Peter Nigel Terry was an English stage, film, and television actor, typically in historical and period roles.
13 Facts About Nigel Terry
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Nigel Terry played Prince John in Anthony Harvey's film The Lion in Winter and King Arthur in John Boorman's Excalibur.
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Nigel Terry attended Truro School in Truro, where he developed an interest in acting and became skilled at drawing and painting.
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Nigel Terry's parents encouraged him to go on the stage, and after working briefly in forestry and as a petrol pump attendant, he joined the National Youth Theatre.
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Nigel Terry enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1963, working both on stage and behind the scenes.
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Nigel Terry joined the Oxford Meadow Players in 1966, working initially as assistant stage manager.
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Nigel Terry appeared in about 20 films, most notably as John in The Lion in Winter with Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole and Anthony Hopkins; King Arthur in John Boorman's Excalibur ; and the title character in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio.
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Nigel Terry worked with Jarman on four more films: The Last of England, War Requiem, Edward II and Blue.
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Nigel Terry appeared in Casualty as Denny, as General Cobb in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and as Gabriel Piton in Highlander: The Series.
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Nigel Terry played Sam Jacobs in a two-part Waking the Dead episode titled "Anger Management".
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Nigel Terry appeared in Pie in the Sky series 3 episode 3 "Irish Stew" as Byron de Goris.
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In 1993, after 30 years of living in London, Nigel Terry moved back to Cornwall.
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Nigel Terry died of emphysema in Newquay, Cornwall, on 30 April 2015, at the age of 69.