
Kevin Bishop
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
Credits
- 2023 · Sumotherhood as Random Customer in Bank
- 2023 · Greek Salad as William
- 2023 · Beyond Paradise as Mike Moss
- 2022 · Gangsta Granny Strikes Again as Flavio
- 2022 · The Love Box in Your Living Room as
- 2022 · Birds Like Us as Hassan (voice)
- 2021 · Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye as Jeffrey Tamworthy
- 2021 · Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Jack Tapp
- 2019 · Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans as German Legate
- 2019 · Flack as Danny Davis
- 2019 · Miracle Workers as Quizmaster
- 2018 · The Muppets Take The O2 as Self
- 2018 · Lady Windermere's Fan as Lord Darlington
- 2017 · Porridge as Nigel Norman Fletcher
- 2017 · Strike as Wally Cardew
- 2017 · A Few Less Men as Graham
- 2016 · Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back as Nigel Farage
- 2016 · David Brent: Life on the Road as DJ
- 2016 · The Rack Pack as Barry Hearn
- 2015 · We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story as James Beck
- 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 · All Stars as Andy
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Baz
- 2012 · Keith Lemon: The Film as Dougie
- 2011 · A Few Best Men as Graham
- 2011 · My Piece of the Pie as Nick, Le Boxeur
- 2010 · Whites as
- 2010 · Whites as Shay Marshall
- 2010 · Huge as Himself
- 2010 · Royal Wedding as TJ
- 2010 · Channel 4's Comedy Gala as
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2009 · Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- 2009 · FM as
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2008 · The Kevin Bishop Show as
- 2007 · Comedy Showcase as Various
- 2007 · Dogface as
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · Irina Palm as Tom
- 2007 · Benidorm as The Original Peter Andre
- 2006 · The Charlotte Church Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Spoons as
- 2005 · Love Soup as
- 2005 · Russian Dolls as William
- 2004 · The Last Chancers as
- 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
- 2001 · Big Brother's Little Brother 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
- 1978 · Grange Hill as Sam Spalding