Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop
Biography
Kevin Brian Bishop is an English actor and comedian, best known for The Kevin Bishop Show, which he co-wrote with Lee Hupfield. Bishop's first role was in Grange Hill. His second role, at age 16, was as Ben Quayle in Silent Witness. He played Stupid Brian in three episodes of My Family. He starred in Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins. In 2005, he portrayed the late comedian Dudley Moore onstage in Pete and Dud: Come Again, a drama charting Moore's turbulent relationship with Peter Cook, which debuted at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to The Venue in London's West End in March 2006. In August 2007 he appeared as the title character in Channel 4's satirical spoof documentary "Being Tom Cruise", a spin-off of Star Stories. In September 2014, Bishop appeared in the one-man show Fully Committed at the Menier Chocolate Factory, in which he played forty characters. In 2013, Bishop appeared in the American comedy series Super Fun Night, written by and starring Australian comedic actress Rebel Wilson. The show ran for one season. In August 2016, Bishop starred in the revival of classic 1970s BBC sitcom Porridge. He played the role of Fletch, grandson of Ronnie Barker's original main character, locked up for cyber-crime. Originally a one-off, the show was commissioned to full series in October 2016. The first series was broadcast in October 2017 on a 6-week run on BBC One as well as the full series being released at the same time on BBC iPlayer. In 2016, Bishop played Nigel Farage in a one-off BBC Two comedy series entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back. In 2017, Bishop became the speaking voice for 2-D, fictional lead singer of British virtual band Gorillaz
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-06-18 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Bromley, England, UK
Acting

2023

Beyond Paradise as Mike Moss

2023

Greek Salad as William

2023

Sumotherhood as Random Customer in Bank

2022

Birds Like Us as Hassan (voice)

2022

The Love Box in Your Living Room as Not available

2019

Miracle Workers as Quizmaster

2019

Flack as Danny Davis

2018

Lady Windermere's Fan as Lord Darlington

2017

Strike as Wally Cardew

2017

A Few Less Men as Graham

2017

Porridge as Nigel Norman Fletcher

2016

The Rack Pack as Barry Hearn

2016

Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back as Nigel Farage

2015

Documentary Now! as Gary Jacks

2015

Moonwalkers as Paul

2014

Inside No. 9 as Arlo, a Fool

2013

Super Fun Night as Richard Royce

2013

May I Kill U? as Baz

2013

All Stars as Andy

2012

Keith Lemon: The Film as Dougie

2011

My Piece of the Pie as Nick, Le Boxeur

2011

A Few Best Men as Graham

2010

Whites as Not available

2010

Channel 4's Comedy Gala as Not available

2010

Huge as Himself

2010

Whites as Shay Marshall

2010

Royal Wedding as TJ

2009

FM as Not available

2008

Celebrity Juice as Self

2008

The Kevin Bishop Show as Not available

2007

Would I Lie to You? as Self

2007

Benidorm as The Original Peter Andre

2007

Comedy Showcase as Various

2007

Irina Palm as Tom

2007

Dogface as Not available

2006

Hotel Babylon as Not available

2006

The Charlotte Church Show as Self - Guest

2005

Love Soup as Not available

2005

Russian Dolls as William

2005

Spoons as Not available

2004

The Last Chancers as Not available

2003

Peep Show as Ollie

2002

The Spanish Apartment as William

2002

Food of Love as Paul Porterfield

2002

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime as Dick Whittington

2001

Richard & Judy as Self

2000

Doctors as Craig Prentice

2000

The Big Finish as Kevin

1996

Silent Witness as Ben Quayle

1996

Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins

1994

Pie in the Sky as Nicky

1986

Casualty as Nick Wilson

1984

The Bill as Not available

1978

Grange Hill as Sam Spalding