Steve Pemberton
Acting
- Born:
- 1967-09-01
- Place of birth:
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Steve Pemberton is a BAFTA winning actor and writer born in Blackburn, UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in Yorkshire with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts in 1989. After leaving college Steve spent time producing and starring in small-scale theatre productions in London and working part-time for Variety as assistant editor of the International Film Guide. In 1996 Steve and his college friends Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson went to Edinburgh with comedy show The League of Gentlemen, winning the coveted Perrier Comedy prize a year later. The group then went on to record a radio series and four TV series for the BBC as well as staging three live tours and making a film. In 2009 Steve and Reece wrote and starred in the multi-award winning black comedy Psychoville which ran for two series and a Halloween special. The pair's acclaimed anthology show Inside No 9 began in 2014 and Steve was awarded with a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2019. The show also won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Steve lives in North London with his partner and three children.
Known For
Filmography
The Hack
Missing You
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Better Man
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
The Weakest Link
The Cleaner
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
The Hour
Alma's Not Normal
Worzel Gummidge
Ladhood
The Tamron Hall Show
Brassic
Good Omens
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
Celebrity Catchphrase
Take Rabbit
Killing Eve
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
Zanzibar
House of Games
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Urban Myths
The Devil of Christmas
Camping
Professor Branestawm Returns
Taskmaster
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
The 12 Days of Christine
La Couchette
Mapp and Lucia
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Happy Valley
The Understudy
Last Gasp
Tom & Gerri
A Quiet Night In
Sardines
Inside No. 9
Toast of London
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Psychobitches
Catchphrase
Heading Out
Mr. Stink
Playhouse Presents
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Death in Paradise
Pointless Celebrities
Going Postal 2in1
Psychoville Halloween Special
The First Men in the Moon
Going Postal
Psychoville
Horrible Histories
Whitechapel
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
The Old Curiosity Shop
Would I Lie to You?
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Kingdom
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Lewis
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Benidorm
What the Pythons Did Next...
The Russell Brand Show
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Great British Menu
Hotel Babylon
Under The Greenwood Tree
Lassie
Match Point
Riot at the Rite
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Friends Reunited
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Marple
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Blackpool
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Shameless
Celebrity Mastermind
The Last Detective
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Tales from Behind the Crypt
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Birthday Girl
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Gormenghast
The League of Gentlemen
In the Red
Midsomer Murders
Mash and Peas
Soccer AM
Alice in Russialand
Highgate House of Horror
Agatha Christie's Poirot
This Morning
The South Bank Show
Cold Comfort