Nigel Barber
Description
Nigel was born in a British military hospital in Hamburg Germany to an English mother and Dutch father, immigrating to Canada and then settling in Southern California. At the age of 14, he picked up his first professional acting role in Friedrich Durrenmatt’s ‘The Physicist’ at the La Jolla Playhouse. After serving in the American military, he graduated from MaGill University in Montreal, later returning to Los Angles to continue with his acting career. For more than 50 years, Nigel has gained the reputation of a respected and uncompromising actor and voiceover artist, working internationally on stage, in film, television and on radio.
Uk Stage Credits Include:‘J Edgar Concannon’ in The Veridct (UK National tour). ‘Jefferson Steel’ in A Bunch of Amateurs (Frinton Summer Theatre). ’Florenz Ziegfeld’ in Funny Girl(Original UK National tour). ‘Danny/Zeus’ in Xanadu (UK premier-Southwark Playhouse), ‘Frank’ in A Hard Rain (World premier-Above the Stag), ‘JamesArthur Ray’ in Hearts On Fire (World premier-Edinburgh), The Bodyguard (World premier, original cast-Adelphi Theatre, West End), ‘Carrie’s Father’ Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds (Arena tour)
US Stage Credits Include:‘El Gallo’ in The Fantasticks, ‘Victor’ in Pal Joey, ‘Joe’ in Damn Yankees,’Bobby’ in The Boyfriend, ‘Sir Harry’ in Once Upon a Mattress, ‘Aldolpho’ in The Drowsy Chaperone, ‘Quentin’ in After the Fall, ‘Larry’ in The Boys in the Band, ‘Jimmy Perry’ in The Gingerbread Lady, ‘Sherman Hart’ in Lenny.
Film/TV:‘Brothers by Blood’, ‘The Vally of Love’, ‘A Killer Next Door’, ‘The Host’, Mission: Impossible M:I5-‘Rogue Nation’, Bond ‘Spectre’, ‘Mad to be Normal’, ‘Inferno: Skyscraper Escape’, ‘Sniper: Ghost Shooter’, ‘The Beyond’, ‘Day Rises I Fall’, ‘Capsule’, ‘High Strung’, ‘Curse of Robert the Doll’,’The Sweeter Side of Life’, ‘Firequake’, ‘Roboshark’, ‘Lake Placid vs Anaconda’, ‘Welcome to Karachi’, ‘The Partisan’, ‘Killing Oswald’, ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’, ‘The Crown’, ’Agent Hamilton’, ‘You Me and the Apocalypse’, ‘Parents’, ‘Harry O’, ‘Baywatch’, ‘Miami Vice’, ‘The Young and the Restless’, ’T J Hooker’, ‘Knight Rider’, ‘Magnum PI’, ‘Capital’.
Video Games‘SuperPower 3’, ’The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me’, ‘Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West’, ‘Dying Light 2: Stay Human’, ‘Encased’, ‘Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds’, ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’, ‘The Crew 2’, ‘Into The Black’, ‘The Crew’ Professional Training: Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts-Santa Maria, California. The Actors Workshop-Los Angeles. Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre-Los Angeles
