Nathan Spencer

Nathan Spencer was a character in the British medical drama Casualty, appearing as an antagonist in series 20, 21 and 22 (which aired from 2005 to 2007). He was the corporate director of Holby City Hospital, and the archenemy of Harry Harper.

He was played by Ben Price, who would go on to play Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street.

History
Nathan was appointed as Holby City Hospital's new corporate director in December 2005. Having come from a banking background, he had little empathy towards the patients themselves, and was more concerned with meeting hospital targets and balancing the books. He soon came into loggerheads with consultant Harry Harper, and Nathan's attitude caused him to become unpopular with many of the staff working in the emergency department.

Nathan fell for a doctor Selena Donovan and the pair began dating, although it became clear that he was obsessed with her as he began stalking Selena by keeping surveillance footage of her in his office, although he passed this off as trying to get CCTV footage of an attack on a member of staff just recently. He continued his relationship with Selena and got engaged to her, but he began to sleep with prostitutes behind her back. His deception was discovered by a nurse Kelsey Phillips, he began to secretly work as a prostitute in order to pay off her debts, and discovered Nathan was a regular client at the brothel she was employed at. Nathan attempted to pay Kelsey off with money to help her with her debts, but she decided to tell Selena the truth as to what man she was about to marry. A disgusted and betrayed Selena called off the marriage, leaving Nathan alone.

When the emergency department faced closure, Harry began to enter politics in order to campaign to save the hospital. Nathan, wanting to take up a new job opportunity in the event that he could undo Harry's campaign, manipulated a meek receptionist Alice to claim that Harry had sexually harassed her when he hugged her a few days prior. Alice filed a complaint which caused Harry to be suspended from the hospital and face scrutiny which could ruin his campaign. But Alice felt guilt over being used by Nathan, and retracted the complaint, which allowed Harry to return to work and win his campaign. Before Harry left for Westminster, he had dinner with Selena and slept with her. Nathan found out about their romance, and feel jealous he deleted a text on Selena's phone from Harry, giving her the impression that Harry had second thoughts on their relationship. A smug Nathan was satisfied that Selena had permanently ended things with Harry.