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