Alistair McGowan
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-11-24
- Place of birth:
- Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alistair McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is a British impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes - winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. He has also worked extensively in theatre and appeared in the West End in Art, Cabaret, The Mikado and Little Shop of Horrors (for which he received an Laurence Olivier Award nomination.).) As an actor on television he played the lead role in BBC1's Mayo. He wrote the play Timing (nominated as Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com awards) and the book A Matter of Life and Death or How to Wean Your Man off Football with former comedy partner Ronni Ancona. He also provided voices for Spitting Image. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alistair McGowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Twenty Twenty Six
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
The Weakest Link
Creation Stories
Talking Snooker
24 Hours in the Past
Words of Captain Scott
Falklands' Most Daring Raid
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Arthur Christmas
Leonardo
Little Crackers
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
My Life in Ruins
We Are Most Amused
Hairspray: The School Musical
What the Dickens?
Ealing Comedy
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Graham Norton Show
Skins
The One Show
Best Ever Spitting Image
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Mayo
Davina
Bleak House
Mock the Week
Monkey Trousers
Comic Aid
29 Minutes of Fame
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrity Mastermind
Lost and Found
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Richard & Judy
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2DTV
The Big Impression
Cor, Blimey!
FBI Music Magazine
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Dark Ages
Parkinson
Spark
Jonathan Creek
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
Crapston Villas
The Great Kandinsky
Fist of Fun
Harry Enfield and Chums
Room 101
An Evening with Gary Lineker
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Thatcherworld
GMTV
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
Murder Most Horrid
Have I Got News for You
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
Children's Ward
This Morning
Spitting Image
The Comedy Annual