Rob Brydon

Known for ActingBorn 1965-05-03 (age 61)Swansea, Wales, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Millennium: The Musical

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

The Big Night In

Lord of Misrule

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

Murder in Mind

Green Eggs and Ham

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Black Books

Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore

Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party

QI

The Healer

Would I Lie to You?

Agatha Christie's Marple

McDonald & Dodds

Marion and Geoff

James Bond: For Real

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

Destination X

Big Fat Quiz

Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy

My Lady Jane

Top Gear

Shaun of the Dead

Body Beautiful

Gavin & Stacey

Monkey Trousers

The One Ronnie

The Trip

Not Going Out

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

The Gruffalo

I'm Alan Partridge

The Keith Barret Show

Stitch Head

The Graham Norton Show

The Floor

Natural World

Eleven Men Against Eleven

Bear's Mission with...

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

Barbie

Trust

The Smeds and the Smoos