David Mitchell
Acting • Born 1974-07-14
Biography
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor and writer. Mitchell rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance. Mitchell and Webb have written and starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have also starred in the British version of Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Their first film, Magicians, was released in 2007. They starred in the short-lived TV series Ambassadors in 2013, and in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back from 2017 to 2021. Mitchell starred as Owen in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Think the Unthinkable and as William Shakespeare in the BBC Two historical comedy Upstart Crow. He has starred in the BBC One detective comedy-drama Ludwig since 2024. He is a frequent participant on British panel shows, being a team captain on Would I Lie to You?, the host of The Unbelievable Truth on BBC Radio 4 and the former host of The Bubble and Was It Something I Said?, as well as guesting on other panel shows including QI, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got News for You. He was also a co-host of the comedy news show 10 O'Clock Live. As a writer, he contributes opinion pieces to British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian.
Filmography
89 credits
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Movie • 2007
Self
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Movie • 2017
Policeman Panda (voice)
Migration
Movie • 2023
GooGoo (voice)
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Movie • 2023
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie • 2014
Self
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Movie • 2014
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
Magicians
Movie • 2007
Harry Kane
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Movie • 2007
David - Writer
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
Movie • 2006
Professor Branestawm Returns
Movie • 2015
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
Making Qi
Movie • 2011
Self
Gun Shy
Movie • 2017
John Hardigger
Greed
Movie • 2019
Nick
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie • 2008
Narrator
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Movie • 2014
Self
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
Movie • 2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Movie • 2008
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Movie • 2010
Mark Corrigan
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
TV • 2006
Peep Show
TV • 2003
Mark Corrigan
Jam and Jerusalem
TV • 2006
Dr. James Vine
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV • 2006
Blunder
TV • 2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look
TV • 2006
Various Characters
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV • 2001
The Charlotte Church Show
TV • 2006
Bruiser
TV • 2000
The Law of the Playground
TV • 2006
Comedy Lab
TV • 1998
Ray
Comedy Lab
TV • 1998
Baron Amstrad
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV • 2005
David Mitchell's Outsiders
TV • 2021
Self - Host
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
Lily Allen and Friends
TV • 2008
Self - Guest
Comedy Nation
TV
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV • 2001
You Have Been Watching
TV • 2009
Self
All About George
TV • 2005
10 O'Clock Live
TV • 2011
Presenter
The Bubble
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV • 2012
Jolliforth Jollington
Spine Chillers
TV • 2003
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Robot 1 (voice)
The Cleaner
TV • 2021
Terence Redford
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Was It Something I Said?
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Upstart Crow
TV • 2016
Will Shakespeare
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self - Team Captain
David Mitchell's Soapbox
TV • 2009
Himself
Best of the Worst
TV • 2006
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014
Self
How TV Ruined Your Life
TV • 2011
Back
TV • 2017
Stephen
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant
Ambassadors
TV • 2013
Keith Davis
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV • 2014
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Mitch (voice)
Gadget Man
TV • 2012
Room 101
TV • 1994
Self
Ludwig
TV • 2024
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self - Presenter
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant
Mock the Week
TV • 2005
Self
Apple & Onion
TV • 2018
Gherkin (voice)
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Knight of the Sun (voice)
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
The Big Narstie Show
TV • 2018
Self
Big Fat Quiz
TV • 2004
Self - Contestant
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self - Host
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
Dirty Tricks
TV • 2005
Penguin (voice)
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
TV • 2024
Self - Guest
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Pat Taylor
Doctors and Nurses
TV • 2004
Dr. Toby Stephens
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
TV • 2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
TV • 2025
Self
Twisted Tales
TV • 2005
Ray
QI
TV • 2003
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
Crackanory
TV • 2013
Self
Hey A.J.!
TV • 2026
Theo (voice)
tlc
TV • 2002
1950s Patient