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Nicholas Briggs

Nicholas Briggs

Actor · Born September 29, 1961 (65) · London, England, UK

Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer, composer and voice actor. He is predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen in the 21st century series. He is also the executive producer of Big Finish Productions, for which he has produced, directed and written several audio plays, as well as acting in many of them.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 29, 1961 (65)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 33% in 30 days

What are Nicholas Briggs' films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Society
27%
Ideas
16%
Bonds
12%
Power
6%
Survival
6%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
6
Warm
4
Thrilling
3
Contemplative
3
Triumphant
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Hopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nicholas Briggs' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Nicholas Briggs' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

77 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Omega (voice)

  • Reach for the Stars: The Starwatch Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Narrator

  • Dr Who at the Proms 2024(2024)

    as The Vlinx (voice) / Dalek (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as The Vlinx (voice)

  • Doctor Who(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Omega (voice) · as Robots (voice) · as The Vlinx (voice)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Day of the Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who: Leela vs. The Time War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Daleks (voice)

  • The Daleks in Colour(2023)

    as Dalek (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Dalek (voice)

  • The Doctors: In Print (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Voice of the Daleks

  • The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years Behind the Scenes Vol 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Fireball XL5: Robots in Distress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as (voices)

  • DALEKS! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 5 episodes · as The Daleks · as The Mechanoids

  • The Doctors: Heroes and Villains! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: More Monsters! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: The Paul McGann Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: Heroes! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who: Resolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Dalek (voice)

  • The Doctors: The Sylvester McCoy Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Gerry Anderson's Firestorm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Remus (Voice)

  • The Doctors: Villains! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Blake's Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • MAXIMUM EXTERMINATION (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Voice of the Daleks, Narrator

  • The Doctors: Monsters! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Dare you enter the Time Vortex? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Voice of the Daleks, Narrator

  • Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Daleks (voice)

  • The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who: Friend from the Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Dalek (voice)

  • Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Cyberman (voice)

  • Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Daleks / Cybermen (voice)

  • Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Dalek (voice) / Zygon (voice)

  • The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot(2013)

    as Dalek operator

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • An Adventure in Space and Time(2013)

    as Peter Hawkins

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who at the Proms(2013)

    as Daleks (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor(2013)

    as Dalek

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: Power of the Daleks Reimagined (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Daleks (voice)

  • The Science of Doctor Who(2012)

    as Dalek

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Cleaning Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Executive Producer · as Ted

  • The Making of Day of the Daleks: Special Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • The Grand Pier Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Narrator

  • Monsters Who Came Back For More! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Doctor Who at the Proms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Daleks (voice)

  • Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Cybermen (voice)

  • Doctor Who at the Proms(2009)

    as Dalek (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Adulthood(2008)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Sarah Jane Adventures(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as Captain Tybo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Solicitor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Torchwood(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Rick Yates

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • TARDISodes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dalek (voice)

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 15 episodes · as Cybermen (voice) · as Cybermen / Judoon (voice) · as Daleks (voice) · as Daleks (voice) / Judoon (voice) · as Daleks / Cybermen (voice) · as Judoon (voice) · as Judoon Captain (voice) · as Nestene (voice) · as Skaldak (voice) · as Zygons (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: Real Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Cyber-Controller / Professor Osborn

  • Doctor Who: Real Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cyber-Controller

  • Coupling(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Voice of the Daleks

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Auton 3: Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Writer

  • Mindgame Trilogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Composer

  • Auton 2: Sentinel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Writer · as Mike

  • Auton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Ministry Extra

  • The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Writer · as Soldier

  • Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • The Stranger: Breach of the Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Writer · as Evans

  • Stranger than Fiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · Actor

  • The Stranger: The Terror Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer · Writer · as Raven

  • Return to Devil's End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Presenter

  • The Airzone Solution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer · as Sam Flint

  • The Stranger: In Memory Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer · Actor

  • The Corridor Sketch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Reporter

  • The Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer · as Evans · as Minor · as Raven

  • Wartime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Soldier

  • Myth Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director · Writer · as Himself - Interviewer

  • Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Dalek Voices (Special Edition)

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles from 1972 to 2025; peak year 2013.

Highest rated

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Doctor Who (2005)

Film career

19722025

Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting70 of 75: 61 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score93rdDirecting4 of 75: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting10 of 75: 1 only writing, 9 with another roleProducing1 of 75: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleMusic3 of 75: 2 only music, 1 with another role

75 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s2 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s16 · 12 acting · 12 crew2000s11 · acting2010s30 · 30 acting · 1 crew2020s15 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Nicholas Briggs' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Doctor Who (2023)

94th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Nicholas Briggs work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nicholas Briggs' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Murray Gold shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers