Rob Brydon
Acting
- Born:
- 1965-05-03
- Place of birth:
- Swansea, Wales, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Not Alone
Clayface
Frank and Percy
The Scarecrows' Wedding
The Floor (UK)
Stitch Head
Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip
Destination X
Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Tiddler
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
My Lady Jane
Tabby McTat
Barbie
The Smeds and the Smoos
The Amazing Maurice
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
The John Bishop Show
Superworm
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
The Snail and the Whale
Days of the Bagnold Summer
The Trip to Greece
The Big Night In
McDonald & Dodds
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Green Eggs and Ham
Blinded by the Light
Holmes & Watson
Zog
The Highway Rat
Swimming with Men
Trust
Early Man
Bear's Mission with...
Revolting Rhymes
The Trip to Spain
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Stick Man
Cinderella
Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Lily's Driftwood Bay
The Trip to Italy
The Guess List
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Gangsta Granny
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Room on the Broom
Bond on Location
The Best of Men
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
The Gruffalo's Child
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Making Qi
The Trip
The One Ronnie
The Trip
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
The Gruffalo
Rob Brydon Live
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
The Saint & the Hanged Man
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Heroes and Villains
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
Would I Lie to You?
Little Britain Down Under
Gavin & Stacey
The Graham Norton Show
Keith Barret Live
James Bond: For Real
Becoming Bond
Not Going Out
The One Show
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
The F Word
Supernova
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
A Cock and Bull Story
Monkey Trousers
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
MirrorMask
Big Fat Quiz
Agatha Christie's Marple
The Keith Barret Show
Shaun of the Dead
Little Britain
QI
Coogan's Runner
Cruise of the Gods
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Top Gear
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
24 Hour Party People
Richard & Judy
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Murder in Mind
Human Remains
Black Books
Marion and Geoff
Millennium: The Musical
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Very Thought of You
Parkinson
I'm Alan Partridge
Cold Lazarus
Lord of Misrule
Married for Life
Eleven Men Against Eleven
First Knight
The Healer
Summer Session
Body Beautiful
Fantastic Person
Have I Got News for You
The Wrong Type
Comic Relief
Natural World
An Audience with...
Gaynor & Ray
Bill's Included