Steve Pemberton

Acting • Born 1967-09-01

Acting1Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Steve Pemberton is a BAFTA winning actor and writer born in Blackburn, UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in Yorkshire with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts in 1989. After leaving college Steve spent time producing and starring in small-scale theatre productions in London and working part-time for Variety as assistant editor of the International Film Guide. In 1996 Steve and his college friends Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson went to Edinburgh with comedy show The League of Gentlemen, winning the coveted Perrier Comedy prize a year later. The group then went on to record a radio series and four TV series for the BBC as well as staging three live tours and making a film. In 2009 Steve and Reece wrote and starred in the multi-award winning black comedy Psychoville which ran for two series and a Halloween special. The pair's acclaimed anthology show Inside No 9 began in 2014 and Steve was awarded with a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2019. The show also won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Steve lives in North London with his partner and three children.

Filmography

154 credits

Birthday Girl

Movie • 2001

Duty sergeant

Riot at the Rite

Movie • 2005

Critic

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You

Movie • 2006

Tubbs Tattsyrup / Pauline Campbell-Jones / Herr Lipp / Pop / Dave Parkes / Harvey Denton / Charlie Hull / Reenie Calver / Anne Hand / Barry Baggs / Mike Harris / Dr Carlton / Mary

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Movie • 2005

Mr. Prosser

The Hour

Movie • 2020

Himself

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Movie • 2007

Censor

Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers

Movie • 2021

Mr Braithwaite

Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane

Movie • 2021

Mr Braithwaite

Better Man

Movie • 2024

Peter

The First Men in the Moon

Movie • 2010

Sun

Under The Greenwood Tree

Movie • 2005

Mr. Shiner

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

Movie • 2005

Various Characters

Mr. Stink

Movie • 2012

Sir Derek Dimble

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Movie • 2002

Viking (voice)

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Movie • 2007

Vicar

Psychoville Halloween Special

Movie • 2010

Various

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Movie • 2014

Self

Alice in Russialand

Movie • 1995

Various characters

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Movie • 2004

Harry Secombe

Lassie

Movie • 2005

Hynes

Match Point

Movie • 2005

Detective Parry

Professor Branestawm Returns

Movie • 2015

Professor Algebrain

The Bad Mother's Handbook

Movie • 2007

Leo Fairbrother

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Movie • 2004

Chester

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie • 2007

Mr. Short

What the Pythons Did Next...

Movie • 2007

Self

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane

Movie • 2001

various

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Movie • 2008

Narrator

National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer

Movie • 2012

Hardcastle

The Interrogation of Tony Martin

Movie • 2018

Tony Martin

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Movie • 2018

Various Characters

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

Movie • 2018

Himself

Highgate House of Horror

Movie • 1995

Woodall

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Movie • 2005

Self - The League of Gentlemen

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Movie • 2024

Self

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!

Movie • 2018

Various Characters

Friends Reunited

Movie • 2005

Edward Netherton

Tales from Behind the Crypt

Movie • 2002

Self

The Devil of Christmas

Movie • 2016

Take Rabbit

Movie • 2018

Man

Sardines

Movie • 2014

Carl

A Quiet Night In

Movie • 2014

Eddie

Tom & Gerri

Movie • 2014

Migg

Last Gasp

Movie • 2014

Graham

This Morning

TV • 1988

Self

Soccer AM

TV • 1995

Self

Blackpool

TV • 2004

Adrian Marr

Hotel Babylon

TV • 2006

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV • 2001

Self

The League of Gentlemen

TV • 1999

Various

Death in Paradise

TV • 2011

Neil Henderson

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV • 2000

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV • 2004

Henry Wake

Going Postal

TV • 2010

Drumknott

Gormenghast

TV • 2000

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Stan

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

The Doctor

Benidorm

TV • 2007

Mick Garvey

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Spencer Maguire

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Attendant

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Mick

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Felix

The Last Detective

TV • 2003

Psychoville

TV • 2009

David Sowerbutts

Whitechapel

TV • 2009

Edward Buchan

Doctor Who

TV • 2005

Strackman Lux

Happy Valley

TV • 2014

Kevin Weatherill

Tamron Hall

TV • 2019

Self - Guest

Horrible Histories

TV • 2009

Mash and Peas

TV • 1996

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

TV • 2007

Himself

Gormenghast

TV • 2000

Professor Mule

Heading Out

TV • 2013

Jonathan Walters

Toast of London

TV • 2013

Francis Bacon

Kingdom

TV • 2007

Jack Thriplow

Camping

TV • 2016

Robin

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV • 2014

Self

Mapp and Lucia

TV • 2014

Georgie Pillson

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

TV • 2007

Eric's Drums

Taskmaster

TV • 2015

Self

Urban Myths

TV • 2017

Bill Grundy

Great British Menu

TV • 2006

Self - Guest Judge

Richard Osman's House of Games

TV • 2017

Self - Contestant

Brassic

TV • 2019

Mr King

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

TV • 2020

Self - Expert

Missing You

TV • 2025

Titus

The Russell Brand Show

TV • 2006

Self

Good Omens

TV • 2019

Mr. Glozier

Killing Eve

TV • 2018

Paul

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Wilma

Ladhood

TV • 2019

The Gardener

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Kenny

Would I Lie to You?

TV • 2007

Self

Worzel Gummidge

TV • 2019

Mr Braithwaite

Benidorm

TV • 2007

Mick

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Dickie

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Jason

Midsomer Murders

TV • 1997

Timothy Benson

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Mr Blenkin

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV • 1989

Dr Bessner

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

TV • 2014

Self

The Cleaner

TV • 2021

Donald

Celebrity Catchphrase

TV • 2018

Self - Contestant

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Manny

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Harry

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Jasper

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Joe

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

TV • 2024

Self - Guest

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Various

Pointless Celebrities

TV • 2011

Self - Participant

The Hack

TV • 2025

Rupert Murdoch

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening

TV • 2024

Self

Shameless

TV • 2004

Eddie

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Johnny

In the Red

TV • 1998

Lawrence Boot-Heath

The Weakest Link

TV • 2021

Self - Contestant

Richard Osman's House of Games

TV • 2017

Self - Panellist

Psychobitches

TV • 2013

Dian Fossey