Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse

Known for
Acting
Born
May 17, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Stanleytown, Rhondda, Wales, UK

Biography

Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 20 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer, presenter and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series The Fast Show and has starred with Harry Enfield in the shows Harry & Paul and Harry Enfield & Chums. He has appeared with Bob Mortimer in the BBC series Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and has also acted in films including Corpse Bride (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and The Death of Stalin (2017). In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was in the top 50 comedy acts voted for by comedians and comedy insiders.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic poster

Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2026
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom poster

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Movie · as Shop Keeper (voice)

2026
The Harry Hill Show poster

The Harry Hill Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me poster

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years poster

Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2024
The Chris McCausland Show poster

The Chris McCausland Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry poster

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Dodger Special: Coronation poster

Dodger Special: Coronation

Movie · as Royston

2023
The Change poster

The Change

TV · as Tony · 9 eps

2023
Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers poster

Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

2023
Vinnie Jones in the Country poster

Vinnie Jones in the Country

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea poster

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Movie · as Milkman

2022
The Love Box in Your Living Room poster

The Love Box in Your Living Room

Movie

2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? poster

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

TV · as Askew · 3 eps

2022
A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle To Dover poster

A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle To Dover

TV · 1 ep

2021
Murder, They Hope poster

Murder, They Hope

TV · as Monty · 1 ep

2020
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases

Movie · as Self/Various Characters

2020
The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases poster

The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases

Movie · as Self/Various Characters

2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield poster

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Movie · as Daniel Peggotty

2018
Ghost Stories poster

Ghost Stories

Movie · as Tony Matthews

2018
King of Thieves poster

King of Thieves

Movie · as Carl Wood

2018
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires poster

Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires

Movie · as The Wise One

2018
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing poster

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

TV · as Self · 56 eps

2017
The Death of Stalin poster

The Death of Stalin

Movie · as Anastas Mikoyan

2017
Smashie's Xmastastic Playlist poster

Smashie's Xmastastic Playlist

TV · as DJ Mike Smash · 2 eps

2017
Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist poster

Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist

TV · as Mike Smash · 2 eps

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie · as Thackery Earwicket / March Hare (voice)

2016
The Windsors poster

The Windsors

TV · as George III · 6 eps

2015
Mortdecai poster

Mortdecai

Movie · as Spinoza

2015
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse poster

An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse

Movie

2015
Nurse

Nurse

TV · as Graham Downes · 4 eps

2014
The IT Crowd Manual poster

The IT Crowd Manual

Movie · as Self

2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Movie · as Self

2014
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s poster

Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s

Movie · as Terry Collier / Michael Palin / Manuel / Frankie Howerd / Lurcio / Yosser Hughes / Lord Lawson / Stanley Baldrick / Alan Yentob / Rick / Dennis Potter / Evan Davis / Tim Canterbury / Rick Prog-Rock / Mary Berry / Jools Holland / Paul Merton / Sarah Silligan / Alan Davies / Diddy Andy Hamilton / Various

2014
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock poster

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

TV · as Pat Quid · 9 eps

2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) poster

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Toast of London poster

Toast of London

TV · as Vic Titball · 1 ep

2013
It's Kevin poster

It's Kevin

TV · as Rev. D.W.F. Winkleberry · 1 ep

2013
Gogglebox poster

Gogglebox

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Thackery Earwicket / March Hare (voice)

2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited poster

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Movie · as Self

2010
Burke & Hare poster

Burke & Hare

Movie · as Gentleman Drunk

2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Movie · as Self

2010
Bellamy's People poster

Bellamy's People

TV · 8 eps

2008
Graham Linehan: Funny Business poster

Graham Linehan: Funny Business

Movie

2007
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind poster

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

Movie · as Prancer (voice)

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Corpse Bride poster

Corpse Bride

Movie · as William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the Head Waiter (voice)

2005
Harry & Paul poster

Harry & Paul

TV · 24 eps

2005
Help poster

Help

TV · as Various · 6 eps

2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Movie · as Sir Cadogan

2004
Finding Neverland poster

Finding Neverland

Movie · as Stage Manager

2004
The Culture Show poster

The Culture Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Catherine Tate Show poster

The Catherine Tate Show

TV · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · 1 ep

2003
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour poster

The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour

Movie · as Various

2003
More Great Comedy Moments poster

More Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Smashie / Unlucky Alf (archive footage)

2003
Comedy Connections poster

Comedy Connections

TV · 1 ep

2003
Swiss Toni poster

Swiss Toni

TV · 1 ep

2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe poster

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Movie · as Prancer (voice)

2001
We Know Where You Live. Live! poster

We Know Where You Live. Live!

Movie · as Self

2001
Happiness poster

Happiness

TV · as Danny Spencer · 12 eps

2001
Jumpers for Goalposts

Jumpers for Goalposts

TV · as Ron Manager · 8 eps

2000
Kevin & Perry Go Large poster

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Movie · as Bouncer

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

1999
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire poster

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Movie · as Prancer (voice)

1999
Harry Enfield Undressed

Harry Enfield Undressed

Movie

1999
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show poster

Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show

Movie · as Self

1999
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? poster

The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?

Movie

1999
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as Pawnbroker · 2 eps

1998
Ted & Ralph poster

Ted & Ralph

Movie · as Ted / Rowley Birkin / Kevin Brown

1998
The Fast Show Live poster

The Fast Show Live

Movie

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Match of the World Cup

Match of the World Cup

TV · 7 eps

1994
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party poster

Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party

Movie · as Smashie

1994
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era poster

Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

Movie · as Mike Smash

1994
The Fast Show poster

The Fast Show

TV · as Various Characters · 34 eps

1994
The Danny Baker Show

The Danny Baker Show

TV · 1 ep

1994
Harry Enfield and Chums poster

Harry Enfield and Chums

TV · as Various Characters · 12 eps

1993
Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer poster

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

TV · 12 eps

1992
The Weekenders poster

The Weekenders

Movie · as Spencer Pedal

1992
GamesMaster poster

GamesMaster

TV · 1 ep

1992
Bunch Of Five poster

Bunch Of Five

TV · as Spencer Pendel · 1 ep

1991
Amnesty International's Big 30 poster

Amnesty International's Big 30

Movie · as Mike Smash

1991
Paul Merton: The Series poster

Paul Merton: The Series

TV · 1 ep

1990
The Craig Ferguson Show poster

The Craig Ferguson Show

Movie · as Various

1990
Harry Enfield's Television Programme poster

Harry Enfield's Television Programme

TV · 13 eps

1988
Countryfile poster

Countryfile

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Everyman poster

Everyman

TV · 1 ep

1964
Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep