Rob Brydon
Robert Brydon Jones is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He gained prominence for his roles in film, television and radio. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting and charitable services. Brydon gained fame for his roles in the black comedy series Human Remains (2000), the mockumentary series Marion and Geoff (2000–2003), the chat show spoof The Keith Barret Show (2004–2005), and the comedy series Supernova (2005–2006). From 2007 to 2024, he played Bryn West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance. He has acted in several films with Steve Coogan for director Michael Winterbottom, starting with 24 Hour Party People (2002) and A Cock and Bull Story (2005). Brydon and Coogan then starred in The Trip (2010), followed by The Trip to Italy (2014), The Trip to Spain (2017), and The Trip to Greece (2020). He has also acted in the films Cinderella (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Holmes & Watson (2019), and Barbie (2023). Since 2009, Brydon has presented the BBC One comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? after previously playing himself as host of a fictional panel show in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, which ran on BBC Three from 2006 until 2007. In addition to presenting his late-night chat show, The Rob Brydon Show, for two years, he hosted the 2014 Saturday-night game show The Guess List for BBC One.
124 acting credits
Acting · 124
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Top Gear
2002
The One Show
2006
QI
2003
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Barbie
2023
Have I Got News for You
1990
Natural World
1983
Richard & Judy
2001
An Audience with...
1978
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Not Going Out
2006
Cinderella
2015
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
Parkinson
1998
Murder in Mind
2001
Little Britain
2003
Shaun of the Dead
2004
McDonald & Dodds
2020
Trust
2018
Black Books
2000
Big Fat Quiz
2004
Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014
My Lady Jane
2024
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
The Trip
2010
Gavin & Stacey
2007
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
I'm Alan Partridge
1997
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Early Man
2018
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009
First Knight
1995
Holmes & Watson
2018
Stitch Head
2025
Heroes and Villains
2007
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
Cold Lazarus
1996
The Amazing Maurice
2022
The Gruffalo
2009
Monkey Trousers
2005
24 Hour Party People
2002
Human Remains
2000
Supernova
2005
The Keith Barret Show
2004
Marion and Geoff
2000
MirrorMask
2005
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
The Scarecrows' Wedding
2026
Room on the Broom
2012
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
The Snail and the Whale
2020
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
Stick Man
2015
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
Blinded by the Light
2019
The Floor
2026
Bear's Mission with...
2017
The Highway Rat
2018
Bill's Included
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Revolting Rhymes
2017
Zog
2018
The John Bishop Show
2022
Swimming with Men
2018
The Very Thought of You
1998
The Trip
2011
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
Tabby McTat
2024
The Trip to Italy
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014
Superworm
2021
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
The Big Night In
2020
Days of the Bagnold Summer
2020
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
Married for Life
1996
Becoming Bond
2006
Cruise of the Gods
2002
The Best of Men
2012
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
Tiddler
2024
The Trip to Greece
2020
James Bond: For Real
2006
The Trip to Spain
2017
Destination X
2025
Frank and Percy
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Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2005
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995
The Guess List
2014
Little Britain Down Under
2007
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
2019
Gangsta Granny
2013
Bond on Location
2012
The One Ronnie
2010
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001
Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip
2025
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
2024
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025
Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
2014
Lord of Misrule
1996
Making Qi
2011
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
2005
Coogan's Runner
2003
The Healer
1994
Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure
2025
The Wrong Type
1990
Gaynor & Ray
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Body Beautiful
1991
Summer Session
1992
Rob Brydon Live
2009
Fantastic Person
1991
An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
2025
Millennium: The Musical
1999
The Saint & the Hanged Man
2008
Keith Barret Live
2006
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
2010