Rob Brydon
Acting
1965-05-03 · Swansea, Wales, UK
Robert Brydon Jones is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He gained prominence for his roles in film, television and radio. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting and charitable services. Brydon gained fame for his roles in the black comedy series Human Remains (2000), the mockumentary series Marion and Geoff (2000–2003), the chat show spoof The Keith Barret Show (2004–2005), and the comedy series Supernova (2005–2006). From 2007 to 2024, he played Bryn West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance. He has acted in several films with Steve Coogan for director Michael Winterbottom, starting with 24 Hour Party People (2002) and A Cock and Bull Story (2005). Brydon and Coogan then starred in The Trip (2010), followed by The Trip to Italy (2014), The Trip to Spain (2017), and The Trip to Greece (2020). He has also acted in the films Cinderella (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Holmes & Watson (2019), and Barbie (2023). 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 late-night chat show, The Rob Brydon Show, for two years, he hosted the 2014 Saturday-night game show The Guess List for BBC One.
Filmography
TheatersNot Alone
2027 · Movie
The Scarecrows' Wedding
2026 · Movie
The Floor (UK)
2026 · Series
Stitch Head
2025 · Movie
Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip
2025 · Series
Destination X
2025 · Series
Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure
2025 · Series
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025 · Movie
An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
2025 · Movie
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025 · Movie
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
2024 · Movie
Tiddler
2024 · Movie
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
2024 · Movie
My Lady Jane
2024 · Series
Tabby McTat
2024 · Movie
Barbie
2023 · Movie
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023 · Movie
The Amazing Maurice
2022 · Movie
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022 · Movie
The John Bishop Show
2022 · Series
Superworm
2021 · Movie
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021 · Movie
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020 · Movie
The Snail and the Whale
2020 · Movie
Days of the Bagnold Summer
2020 · Movie
The Trip to Greece
2020 · Movie
The Big Night In
2020 · Movie
McDonald & Dodds
2020 · Series
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
2019 · Movie
Green Eggs and Ham
2019 · Series
Blinded by the Light
2019 · Movie
Holmes & Watson
2018 · Movie
Zog
2018 · Movie
The Highway Rat
2018 · Movie
Swimming with Men
2018 · Movie
Trust
2018 · Series
Early Man
2018 · Movie
Bear's Mission with...
2017 · Series
Revolting Rhymes
2017 · Movie
The Trip to Spain
2017 · Movie
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016 · Movie
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 · Movie
Stick Man
2015 · Movie
Cinderella
2015 · Movie
Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
2014 · Movie
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014 · Movie
Lily's Driftwood Bay
2014 · Series
The Trip to Italy
2014 · Movie
The Guess List
2014 · Series
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014 · Series
Gangsta Granny
2013 · Movie
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013 · Series
Room on the Broom
2012 · Movie
Bond on Location
2012 · Movie
The Best of Men
2012 · Movie
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012 · Movie
The Gruffalo's Child
2011 · Movie
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Movie
Making Qi
2011 · Movie
The Trip
2011 · Movie
The One Ronnie
2010 · Movie
The Trip
2010 · Series
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
2010 · Movie
The Gruffalo
2009 · Movie
Rob Brydon Live
2009 · Movie
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009 · Series
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009 · Series
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
2008 · Movie
The Saint & the Hanged Man
2008 · Movie
Heroes and Villains
2007 · Series
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2007 · Movie
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007 · Series
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Series
Little Britain Down Under
2007 · Movie
Gavin & Stacey
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Keith Barret Live
2006 · Movie
James Bond: For Real
2006 · Movie
Becoming Bond
2006 · Movie
Not Going Out
2006 · Series
The One Show
2006 · Series
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006 · Series
The F Word
2005 · Series
Supernova
2005 · Series
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · Movie
Monkey Trousers
2005 · Series
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
2005 · Movie
MirrorMask
2005 · Movie
Big Fat Quiz
2004 · Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
The Keith Barret Show
2004 · Series
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · Movie
Little Britain
2003 · Series
QI
2003 · Series
Coogan's Runner
2003 · Movie
Cruise of the Gods
2002 · Movie
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002 · Movie
Top Gear
2002 · Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Series
24 Hour Party People
2002 · Movie
Richard & Judy
2001 · Series
Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party
2001 · Movie
Murder in Mind
2001 · Series
Human Remains
2000 · Series
Black Books
2000 · Series
Marion and Geoff
2000 · Series
Millennium: The Musical
1999 · Movie
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Movie
The Very Thought of You
1998 · Movie
Parkinson
1998 · Series
I'm Alan Partridge
1997 · Series
Cold Lazarus
1996 · Series
Lord of Misrule
1996 · Movie
Married for Life
1996 · Series
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995 · Movie
First Knight
1995 · Movie
The Healer
1994 · Movie
Summer Session
1992 · Movie
Body Beautiful
1991 · Movie
Fantastic Person
1991 · Movie
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Series
The Wrong Type
1990 · Movie
Natural World
1983 · Series
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
Bill's Included
Series
Frank and Percy
Movie
Gaynor & Ray
Movie