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Alistair McGowan

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Alistair McGowan, the master of mimicry, was born Alistair Charles McGowan in Evesham, Worcestershire, Great Britain. He is an actor, writer and producer. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican in London. There he studied alongside Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig, among others... See full bio »

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Alistair Charles McGowan
in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
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2012 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
Commentator
 
2011 The Comedy Annual 2011 (TV movie)
 
2011 Arthur Christmas
Additional Voices (voice)
 
2011 Wogan on Wodehouse (TV documentary)
Performer of Extracts
 
2011 Leonardo (TV series)
Piero de' Medici / Piero da' Medici / Piero de Medici
– Enter the Robot (2011) … Piero de' Medici
– Fireball (2011) … Piero de' Medici
– Bandit Queen (2011) … Piero de' Medici
– Servant of Florence (2011) … Piero de' Medici
– Lost and Found (2011) … Piero de' Medici
See all 13 episodes »
 
2011 Don't Buy It! (video short)
Salesman
 
2011 Skins (TV series)
Coach Pooter
– Nick (2011) … Coach Pooter
 
2010 Little Crackers (TV series)
Norris McWhirter
– David Baddiel's Little Cracker: The Norris McWhirter Chronicles (2010) … Norris McWhirter
 
2010 Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches (TV movie)
Performer
 
2009 My Life in Ruins
Nico
 
2008 Ealing Comedy
Vijay Imran Cecil Kuttuputtu Yogesh
 
2007 Ronni Ancona & Co. (TV series)
Various Roles / Perfume Add Man
– Episode #1.3 (2007) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.2 (2007) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Perfume Add Man
 
2006 The Gil Mayo Mysteries (TV series)
DI Gil Mayo / Det. Supt. Gil Mayo
– Episode #1.8 (2006) … DI Gil Mayo
– Episode #1.7 (2006) … DI Gil Mayo
– Episode #1.6 (2006) … DI Gil Mayo
– Episode #1.5 (2006) … DI Gil Mayo
– Episode #1.4 (2006) … DI Gil Mayo
See all 8 episodes »
 
2005 Bleak House (TV mini-series)
Mr. Kenge
– Episode #1.15 (2005) … Mr. Kenge
– Episode #1.5 (2005) … Mr. Kenge
– Episode #1.4 (2005) … Mr. Kenge
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Mr. Kenge
– Episode #1.1 (2005) … Mr. Kenge
 
2005 Monkey Trousers (TV series)
Various Characters
 
2005 Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (TV movie)
David Schwimmer / George Clooney / Nicolas Cage
 
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Football Commentators (voice)
 
2003/II Lost and Found (short)
The Funeral Director
 
2003 Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (TV movie)
Various Characters
 
2002 Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe (TV short)
Des Yeti/Alan Snowman (voice)
 
2000 Cor, Blimey! (TV movie)
Racing Commentator
 
1999 Dark Ages (TV series)
Redwald
– The End of the World (1999) … Redwald
– Witch (1999) … Redwald
– Vikings (1999) … Redwald
– Vile Vole Pie (1999) … Redwald
– War (1999) … Redwald
 
1999 Hooves of Fire (TV short)
Des Yeti/Alan Snowman/Trash Bag (voice)
 
1999 Harry Hill (TV series)
Michael Perkisson
– Christmas Memory Lane of Laughter (1999) … Michael Perkisson
 
1999 Big Impression (TV series)
Various Roles
– Episode #1.1 (1999) … Various Roles
 
1998 In the Red (TV series)
Murderer's Voice
 
1998 Creche Landing (TV movie) (voice)
 
1995-1997 Only an Excuse? (TV series)
Various
– '97 Hogmany Special (1997) … Various
– '96 Hogmany Special (1996) … Various
– '95 Hogmanay Special (1995) … Various
 
1997 Spark (TV series)
Mike
– Ursula (1997) … Mike
– Beth Again (1997) … Mike
– Beth (1997) … Mike
– Fourth Cousin Kimberley (1997) … Mike
 
1995-1997 All Quiet on the Preston Front (TV series)
Spock
– Jeanetta's Marijuna (1997) … Spock
– Diesel's Ostrich (1997) … Spock
– Polson's Mess (1997) … Spock
– Spock's Dilated Pupil (1997) … Spock
– Lloydy's Housewarming (1997) … Spock
See all 13 episodes »
 
1997 Jonathan Creek (TV series)
Trevor
– The Wrestler's Tomb (1997) … Trevor
 
1997 Klinik! (TV series)
Dr. Werther (voice)
 
1997 Doppelganger (short)
Giggs, Ryan (voice)
 
1996 Murder Most Horrid (TV series)
Marcos
– Dying Live (1996) … Marcos
 
1995-1996 Fist of Fun (TV series)
Adam Hartemann / Auditioning Vicar / Jesus
– Episode #2.3 (1996)
– Episode #2.2 (1996)
– Episode #1.4 (1995) … Adam Hartemann
– Episode #1.2 (1995) … Auditioning Vicar/Jesus
– Episode #1.1 (1995)
 
1991-1996 Spitting Image (TV series)
Boris Yeltsin / David Coleman / Gordon Brown / …
– Episode #19.7 (1996) … Michael Howard (voice) / Peter Mandelson (voice) / Tony Blair (voice) / …
– Episode #18.5 (1996) (voice)
– Episode #18.4 (1996) (voice)
– Episode #18.3 (1996) (voice)
– Episode #18.2 (1996) (voice)
See all 55 episodes »
 
1996 Saturday Live (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1996)
 
1995 Crapston Villas (TV series)
Miltiple
 
1995 The Great Kandinsky (TV movie)
Newsreader (voice)
 
1995 Agony Again (TV series)
Valentino
– Dazed and Confused (1995) … Valentino
 
1995 Eleven Men Against Eleven (TV movie)
Voice-Over Artiste
 
1994 Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (TV series)
– Jo Brand Through the Christmas Cakehole (1994)
 
1994 The Vicar of Dibley (TV series)
DJ
– Election (1994) … DJ (voice)
 
1994 Harry Enfield and Chums (TV series)
Waiter
– Episode #1.1 (1994) … Waiter
 
1994 An Evening with Gary Lineker (TV movie)
John Motson (voice)
 
1994 The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1994)
– Episode #1.4 (1994)
– Episode #1.5 (1994)
– Episode #1.6 (1994)
 
1993 Thatcherworld (TV short) (voice)
 
1993 It's a Mad World, World, World, World (TV movie)
Various Roles
 
1992 Packing Them In (TV series)
– Episode #1.7 (1992)
 
1992 Me, You and Him (TV series)
– The Road to Wembley (1992)
 
1991 Ama
Voice-over (voice)
 
1990 Children's Ward (TV series)
Casualty Doctor
– Episode #2.7 (1990) … Casualty Doctor
– Episode #2.1 (1990) … Casualty Doctor
 
1989 The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand De Bargos (TV series)
 
1984 James the Cat (TV series)
Narrator
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2007 Ronni Ancona & Co. (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (2007) (additional material)
 
2006 The Gil Mayo Mysteries (TV series)
– Episode #1.8 (2006) (writer)
– Episode #1.6 (2006) (additional dialogue)
– Episode #1.5 (2006) (additional dialogue)
– Episode #1.4 (2006) (additional dialogue)
– Episode #1.3 (2006) (additional material)
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1999 Big Impression (TV series)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2003 Posh & Becks' Big Impression: Behind the Scenes & Extra Bits (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1999 Big Impression (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
2009-2013 The ONE Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 May 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009-2013 Loose Women (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #17.102 (2013) … Himself
– Episode #16.209 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #14.21 (2009) … Himself
 
2012 Words of Captain Scott (TV documentary)
Edward Wilson
 
2012 Room 101 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.5 (2012) … Himself
 
2003-2011 A Question of Sport (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #41.12 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #33.9 (2003) … Himself
 
2011 Sir Jimmy Savile: As It Happened (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 My Favourite Joke (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the 90s (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 4 August 2011 (2011) … Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 1 December 2010 (2010) … Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 7 August 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 May 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
2010 The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Countdown (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #63.78 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #63.77 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #63.76 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #63.75 (2010) … Himself
– Episode #63.74 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 This Week (TV series)
Lord Mandelson
– Episode dated 15 July 2010 (2010) … Lord Mandelson
 
2010 Election 2010 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Sport Relief 2010 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #5.6 (2010) … Himself - Host
 
2009 What the Dickens? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.4 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.11 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #8.23 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Who Do You Think You Are? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alistair McGowan (2007) … Himself
 
2007 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Alistair McGowan (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
Himself - Guest Presenter
– Episode #32.2 (2006) … Himself - Guest Presenter
 
2006 Annually Retentive (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Best Ever Spitting Image (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Davina (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Mastermind (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrity Mastermind 2005/2006: Episode 5 (2006) … Himself
 
2004-2005 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2005 Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Spitting Image (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Comic Aid (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2005 29 Minutes of Fame (TV series)
Himself - Team Captain
– Episode #1.6 (2005) … Himself - Team Captain
 
2004 The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments (TV documentary)
Terry Wogan (uncredited)
 
2004 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 In the Know (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2004) … Himself
 
2003-2004 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself / Guest Presenter
– Episode dated 9 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 May 2003 (2003) … Guest Presenter
 
2004 Kelly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 From Bard to Verse (TV series)
Himself
 
2004 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 February 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Tickled Pink Girls' Night In, Live! (TV documentary)
Performer
 
2003 Who Did You Do? (TV documentary)
 
2003 Posh & Becks' Big Impression: Behind the Scenes & Extra Bits (TV documentary)
Himself/Various Characters
 
2003 The British Comedy Awards 2003 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Late Review (TV series)
Himself - Panelist
– Episode dated 8 August 2003 (2003) … Himself - Panelist
 
2002-2003 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.7 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #2.6 (2002) … Himself
 
2003 The Big Read (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2002 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 December 2002 (2002)
– Episode dated 13 April 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2002 Sport Relief (TV special)
Himself / David Beckham
 
2001 Night of a Thousand Faces (TV special)
Michael Parkinson
 
2000 The Priory (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (2000) … Himself
 
1998 The Best Show in the World... Probably (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alastair Sim (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Football Backchat (video)
Himself
 
1995-1996 They Think It's All Over (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1995) … Himself
 
1993 The Brain Drain (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.7 (1993) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV mini-series documentary)
 
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His credit at Chichester Festival theatre include: the title role in the Gogol's "The Government Inspector", King James in "5/11" a new play by Edward Kemp, and the voice of the book in the musical "How To Suceed In Business Without Really Trying" (all 2005). See more »

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Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Graduated from the Guildhall of Music and Drama (London) in 1989. See more »

Star Sign:

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