Nigel Downer
{{Short description|Canadian actor and comedian}}
Nigel Downer is a Canadian actor and comedian.Del Cowie, [https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/nigel-downer-more-than-a-bit-playa-1.5467597 "Nigel Downer: More than a Bit Playa"]. CBC News, February 21, 2020. He is most noted as the co-creator and co-star with Kris Siddiqi of the web series Bit Playas, for which they won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Victoria Ahearn, [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/05/18/sarah-polley-jayne-eastwood-among-winners-on-night-2-of-canadian-screen-awards/ "Sarah Polley, Jayne Eastwood among winners on night 2 of Canadian Screen Awards"]. CityNews, May 18, 2021. He was also a nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
Originally from Cambridge, Ontario, he is an alumnus of The Second City's Toronto troupe. He has also had guest roles in Killjoys, Titans, Frankie Drake Mysteries and Baroness von Sketch Show.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2016
|Scars |Kyle | |
| 2016
|Security Guard | |
| 2019
|Hotel Employee | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2011
|Microwave Porn |Nigel |2 episodes |
| 2014
|Glenn |Episode: "Oscar and the Oscarbots/Picture Day" |
| 2015
|True Dating Stories |Cop #1 |Episode: "Tara" |
| 2016
|Idiot Parade |Karl |Television film |
| 2016
|data-sort-value="Beaverton, The" | The Beaverton |Black Man in Suit |Episode #1.5 |
| 2017
|Epic Studios |Cop #1 |Episode: "Cocaine Brings People Together" |
| 2017
|Night Security Guard |Episode: "Space Convention" |
| 2018
|data-sort-value="Sean Ward Show, The" | The Sean Ward Show |Episode: "Black Panther Epic Movie Parody" |
| 2018
|data-sort-value="Amazing Gayl Pile, The" | The Amazing Gayl Pile |Sand Buyer |Episode: "Sandmen" |
| 2018
|Guy |Episode: "The Warrior Princess Bride" |
| 2018
|Passerby Four |Episode: "Good Mudding" |
| 2018
|Bartender |Episode: "Extra Innings" |
| 2018
|Local Cop #1 |Episode: "Doom Patrol" |
| 2018
|Soul Decision |Server |Episode: "The Bros" |
| 2018–2021
|Tom / Pilot / Uncle Mike |10 episodes |
| 2019
|Adventures in Casting |Nigel |Episode: "Boomerang" |
| 2019
|Leon Solomon |8 episodes |
| 2020
|data-sort-value="Crossword Mysteries, The" | The Crossword Mysteries |Dr. Cohen |Episode: "Abracadaver" |
| 2021
|Two for the Win |Emcee |Television film |
| 2021
|NTSB Investigator |Episode: "Cabin Catastrophe" |
| 2021
|data-sort-value="Parker Andersons, The" | The Parker Andersons |Stan |Episode: "Field Trippin'" |
| 2021
|Christmas à La Carte |Theo |Television film |
| 2021–2022
|Cholera Victim Nigel |3 episodes |
| 2023
| |Writer; episodes: "Severe Eggs and Pains" and "Ice to Beat You" |
| 2024
|Bylaw officer | |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:21st-century Canadian comedians
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian male web series actors
Category:Canadian male comedians
Category:Canadian sketch comedians
Category:Black Canadian male actors
Category:People from Cambridge, Ontario
Category:Black Canadian comedians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning writers
Category:Comedians from Ontario
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