David Mitchell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
87
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-07-14 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
David Mitchell
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
Doctor Who
Rick and Morty
The Graham Norton Show
Phineas and Ferb
The One Show
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
QI
QI
Migration
Would I Lie to You?
Peep Show
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
The Last Leg
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
8 Out of 10 Cats
Soccer AM
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Question Time
Who Do You Think You Are?
Apple & Onion
Making Qi
Mock the Week
Professor Branestawm Returns
Ludwig
Room 101
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
The Frank Skinner Show
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Big Fat Quiz
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Upstart Crow
Comedy Lab
Comedy Lab
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
The Cleaner
Greed
The Big Narstie Show
Spine Chillers
Look Around You
Gadget Man
ShakespeaRe-Told
Back
Bruiser
Magicians
Jam and Jerusalem
Gun Shy
David Mitchell's Outsiders
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Ambassadors
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
This Morning
Crackanory
Twisted Tales
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
The Charlotte Church Show
You Have Been Watching
Lily Allen and Friends
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Doctors and Nurses
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
10 O'Clock Live
The Bubble
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
Blunder
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
David Mitchell's Soapbox
Dirty Tricks
How TV Ruined Your Life
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
All About George
The Law of the Playground
Was It Something I Said?
Comedy Nation
Best of the Worst
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
