Rob Brydon
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Rob Brydon (born Robert Jones, May 3, 1965, Swansea) is a Welsh actor and comedian most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and The Keith Barret Show.
Rob's career begain with radio, and he was initially known mainly as a voice artist, providing several voices for the Discworld computer games and continuity announcements for BBC1. In the early 1990s he spent a brief stint presenting for the Home Shopping Network, and began to find small roles in several successful films and television series (including a role as 'Man in Crowd' in the 1995 film, First Knight). He finally made his mark in television comedy in 2000 with Julia Davis when the pair wrote and starred in Human Remains for the BBC.
Rob is famous for bizarre or unsettling black comedy, and has worked with a number of comedians and actors with a similar taste, perhaps most notably Steve Coogan.
He is also known for his voice-over work on numerous television advertising campaigns, including those for Tango, The Times, Tesco, Abbey National, McDonald's, Toilet Duck, Cahoot, Mint Card, Pot Noodle, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and The Observer.
In 2003, he was listed by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
Filmography and television/radio appearances
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2006)
- Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive (2006)
- A Cock and Bull Story (2006; based on Tristram Shandy)
- ''Little Britain (2005)
- Supernova (2005)
- Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (2005)
- MirrorMask (2005)
- The Keith Barret Show (2004)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Director's Commentary (2004)
- Cruise of the Gods (2002)
- I'm Alan Partridge (2002)
- Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002)
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- The Way We Live Now (2001)
- A Small Summer Party (2001)
- Marion and Geoff (2000)
- Human Remains (2000)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
- Cold Lazarus (1996)
- Lord of Misrule (1996)
- First Knight (1995)
- Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
- The Healer (1992)
External links
- [Official Rob Brydon site]
- [KeithBarret.com] - a fan site
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