Birthday: 1980-06-18
Birthplace: Bromley, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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
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2023-10-13 | Sumotherhood | Random Customer in Bank |
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2022-12-16 | Gangsta Granny Strikes Again | Flavio |
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2022-10-27 | The Love Box in Your Living Room | |
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2022-06-30 | Birds Like Us | Hassan (voice) |
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2021-12-21 | Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye | Jeffrey Tamworthy |
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2021-03-17 | Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break | Jack Tapp |
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2019-07-26 | Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans | German Legate |
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2018-03-20 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lord Darlington |
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2017-03-09 | A Few Less Men | Graham |
2016-10-30 | Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back | Nigel Farage | |
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2016-08-19 | David Brent: Life on the Road | DJ |
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2016-01-17 | The Rack Pack | Barry Hearn |
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2015-12-22 | We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | James Beck |
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2015-03-14 | Moonwalkers | Paul |
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2013-05-01 | All Stars | Andy |
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2013-01-11 | May I Kill U? | Baz |
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2012-08-24 | Keith Lemon: The Film | Dougie |
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2011-10-14 | A Few Best Men | Graham |
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2011-03-16 | My Piece of the Pie | Nick, Le Boxeur |
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2010-09-10 | Whites | Shay Marshall |
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2010-05-17 | Royal Wedding | TJ |
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2007-02-13 | Irina Palm | Tom |
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2005-06-15 | Russian Dolls | William |
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2002-06-19 | The Spanish Apartment | William |
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2002-02-08 | Food of Love | Paul Porterfield |
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2002-01-01 | Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime | Dick Whittington |
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2000-01-01 | The Big Finish | Kevin |
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1996-02-16 | Muppet Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins |