world.
- [on The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)] I'm amazed that the kids can watch it because it scared the hell out of me doing it.
- I'm a great fan of David's [David Tennant] and he's brilliant and I wanted to play Doctor Who (1963) myself. I'm a bit too old now.
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