
Kevin Bishop
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-06-18 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Bromley, England, UK
Kevin Bishop
Biography
Kevin Brian Bishop is an English actor and comedian, best known for The Kevin Bishop Show, which he co-wrote with Lee Hupfield.
Bishop's first role was in Grange Hill. His second role, at age 16, was as Ben Quayle in Silent Witness. He played Stupid Brian in three episodes of My Family. He starred in Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins.
In 2005, he portrayed the late comedian Dudley Moore onstage in Pete and Dud: Come Again, a drama charting Moore's turbulent relationship with Peter Cook, which debuted at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to The Venue in London's West End in March 2006. In August 2007 he appeared as the title character in Channel 4's satirical spoof documentary "Being Tom Cruise", a spin-off of Star Stories. In September 2014, Bishop appeared in the one-man show Fully Committed at the Menier Chocolate Factory, in which he played forty characters.
In 2013, Bishop appeared in the American comedy series Super Fun Night, written by and starring Australian comedic actress Rebel Wilson. The show ran for one season.
In August 2016, Bishop starred in the revival of classic 1970s BBC sitcom Porridge. He played the role of Fletch, grandson of Ronnie Barker's original main character, locked up for cyber-crime. Originally a one-off, the show was commissioned to full series in October 2016. The first series was broadcast in October 2017 on a 6-week run on BBC One as well as the full series being released at the same time on BBC iPlayer.
In 2016, Bishop played Nigel Farage in a one-off BBC Two comedy series entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back.
In 2017, Bishop became the speaking voice for 2-D, fictional lead singer of British virtual band Gorillaz
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Sumotherhood
as Random Customer in Bank
(2022)
Birds Like Us
as Hassan (voice)
(2022)
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
as Flavio
(2022)
(2021)
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
as Jack Tapp
(2021)
Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye
as Jeffrey Tamworthy
(2019)
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as German Legate
(2018)
The Muppets Take The O2
as Self
(2018)
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Darlington
(2017)
A Few Less Men
as Graham
(2016)
(2016)
The Rack Pack
as Barry Hearn
(2016)
Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back
as Nigel Farage
(2015)
Moonwalkers
as Paul
(2015)
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
as James Beck
(2013)
All Stars
as Andy
(2013)
May I Kill U?
as Baz
(2012)
Keith Lemon: The Film
as Dougie
(2011)
My Piece of the Pie
as Nick, Le Boxeur
(2011)
A Few Best Men
as Graham
(2010)
Huge
as Himself
(2010)
Royal Wedding
as TJ
(2010)
Whites
as Shay Marshall
(2007)
Irina Palm
as Tom
(2005)
Russian Dolls
as William
(2002)
The Spanish Apartment
as William
(2002)
Food of Love
as Paul Porterfield
(2002)
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
as Dick Whittington
(2000)
The Big Finish
as Kevin
(1996)
Muppet Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins