Alistair McGowan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 24, 1964 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alistair McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is a British impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes - winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. He has also worked extensively in theatre and appeared in the West End in Art, Cabaret, The Mikado and Little Shop of Horrors (for which he received an Laurence Olivier Award nomination.).) As an actor on television he played the lead role in BBC1's Mayo. He wrote the play Timing (nominated as Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com awards) and the book A Matter of Life and Death or How to Wean Your Man off Football with former comedy partner Ronni Ancona. He also provided voices for Spitting Image. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alistair McGowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Comedy Annual
TV · 2 eps
Twenty Twenty Six
TV · as David Beckham (voice) · 1 ep
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Movie · as Alfred Hitchcock (voice)
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Movie · as Self
Creation Stories
Movie · as Jimmy Savile
The Weakest Link
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
Talking Snooker
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
24 Hours in the Past
TV · as Participant · 4 eps
Falklands' Most Daring Raid
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Words of Captain Scott
Movie · as Edward Wilson
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)
Leonardo
TV · as Piero de' Medici · 13 eps
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie · as Self
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
Movie · as Self (archive)
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
TV · 1 ep
Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
TV · 11 eps
Little Crackers
TV · as Norris McWhirter · 1 ep
My Life in Ruins
Movie · as Nico
Ealing Comedy
Movie · as Vijay Imran Cecil Kuttuputtu Yogesh
We Are Most Amused
Movie · as Self
Hairspray: The School Musical
TV · 1 ep
What the Dickens?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Skins
TV · as Coach Pooter · 1 ep
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Best Ever Spitting Image
Movie · as Self
The One Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Davina
TV · 1 ep
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV · 1 ep
Mayo
TV · as DI Gil Mayo · 8 eps
Comic Aid
Movie
Monkey Trousers
TV · 7 eps
Bleak House
TV · as Mr. Kenge · 4 eps
29 Minutes of Fame
TV · as Self - Team Captain · 6 eps
Mock the Week
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Movie · as Football Commentators (voice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lost and Found
Movie · as The Funeral Director
Celebrity Mastermind
TV · 1 ep
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Movie · as Des Yeti (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 2 eps
2DTV
TV · 34 eps
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cor, Blimey!
Movie · as Racing Commentator
The Big Impression
TV · 19 eps
FBI Music Magazine
TV · 1 ep
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Movie · as Des Yeti / Alan Snowman / Trash Bag (voice)
Dark Ages
TV · as Redwald · 5 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Jonathan Creek
TV · as Trevor · 1 ep
Spark
TV · as Mike · 4 eps
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
Movie · as Various characters (Voice)
The Great Kandinsky
Movie · as Newsreader (voice)
Fist of Fun
TV · 1 ep
Crapston Villas
TV · 20 eps
An Evening with Gary Lineker
Movie · as John Motson (voice)
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
TV · as Spock · 13 eps
Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV · as Waiter · 1 ep
Thatcherworld
Movie
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
Movie · as Various Roles
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Marcos · 1 ep
Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
TV · 27 eps
Children's Ward
TV · as Casualty Doctor · 2 eps
This Morning
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Spitting Image
TV · 132 eps