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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bromley, England, UK

Homepage: https://anothertongue.com/artist/kevin-bishop

Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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

Most Famous Work

Grange Hill
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7

Grange Hill

(1978) Sam Spalding
Silent Witness
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8

Silent Witness

(1996) Ben Quayle
Big Brother's Little Brother
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6
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Nick Wilson
Beyond Paradise
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7

Beyond Paradise

(2023) Mike Moss
Irina Palm
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7

Irina Palm

(2007) Tom
Royal Wedding
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8

Royal Wedding

(2010) TJ
Birds Like Us
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5

Birds Like Us

(2022) Hassan (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Random Customer in Bank
William
Mike Moss
2022 Flavio
N/A
Hassan (voice)
2021 Jeffrey Tamworthy
Arlo, a fool
Jack Tapp
2019 German Legate
Danny Davis
Quizmaster
2018 Self
Lord Darlington
2017 Nigel Norman Fletcher
Graham
2016 Nigel Farage
DJ
Barry Hearn
2015 James Beck
Gary Jacks
Paul
2014 Arlo, a Fool
2013 Richard Royce
Andy
Baz
2012 Dougie
2011 Graham
Nick, Le Boxeur
2010 N/A
Himself
TJ
N/A
Self
2009 Self
N/A
2008 Self
N/A
2007 Various
N/A
Self
Tom
The Original Peter Andre
2006 Self - Guest
N/A
2005 N/A
N/A
William
2004 N/A
2003 Ollie
2002 William
Paul Porterfield
Dick Whittington
2001 Self
Self
2000 Craig Prentice
Kevin
1996 Ben Quayle
Jim Hawkins
1994 Nicky
1986 Nick Wilson
1984 N/A
1978 Sam Spalding
Year Character Movie/Tv

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