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Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett is a British-born actor/director/writer who has been based in Canada since 1986. He's best known for playing the vampire patriarch on the TV series Forever Knight, for which he won the Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor in a dramatic series.

He has also been in a number of major films such as Murder at 1600 and The Skulls, and many, many other TV series. He had recurring roles in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Lexx.

Teaming up with writer P. N. Elrod, Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed James Bond with fangs vampire adventure novels. So far they have written Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, and Siege Perilous for Baen Books. He also contributed to Dracula's London, a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.

Mr. Bennett continues busy with countless additional film and TV roles, stagework, convention and charity appearances.


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Nigel Bennett Facts

OccupationActor, Director, Screenwriter
BirthdayNovember 19, 1949 (58)
SignScorpio
BirthplaceWolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Selected Filmography

Legends of the Fall
Watership Down
The Crossing
Murder at 1600
Gotti
Narrow Margin
The Skulls
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Sylvester
Farewell to the King
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