Kevin Eldon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Chatham, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Kevin Eldon is a British Actor, Comedian and Songwriter. He featured in the major British TV comedies of the 1990s including Fist of Fun, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. In 2013, Eldon appeared in his own BBC sketch series It's Kevin. He has also appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his wife Holly, who he met in late 2005 on the set of Hyperdrive, where she was the art director. Eldon occupies half a page in Oliver Gray's book called Volume – A Cautionary Tale of Rock and Roll Obsession; this includes coverage of punk-era Hampshire where, in late 1978, with two schoolmates from Bay House School, Gosport, Eldon started a band named Virginia Doesn't. Virginia Doesn't's career peaked with a session broadcast on Radio One's John Peel Show on 18 October 1979. In early 1980, Virginia Doesn't morphed into The Time, in which Eldon was again the front man. The Time recorded and performed from April 1980 until August 1982, during which time the band gigged extensively and played support slots with The Jam, Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive and Bad Manners. The Time had songs included on several self-released tape compilations, although they never secured a recording contract. In August 1982, The Time became Gerry Hackett & The Fringes, a spoof Sixties revival band. On 6 November 1983 Gerry Hackett & The Fringes appeared on BBC South's 'The Cellar Show' presented by John Sessions. Eldon started on the stand-up circuit in the early 1990s performing an act in-character as the political poet Paul Hamilton, but has also, on occasion, done stand-up as himself. On the circuit, Eldon formed a friendship with stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, which would later lead to an invitation to work with him on the radio series Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun with Lee's comedy partner Richard Herring. Lee and Herring would usually refer to him as "the actor Kevin Eldon", in reference to his claim to being an actor rather than a comedian. Eldon's work sat well with that of Lee and Herring, and he continued to work with them on many of their projects, including The Lee & Herring Radio Show, Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy. He played recurring characters Simon Quinlank (the self-styled "King of Hobbies") and 'Rod Hull', a nonsensical version of Rod Hull with a prosthetic limb and an obsession with jelly, especially the 'green' variety. In 1994 and 1997, he appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part the comedy troupe Cluub Zarathustra; other comedians in the troupe including Roger Mann, Johnny Vegas, Simon Munnery, and later Stewart Lee. They were given a Channel 4 pilot, which led to the television series Attention Scum! The book You Are Nothing by Robert Wringham praises the performers' talent. From March 2009, Eldon appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in a number of the show's sketches most often with Paul Putner.
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Filmography
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Movie · as (voice)
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Movie · as (voice)
Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee project
Movie · as Self
Madfabulous
Movie · as John Wickens
The Jillon
Movie · as Priest
The Witness
TV · as DCI Mick Wickerson · 3 eps
Duck & Frog
TV · as (voice) · 50 eps
Bill's Included
TV · as Drew · 6 eps
Afterburn
Movie · as Father Samson
VE Day 80
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 Body Problem
TV · as Sir Thomas More · 1 ep
My Lady Jane
TV · as Dr. Butts · 3 eps
Napoleon
Movie · as Dr Corvisart
Journey: A Voice Lost... and Found
Movie · as Self
Hijack
TV · as Devlin · 3 eps
Juice
TV · as Mr Majal · 6 eps
The Chelsea Detective
TV · as Roy Colin · 1 ep
Pistol
TV · as Bill Grundy · 1 ep
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
TV · as Coffin (voice) · 1 ep
The Responder
TV · as Neil · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV · as Narvi · 6 eps
Trigger Point
TV · as Jeff Washington · 10 eps
Shadow and Bone
TV · as The Apparat · 3 eps
Wolfe
TV · as Vincent Frayn · 1 ep
The Larkins
TV · as Howard · 1 ep
Six Minutes to Midnight
Movie · as Sergeant Simmons
King Rocker
Movie · as Self
Miss Scarlet
TV · as Jacob Bunce · 1 ep
Truth Seekers
TV · as Jack · 1 ep
Criminal: UK
TV · as Michael Walker · 1 ep
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
TV · as LCpl. Jack Jones · 3 eps
Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of Primal
Movie · as Tenoroc (voice)
Funny Cow
Movie · as Danny
Eaten by Lions
Movie · as Ken
Johnny English Strikes Again
Movie · as MI7 Night Duty Agent
Zanzibar
Movie · as Vince
Hang Ups
TV · as Terry Sparkes · 1 ep
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
Movie
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Movie · as Kevin
Call Me Alvy
Movie · as Dr. Rubenstein
Timewasters
TV · as Professor John Logie Baird · 1 ep
House of Games
TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps
Gunpowder
TV · as Sir John Hawksworth · 1 ep
Decline and Fall
TV · as Mr Levy · 1 ep
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Movie · as Nick Secker
The Crown
TV · as Priest Michael · 1 ep
Damned
TV · as Martin Bickerstaff · 12 eps
Brilliantman!
Movie · as Brilliantman
Friday Download: The Movie
Movie · as Mr. Prim
Danger Mouse
TV · as Penfold (voice) · 100 eps
Cradle to Grave
TV · as Vicar · 1 ep
The Last Kingdom
TV · as Bishop Erkenwald · 8 eps
The IT Crowd Manual
Movie · as Self
Set Fire to the Stars
Movie · as Stanley
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Movie · as Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inside No. 9
TV · as Vince · 1 ep
Utopia
TV · as Tony Bradley · 1 ep
It's Kevin
TV · as Kevin / Various · 6 eps
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV · as Dr. McFee · 3 eps
Crackanory
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Psychobitches
TV · as Witch of Endor · 1 ep
The Wedding Video
Movie · as Andrew
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
Movie · as Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV · as Servegood · 3 eps
Them From That Thing
TV · as Various · 2 eps
Playhouse Presents
TV · as Martin · 1 ep
Kevin Eldon - is Titting About
Movie · as Self
Hugo
Movie · as Policeman
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Elf (voice)
Connected
Movie · as Customer
Game of Thrones
TV · as Camello, Goldcloak · 2 eps
How TV Ruined Your Life
TV · 4 eps
Matt Hatter Chronicles
TV · as Tenoroc · 52 eps
Death in Paradise
TV · as Jeremy Herbert · 1 ep
Campus
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep
Lizzie and Sarah
Movie · as Rick
Four Lions
Movie · as Sniper
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
Movie · as Himself
D.O.A
Movie · as Carl
Mongrels
TV · as Photographer · 1 ep
Little Crackers
TV · as Ron Johnways · 1 ep
Faintheart
Movie · as Alan
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
TV · as Various Characters, Fish, Referee · 6 eps
Horrible Histories
TV · 3 eps
Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
Movie · as Himself
Attila the Hun
Movie · as Romulus
Dead Set
TV · as Joplin · 5 eps
Merlin
TV · as Trickler · 1 ep
Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Sergeant Tony Fisher
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
World of Wrestling
Movie
The Yellow House
Movie · as Jaques
Skins
TV · as Manfred · 1 ep
Heroes and Villains
TV · 6 eps
M.I. High
TV · as Space Controller · 1 ep
Hyperdrive
TV · as First Officer Eduardo Pauline York · 12 eps
Robin Hood
TV · 1 ep
Mayo
TV · 1 ep
The IT Crowd
TV · as French Tech Support · 1 ep
Saxondale
TV · as Martin · 1 ep
Hotel Babylon
TV · as Jury Clerk · 1 ep
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie · as Man with Dog
Who I Am and What I Want
Movie · as Pete
Popetown
TV · as Cardinal Two (voice) · 10 eps
Harry & Paul
TV · 24 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Ribbons · 1 ep
Nathan Barley
TV · as Nikolai the Barber · 1 ep
Twisted Tales
TV · as Wig Shop Proprietor · 1 ep
Funland
TV · as Shadowman · 5 eps
Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are
Movie · as Miles (voice)
Spaced: Skip to the End
Movie · as Self
Bill Bailey: Part Troll
Movie · as Member of Kraftwerk
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as Wizzy Wisbeach
I Am Not an Animal
TV · as Hugh the Monkey (voice) · 6 eps
Nighty Night
TV · as Terry Tyrrell · 6 eps
Hustle
TV · as Anxious · 1 ep
New Tricks
TV · as Dr Neville Moroni · 1 ep
Murder City
TV · 1 ep
Green Wing
TV · as Scissors Bentley · 1 ep
The Last Chancers
TV · as Karl · 5 eps
Spine Chillers
TV · as Wig Shop Proprietor · 2 eps
Celebrity Mastermind
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Movie · as Antimony
Look Around You
TV · as Tony Rudd · 1 ep
15 Storeys High
TV · as Nev · 2 eps
High Heels and Low Lifes
Movie · as McGill
The Junkies
Movie · as Kevin
Combat Sheep
Movie · as Cooper (voice)
Attention Scum
TV · 6 eps
World of Pub
TV · 6 eps
Jam
TV · as Various · 6 eps
Black Books
TV · as Cleaner · 1 ep
Spaced
TV · as Agent · 1 ep
Smack the Pony
TV · as Various Characters · 1 ep
Hippies
TV · as Peter Mountstewart · 1 ep
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
TV · 18 eps
Big Train
TV · 12 eps
In the Red
TV · as Porno Shop Owner · 1 ep
I'm Alan Partridge
TV · as Mike Sampson · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Terry 'Groucho' Bellini · 1 ep
Brass Eye
TV · as Mr. Wastrey, Alan / Belgian Comedian, Prison Officer, Spike Durnaburny · 1 ep
Lee and Herring Live
Movie · as Simon Quinlank
Cluub Zarathustra
Movie · as Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Silent Witness
TV · as DI Dan Mason · 1 ep
Fist of Fun
TV · 12 eps
Blue Heaven
TV · as Waiter 1 · 1 ep
Packet of Three
TV · as Kevin · 8 eps
Red Dwarf
TV · as 4 of 27 · 1 ep
Fahrenheit 451
Movie · as Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)