David Mitchell
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor and writer. Mitchell rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance. Mitchell and Webb have written and starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have also starred in the British version of Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Their first film, Magicians, was released in 2007. They starred in the short-lived TV series Ambassadors in 2013, and in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back from 2017 to 2021. Mitchell starred as Owen in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Think the Unthinkable and as William Shakespeare in the BBC Two historical comedy Upstart Crow. He has starred in the BBC One detective comedy-drama Ludwig since 2024. He is a frequent participant on British panel shows, being a team captain on Would I Lie to You?, the host of The Unbelievable Truth on BBC Radio 4 and the former host of The Bubble and Was It Something I Said?, as well as guesting on other panel shows including QI, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He was also a co-host of the comedy news show 10 O'Clock Live. As a writer, he contributes opinion pieces to British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian.
88 acting credits
Acting · 88
Rick and Morty
2013
Doctor Who
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Phineas and Ferb
2007
The One Show
2006
QI
2003
Have I Got News for You
1990
The Last Leg
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Would I Lie to You?
2007
Question Time
1979
Migration
2023
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Peep Show
2003
Apple & Onion
2018
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
Soccer AM
1995
Room 101
1994
Mock the Week
2005
Ludwig
2024
Big Fat Quiz
2004
The Cleaner
2021
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
Comedy Lab
1998
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Upstart Crow
2016
Look Around You
2002
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Back
2017
Crackanory
2013
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
Spine Chillers
2003
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2006
The Big Narstie Show
2018
Gadget Man
2012
Twisted Tales
2005
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
The Charlotte Church Show
2006
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
Lily Allen and Friends
2008
Ambassadors
2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
tlc
2002
David Mitchell's Outsiders
2021
Greed
2019
10 O'Clock Live
2011
You Have Been Watching
2009
This Morning
1988
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
All About George
2005
Bruiser
2000
How TV Ruined Your Life
2011
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
The Bubble
2010
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Gun Shy
2017
David Mitchell's Soapbox
2009
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025
Hey A.J.!
2026
Dirty Tricks
2005
Doctors and Nurses
2004
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014
Magicians
2007
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
2006
Was It Something I Said?
2013
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023
The Law of the Playground
2006
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014
Blunder
2006
Best of the Worst
2006
Friday Download: The Movie
2015
The Taming of the Shrew
2005
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Making Qi
2011
Comedy Nation
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Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
2007
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
2006
The Dark Room
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