Neil Dudgeon
Neil Dudgeon is a British actor known for his role as DCI John Barnaby in the long-running television series Midsomer Murders. His career spans theatre, television, and film, earning him a reputation for his engaging performances and distinctive voice. Dudgeon's versatility allows him to excel... Read More
Known for
Midsomer Murders (1997–)
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby is based in Midsomer, where he attempts to solve crimes involving the wealthy people who reside there.
Son of Rambow (2007)
Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy...
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with...
Personal details
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of MayhemThis documentary explores the enduring popularity of one of Britain's best loved crime dramas, Midsomer Murders, as it celebrates its... |
Self | |
| 2019 |
Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up CollectibleDS Charlie Nelson arrives in Midsomer to be DCI Barnaby's new partner. His first case involves a stabbing death during... |
DCI John Barnaby | |
| 2019 |
Midsomer Murders: 20th Anniversary SpecialThis special brings together former and current actors on the show as well as producers and others working behind the... |
Unknown character | |
| 2016 |
Bornebusch i tevefabrikenActress and writer Josephine Bornebusch takes a dive into the world of tv-series and meets the stars and the people... |
Guest | |
| 2012 |
Playhouse PresentsPlayhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on... |
Jim | |
| 2011 |
Celebrity Antiques Road TripAntiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most... |
Self - Participant | |
| 2011 |
UnitedUnited is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the... |
Alan Hardaker | |
| 2010 |
The NativityDrama revealing the human story beneath the classic biblical tale, from the courtship of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth to... |
Joachim | |
| 2010 |
The ArborThe lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford,... |
Steve Saul | |
| 2009 |
Life of RileyLife of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline... |
Unknown character | |
| 2008 |
SurvivorsWhen a deadly virus wipes out most of the world's population, a handful of survivors struggle to stay alive. |
Sean | |
| 2007 |
Coming Down the MountainAn original drama by novelist Mark Haddon about two teenage brothers: angst-ridden David and Ben, who has Downs Syndrome. |
John Philips | |
| 2007 |
CherriesA class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher's attempts to question them about the wider world. They are... |
Phil O'Brien | |
| 2007 |
KingdomLooks can be deceiving. Peter Kingdom seems to have everything — a man of some standing in the seaside town... |
Terry | |
| 2007 |
Roman's EmpireLeo is the ex-boyfriend of businessman Roman Pretty's middle daughter Nikki, who still works and lives with the family. Nikki's... |
Unknown character | |
| 2007 |
Son of RambowWill is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video... |
Joshua | |
| 2006 |
SortedSorted is a six-part BBC television comedy-drama series about the personal and professional lives of several postmen. It initially broadcast... |
Harry Goodwin | |
| 2006 |
The StreetAnthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street. |
Brian Peterson | |
| 2006 |
The Lavender ListA political drama about the last days of Harold Wilson's Labour government in the 1970s and his curious relationship with... |
Joe Haines | |
| 2004 |
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingThe corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low... |
Lestrade | |
| 2004 |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonBridget Jones is still dating her new love, barrister Mark Darcy, for a perfect six weeks. However, while on assignment... |
Taxi Driver | |
| 2003 |
The ReturnA former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of... |
Matt | |
| 2003 |
Celebrity MastermindCelebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running... |
Unknown character | |
| 2003 |
The PlanmanA lawyer finds himself increasingly frustrated by the professional criminals he is called upon to defend, and hooks upon the... |
ACC Brian Richards | |
| 2003 |
Humanzee: The Human ChimpOliver is a chimpanzee who not only can walk upright, but does of his own accord. For years there have... |
Narrator (voice) | |
| 2002 |
Rose and MaloneyInvestigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing... |
Alan Richmond | |
| 2001 |
MessiahCrime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe. |
DI Duncan Warren | |
| 2001 |
Murder in MindMurder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from... |
Edward Buttimore | |
| 2000 |
BreathtakingA beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder. |
Richard Jackson | |
| 2000 |
It Was an AccidentAn ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. |
Holdsworth | |
| 2000 |
Dirty TricksMartin Clunes plays Edward, an English tutor at an Oxford language school. Seemingly charming and thoughtful, Edward is really a... |
Dennis | |
| 1998 |
The Mrs Bradley MysteriesSophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England... |
George Moody | |
| 1998 |
The GiftWhen housewife Lynn learns of her terminal cancer she decides that her daughter Amy will not be left with the... |
David | |
| 1998 |
Our BoyA parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come... |
DC Spence | |
| 1997 |
The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingAdaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom. |
Puppeteer’s Assistant | |
| 1997 |
BreakoutA pair of scientists investigate a mysterious death. |
Dr. Neil McFarlane | |
| 1997 |
Midsomer MurdersThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up... |
DCI John Barnaby | |
| 1997 |
Midsomer MurdersThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up... |
Daniel Bolt | |
| 1996 |
Different for GirlsPaul and Kim meet when their vehicles collide. Paul is fascinated with the attractive Kim. It turns out that the... |
Neil Payne | |
| 1996 |
Silent WitnessA team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. |
Det Supt Paul Barker | |
| 1995 |
Out of the BlueAmbitious DS Franky Drinkall's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with epilepsy. His refusal to accept his... |
DC Marty Brazil | |
| 1994 |
FatherlandFictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's... |
Sex Crimes Cop | |
| 1994 |
Common As MuckCommon As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men... |
Ken Andrews | |
| 1994 |
SkallagriggBack in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew... |
Priest | |
| 1993 |
Resnick: Rough TreatmentA kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold... |
William Doria | |
| 1993 |
Sharpe's EagleSpain, 1809. The newly promoted Captain Sharpe will be stripped of his rank unless he can save the honour of... |
Lieutenant Christian Gibbons | |
| 1993 |
SharpeSharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the... |
Gibbons | |
| 1992 |
A Touch of FrostJack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice... |
Costello | |
| 1992 |
Nice TownWhen big-hearted Joe Thompson discovers the pain infertility is causing his brother Paul, he suggests to Paul's wife that he... |
Tom Edmonds | |
| 1992 |
Between the LinesDetective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of... |
Unknown character | |
| 1992 |
RevolverNick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down his assailant and in... |
Eric Volkner | |
| 1992 |
Resnick: Lonely HeartsShirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is found twelve hours later in her own home. Just one of the... |
William Doria | |
| 1990 |
Night VoiceClarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone call he takes one... |
Dennis Crowson | |
| 1990 |
Fools of FortuneA Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army. |
Sergeant Rudkin | |
| 1989 |
Red King, White KnightThe CIA hears of a KGB scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner, an agent retired for... |
Vlasek | |
| 1988 |
Piece of CakeThe life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II... |
'Moggy' Cattermole | |
| 1987 |
RoadA view of the inhabitants of a derelict road in Manchester, unsatisfied with their lives and routines. A young man... |
Brink | |
| 1987 |
Prick Up Your EarsWhen the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred... |
Policeman | |
| 1986 |
London's BurningLondon's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on... |
Unknown character | |
| 1986 |
CasualtyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their... |
Mick | |
| 1986 |
ScreenPlayScreenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one... |
Brink | |
| 1986 |
ScreenPlayScreenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one... |
Crowson | |
| 1986 |
LovejoyThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he... |
DS Graham Bentley |
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Got a question about Neil Dudgeon?
Neil Dudgeon is most famous for his portrayal of DCI John Barnaby in Midsomer Murders, a role he began in 2011.
Neil Dudgeon has not won major awards but has received recognition for his work in television and theatre, particularly for his role in Midsomer Murders.
Neil Dudgeon's first film was the 1991 movie 'The Man Who Knew Too Little' where he had a minor role.
In addition to Midsomer Murders, Neil Dudgeon has appeared in shows like 'The Thick of It' and 'Life of Riley,' showcasing his range in comedy and drama.
Yes, Neil Dudgeon has a strong background in theatre, having performed in various stage productions throughout his career.
Neil Dudgeon's estimated net worth is around $2 million, primarily from his acting career in television and film.
Neil Dudgeon's acting style is characterized by a blend of subtlety and expressiveness, which allows him to deliver both dramatic and comedic performances effectively.
Neil Dudgeon joined Midsomer Murders in 2011, taking over the lead role from John Nettles who played DCI Tom Barnaby.