Rob Brydon
Robert Brydon Jones MBE (/ˈbraɪdən/; born May 3, 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He played Dr Paul Hamilton in the Australian/British comedy series Supernova, Bryn West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey and Keith Barret in the BBC comedy series Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show.
He has appeared in a number of shows for the BBC with Steve Coogan, including The Trip series in 2010, released as a feature film later that year; this was followed by The Trip to Italy in 2014, The Trip to Spain in 2017, and The Trip to Greece in 2020, also edited and released as feature films.
Since 2009, Brydon has presented the BBC One comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? after previously playing himself as host of a fictional panel show in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, which ran on BBC Three from 2006 until 2007. In addition to presenting his own late-night chat show, The Rob Brydon Show, for two years and hosting the 2014 Saturday-night game show The Guess List for BBC One, Brydon has also appeared in films including Cruise of the Gods, The Gruffalo, 24 Hour Party People, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Holmes & Watson and Barbie.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.178 |
| Birthday | 1965-05-03 |
| Place of Birth | Swansea, Wales, UK |
| Also Known As | Robert Brydon Jones, راب برایدن, |
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
6.2/136
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...
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A Cock and Bull Story
2022
The Amazing Maurice
6.781/155
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rode...
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The Amazing Maurice
2009
Rob Brydon Live
7/2
Fresh from his huge national tour, Bafta nominated, award winning comedian Rob Brydon has arrived with a show that cements his status as a multi-talen...
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Rob Brydon Live
2009
The Gruffalo
7.3/313
The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Sn...
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The Gruffalo
2005
MirrorMask
6.4/336
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
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MirrorMask
2006
Keith Barret Live
0/0
Welsh divorcée and talk show host Keith Barret gives a talk at the Cardiff Millennium Centre about divorce and relationships.
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Keith Barret Live
2010
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
0/0
Prairie dogs are America's answer to the meerkat - small, sociable and exceptionally cute. This offbeat film narrated by Rob Brydon takes us to the Wi...
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Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
2021
Superworm
6.6/8
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the e...
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Superworm
2011
The Trip
6.705/290
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfri...
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The Trip
2011
The Gruffalo's Child
6.8/141
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores th...
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The Gruffalo's Child
Gaynor & Ray
0/0
Meet Gaynor and Ray Davies from Cardiff - two fifty-something newlyweds, both married for a second time. Gaynor’s first marriage ended when she discov...
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Gaynor & Ray
2002
Cruise of the Gods
5.1/8
Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual off...
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Cruise of the Gods
2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
8.2/2
In the presence of HM the Queen and the royal family, an array of stars from the last sixty years of rock, pop and classical music perform on a specta...
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The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
Room on the Broom
6.5/100
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch...
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Room on the Broom
2023
Barbie
7/9550
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to...
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Barbie
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
10/2
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, D...
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2012
The Best of Men
7/26
Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buck...
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The Best of Men
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
5.3/10
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil...
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Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2014
The Trip to Italy
6.321/243
Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern Britain, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.
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The Trip to Italy
2013
Gangsta Granny
6.1/31
A young boy is bored spending time with his dull grandma until he discovers she's an international Jewel thief.
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Gangsta Granny
2003
Coogan's Runner
0/0
Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."
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Coogan's Runner
2024
Tabby McTat
5/4
Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One day, Fred falls, injures his leg, and is whisked awa...
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Tabby McTat
2010
The One Ronnie
7.4/4
One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In this brand new comedy sketch show, the octogenari...
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The One Ronnie
2019
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
9/1
The Shipmans and the Wests get together once again for Christmas. Bryn is cooking dinner, Dawn is in shock, and there are revelations in the pub on Ch...
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Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
2025
Stitch Head
0/0
Follows Stitch Head, a small creature awoken by a Mad Professor in a castle to protect the professor's other creations from the townspeople of Grubber...
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Stitch Head
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War
6.3/4826
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Hunts...
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The Huntsman: Winter's War
2002
24 Hour Party People
6.932/456
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changi...
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24 Hour Party People
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
6.5/6
In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Ja...
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The Smeds and the Smoos
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
8/1
On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyously staged pro...
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2015
Stick Man
6.8/109
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons....
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Stick Man
2024
Tiddler
6.3/3
A small fish with a big imagination gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he is saved by his own storytelling.
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Tiddler
2011
Making Qi
0/0
Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.
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Making Qi
2017
The Trip to Spain
6.505/95
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip along the coast of Spain.
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The Trip to Spain
2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
0/0
This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some no...
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
1994
The Healer
0/0
Alberto, a Colombian migrant, has the gift of healing but can't heal his own dark past. Working in London to send money home, he is tortured by dark v...
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The Healer
1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
8.117/6668
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull...
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1996
Lord of Misrule
0/0
Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. Th...
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Lord of Misrule
1995
Eleven Men Against Eleven
6.3/3
A curtain raiser for the 1995-6 football season and a state of the Premiership comedy drama about the corrupt world of football. Sir Bob is a football...
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Eleven Men Against Eleven
2018
Holmes & Watson
4.264/857
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...
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Holmes & Watson
2014
Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
0/0
Christmas comedy entertainment special hosted by stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre, featuring celebrity guests, audience games and live music. Micha...
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Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
1998
The Very Thought of You
5.7/43
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independent...
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The Very Thought of You
2018
The Highway Rat
6.3/29
The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until hi...
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The Highway Rat
1990
The Wrong Type
5.7/3
A temp with a typing speed of no words a minute finds herself way out of her depth when sent to work at a large corporation, by a rather desperate Tem...
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The Wrong Type
2018
Early Man
6.1/807
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...
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Early Man
2017
Revolting Rhymes
6.7/54
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Revolting Rhymes
2017
Revolting Rhymes
6.7/54
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Revolting Rhymes
1991
Fantastic Person
0/0
A delusional woman plans out tomorrow after loafing around in her own apartment.
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Fantastic Person
2018
Swimming with Men
6.065/77
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
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Swimming with Men
1995
First Knight
6.1/1222
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...
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First Knight
2004
Shaun of the Dead
7.5/8585
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...
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Shaun of the Dead
2020
Days of the Bagnold Summer
6.074/54
Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new...
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
1999
Millennium: The Musical
0/0
A light-hearted look at a thousand years of British history, condensed into a musical cartoon.
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Millennium: The Musical
2019
Blinded by the Light
6.932/577
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the musi...
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Blinded by the Light
2020
The Trip to Greece
6.3/41
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue their travelogue series with a visit to Greece.
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The Trip to Greece
2018
Zog
6.7/31
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teach...
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Zog
2005
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
0/0
In 1963, flamboyant, eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made 'literary manager' of London's National Theatre. His views on censorship (...
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Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
2020
The Snail and the Whale
6.369/42
A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and...
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The Snail and the Whale
2001
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
6/1
A prequel to Marion and Geoff, which captures on camcorder the fateful events at a garden party when mini-cab driver Keith's life fell apart. Friends...
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Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2020
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
6/18
Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and hi...
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
7/2
Alan Partridge presents an evening of comedy performances to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2021
Zog and the Flying Doctors
6.6/26
Pearl and Gadabout are now a flying doctor trio, caring for creatures including a mermaid, a unicorn and a sneezy lion. However when bad weather force...
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Zog and the Flying Doctors
2007
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
0/0
Twenty Four year-old Corsican refugee Napoleon Bonaparte is a lowly artillery captain in the French army at the siege of Toulon. Destitute and relying...
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Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2006
Becoming Bond
6/1
A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006).
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Becoming Bond
2006
James Bond: For Real
7.7/5
The stunts and action set pieces for the the 2006 James Bond adventure 'Casino Royale'.
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James Bond: For Real
2012
Bond on Location
6/1
Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.
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Bond on Location
2015
Cinderella
6.82/7107
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope,...
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Cinderella
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
4/1
As part of BBC Two's 50th birthday celebrations, this programme pulls from the shelf some rare and previously unseen comedy moments from some of the g...
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The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
9.2/2
It’s five years since Nessa declared her love for Smithy – and a lot has happened since. Journey to Barry and Billericay to catch up with the gang for...
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Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
2008
The Saint & the Hanged Man
0/0
A look at a case from 1307 Hereford in which a Catholic holy court convened to decide whether or not a dead English bishop should be made a saint foll...
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The Saint & the Hanged Man
2023
MacPat le chat chanteur
8/2
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1992
Summer Session
0/0
Rob Brydon auditions to be the Doctor, whilst some Daleks escape to an auction in Wales.
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Summer Session
2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
0/0
Seventeen years after Gavin & Stacey begun, the series comes to an end with a 90-minute finale. Before the final episode, the last we saw of Nessa an...
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Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
8/3
An uplifting and touching documentary special which tells the story of one of Britain's best loved sitcoms as it comes to an end after 17 years. Featu...
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