David Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Biography
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor and writer. Mitchell rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance. Mitchell and Webb have written and starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have also starred in the British version of Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Their first film, Magicians, was released in 2007. They starred in the short-lived TV series Ambassadors in 2013, and in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back from 2017 to 2021. Mitchell starred as Owen in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Think the Unthinkable and as William Shakespeare in the BBC Two historical comedy Upstart Crow. He has starred in the BBC One detective comedy-drama Ludwig since 2024. He is a frequent participant on British panel shows, being a team captain on Would I Lie to You?, the host of The Unbelievable Truth on BBC Radio 4 and the former host of The Bubble and Was It Something I Said?, as well as guesting on other panel shows including QI, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He was also a co-host of the comedy news show 10 O'Clock Live. As a writer, he contributes opinion pieces to British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian.
Known For
Filmography
The Dark Room
Movie · as The Smart Man
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV · as Self - Presenter · 13 eps
Hey A.J.!
TV · as Theo (voice) · 44 eps
LOL: Last One Laughing Halloween UK
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
TV · 6 eps
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Ludwig
TV · as John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor · 12 eps
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Migration
Movie · as GooGoo (voice)
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Movie · as Self
David Mitchell's Outsiders
TV · as Self - Host · 18 eps
The Cleaner
TV · as Terence Redford · 1 ep
Greed
Movie · as Nick
Apple & Onion
TV · as Gherkin (voice) · 1 ep
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Movie · as Policeman Panda (voice)
Gun Shy
Movie · as John Hardigger
Back
TV · as Stephen · 12 eps
Upstart Crow
TV · as Will Shakespeare · 18 eps
Professor Branestawm Returns
Movie · as Councillor Harold Haggerstone
Friday Download: The Movie
Movie · as Policeman
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie · as Self
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Movie · as Councillor Harold Haggerstone
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Movie · as Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV · 1 ep
Was It Something I Said?
TV · as Self - Presenter · 8 eps
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV · as Self - Contestant · 7 eps
Ambassadors
TV · as Keith Davis · 3 eps
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Rick and Morty
TV · as Knight of the Sun (voice) · 1 ep
The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Crackanory
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV · as Jolliforth Jollington · 3 eps
Gadget Man
TV · 1 ep
Making Qi
Movie · as Self
10 O'Clock Live
TV · as Presenter · 33 eps
How TV Ruined Your Life
TV · 1 ep
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Movie · as Mark Corrigan
The Bubble
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
You Have Been Watching
TV · as Self · 2 eps
David Mitchell's Soapbox
TV · as Himself · 86 eps
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie · as Narrator
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Movie
Lily Allen and Friends
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Movie · as Self
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Movie · as David - Writer
Magicians
Movie · as Harry Kane
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self - Team Captain · 184 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Mitch (voice) · 3 eps
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
Movie
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
TV · 1 ep
Jam and Jerusalem
TV · as Dr. James Vine · 12 eps
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV · 1 ep
Blunder
TV · 5 eps
That Mitchell and Webb Look
TV · as Various Characters · 24 eps
The Charlotte Church Show
TV · 1 ep
The Law of the Playground
TV · 1 ep
Best of the Worst
TV · 6 eps
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Tim Agnew
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV · 1 ep
All About George
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Robot 1 (voice) · 1 ep
Mock the Week
TV · as Self · 11 eps
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dirty Tricks
TV · as Penguin (voice) · 1 ep
Twisted Tales
TV · as Ray · 1 ep
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Big Fat Quiz
TV · as Self - Contestant · 10 eps
Doctors and Nurses
TV · as Dr. Toby Stephens · 6 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Peep Show
TV · as Mark Corrigan · 54 eps
Spine Chillers
TV · 1 ep
QI
TV · as Self, Self - Panellist (archive footage) · 33 eps
Look Around You
TV · as Pat Taylor · 1 ep
tlc
TV · as 1950s Patient · 1 ep
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV · 6 eps
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV · 1 ep
Bruiser
TV · 6 eps
Comedy Lab
TV · as Ray, Baron Amstrad · 85 eps
Comedy Nation
TV · 26 eps
Soccer AM
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Frank Skinner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 3 eps
This Morning
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Question Time
TV · as Self - Panellist · 3 eps