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Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is an English actor and presenter. His film roles include Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire , which earned him a BAFTA nomination; as Dr. Rawlins in the 1987 Steven Spielberg war drama Empire of the Sun ; and as Ronny in the 1984 David Lean epic A Passage to India .
Actor: Chariots of Fire. Nigel Havers is one of Britain's best known actors, mainly for his many roles on television since the 1970s. He was born as the younger son of Michael Havers, QC, a Conservative MP for Wimbledon, Attorney General (1979-1987), and Lord High Chancellor of England (1987).
- January 1, 1
- 1.78 m
- London, England, UK
Nigel Havers ... Lord Andrew Lindsay: Ian Charleson ... Eric Liddell: Ben Cross ... Harold Abrahams: Daniel Gerroll ... Henry Stallard: Ian Holm ... Sam Mussabini: John Gielgud ... Master of Trinity (as Sir John Gielgud) Lindsay Anderson ... Master of Caius: Nigel Davenport ... Lord Birkenhead: Cheryl Campbell ... Jennie Liddell
Apr 9, 1982 · Chariots of Fire: Directed by Hugh Hudson. With Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross. Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
- (64K)
- Hugh Hudson
- PG
- Biography, Drama, Sport
Alice Krige as Sybil Gordon, a D'Oyly Carte soprano and Abrahams' fiancée (his actual fiancée was Sybil Evers) Struan Rodger as Sandy McGrath, Liddell's friend and running coach. Nigel Davenport as Lord Birkenhead, member of the British Olympic Committee, who counsels the athletes.
- $5.5 million (£3 million) or £4,032,859
- Vangelis
- 30 March 1981 (London)
- David Puttnam
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Apr 7, 2024 · Nigel Havers (foreground) and Ben Cross in Chariots of Fire (1981). The film begins at the 1978 memorial of the runner Harold Abrahams. It then moves back to 1919 when Abrahams (played by Ben Cross ), the son of a wealthy Jewish financier, arrives at the University of Cambridge.
