Nigel Whitmey is a Canadianborn British actor who was born in Alberta, Canada, who has appeared in TV series and films. He is also the husband of the actress Abigail Thaw, whom he met whilst training at RADA.
Whitmey was born in Canada as his family emigrated there from Liverpool, England, where his father had been employed as a medical officer of health. He came to London in the mid1980s to study drama at RADA and here he met actress Abigail Thaw whom he married in 1986 and has had two children with since Molly Mae Whitmey and Talia Whitmey . He has worked chiefly in Britain but did return to Canada to make the 1997 film Twilight of the Ice Nymphs for Guy Maddin.
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