Steve Pemberton
Steve Pemberton is a BAFTA winning actor and writer born in Blackburn, UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in Yorkshire with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts in 1989. After leaving college Steve spent time producing and starring in small-scale theatre productions in London and working part-time for Variety as assistant editor of the International Film Guide. In 1996 Steve and his college friends Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson went to Edinburgh with comedy show The League of Gentlemen, winning the coveted Perrier Comedy prize a year later. The group then went on to record a radio series and four TV series for the BBC as well as staging three live tours and making a film. In 2009 Steve and Reece wrote and starred in the multi-award winning black comedy Psychoville which ran for two series and a Halloween special. The pair's acclaimed anthology show Inside No 9 began in 2014 and Steve was awarded with a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2019. The show also won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Steve lives in North London with his partner and three children.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Missing You as Titus
- 2024 · Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
- 2024 · Better Man as Peter
- 2024 · Rob Beckett's Smart TV as Self - Guest
- 2021 · The Cleaner as Donald
- 2019 · Worzel Gummidge as Mr Braithwaite
- 2019 · Ladhood as The Gardener
- 2018 · Celebrity Catchphrase as Self - Contestant
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Bill Grundy
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
- 2014 · Happy Valley as Kevin Weatherill
- 2013 · Toast of London as Francis Bacon
- 2013 · Catchphrase as
- 2010 · Going Postal as Drumknott
- 2009 · Psychoville as David Sowerbutts
- 2009 · Whitechapel as Edward Buchan
- 2007 · Kingdom as Jack Thriplow
- 2007 · Derren Brown: Trick or Treat as Himself
- 2007 · Mr. Bean's Holiday as Vicar
- 2007 · The Bad Mother's Handbook as Leo Fairbrother
- 2006 · Hotel Babylon as
- 2005 · Match Point as Detective Parry
- 2005 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Mr. Prosser
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Chester
- 2004 · Blackpool as Adrian Marr
- 2003 · The Last Detective as
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as Duty sergeant
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 2000 · Gormenghast as
- 2000 · Gormenghast as Professor Mule
- 1999 · The League of Gentlemen as
- 1998 · In the Red as Lawrence Boot Heath
- 1996 · Mash and Peas as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- Future · Horrible Histories: The Six Idiots as
- 2021 · Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane as Mr Braithwaite
- 2021 · Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers as Mr Braithwaite
- 2020 · Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2020 · The Hour as Himself
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Brassic as Mr King
- 2019 · Good Omens as Mr. Glozier
- 2018 · The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! as Various Characters
- 2018 · The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! as Various Characters
- 2018 · The Interrogation of Tony Martin as Tony Martin
- 2018 · Killing Eve as Paul
- 2018 · Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday as Himself
- 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- 2016 · Camping as Robin
- 2015 · Professor Branestawm Returns as Professor Algebrain
- 2015 · Taskmaster as Self
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Georgie Pillson
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Stan
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as The Doctor
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Spencer Maguire
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Attendant
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mick
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Felix
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Wilma
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Kenny
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Dickie
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Jason
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Len
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Robert
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Kenneth
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Hugo
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Adrian
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Keith
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Giles
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Blake
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Migg
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Eddie
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Carl
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Graham
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Tony
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Bobby
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Jorg
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Oggy
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Trevor
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Peter
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Andy
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Willy Wando
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr Clarke
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as David
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Jim
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Galen
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as PC Thompson
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Self
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Nigel
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Malcolm
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Roger
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Chris
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Darren
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr Edwards
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Ezra
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr Blenkin
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as DI Ellis
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Bob
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Manny
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Harry
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Jasper
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Joe
- 2013 · Heading Out as Jonathan Walters
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Sir Derek Dimble
- 2012 · National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer as Hardcastle
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Neil Henderson
- 2010 · Psychoville Halloween Special as Various
- 2010 · The First Men in the Moon as Sun
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as
- 2008 · Rocky Horror Tribute Show as Narrator
- 2007 · The Old Curiosity Shop as Mr. Short
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · I Could Never Be Your Woman as Censor
- 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Eric's Drums
- 2007 · Benidorm as Mick Garvey
- 2007 · Benidorm as Mick
- 2007 · What the Pythons Did Next... as Self
- 2006 · The Russell Brand Show as Self
- 2006 · The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You! as
- 2006 · The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You as Tubbs Tattsyrup / Pauline Campbell-Jones / Herr Lipp / Pop / Dave Parkes / Harvey Denton / Charlie Hull / Reenie Calver / Anne Hand / Barry Baggs / Mike Harris / Dr Carlton / Mary
- 2006 · Great British Menu as Self - Guest Judge
- 2005 · Under The Greenwood Tree as Mr. Shiner
- 2005 · Lassie as Hynes
- 2005 · Riot at the Rite as Critic
- 2005 · Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self - The League of Gentlemen
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as Various Characters
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Strackman Lux
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Henry Wake
- 2004 · The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Harry Secombe
- 2004 · Shameless as
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Viking (voice)
- 2001 · The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane as various
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2000 · The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Timothy Benson
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1995 · Highgate House of Horror as Woodall
- 1995 · Alice in Russialand as Various characters
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr Bessner