Nigel Bennett was nominated for the 2016 ACTRA Toronto award in the Male Outstanding Performance category for Murdoch Mysteries: What Lies Buried.
Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of Shaw's Antony and Cleopatra. He graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time. He had fifteen years of stage experience in Britain prior to moving to Canada.
Bennett keeps himself busy with additional film and TV roles, stage work, convention and charity appearances. He was the artistic director of the world-renowned Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2006–07.
Appearances[]
Murdoch in Wonderland
Murdoch of the Klondike
Back and to the Left
War on Terror
Murdoch Night in Canada
Twentieth Century Murdoch
Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom
Crime and Punishment
The Murdoch Trap
What Lies Buried
Nolo Contendere
Rigid Silence