Robert Webb

Robert Webb

Robert Patrick Webb (born 29 September 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He rose to prominence alongside David Mitchell as the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Mitchell and Webb starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Webb plays Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne. The two also starred in the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look, for which they then performed a stage adaptation, The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the 2007 film Magicians, and in the short-lived series Ambassadors in 2013. Webb headed the critically acclaimed sitcom The Smoking Room and was a performer in the sketch show Bruiser. From 2017 to 2021, he starred alongside Mitchell in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back. Webb is also a regular comedy panellist, appearing on shows such as The Bubble, Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI, Mastermind, Argumental, and Was It Something I Said? He has also hosted and narrated several programmes. His other sitcom appearances include Blessed, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, and Fresh Meat. Robert Patrick Webb was born on 29 September 1972 in Boston, Lincolnshire, and grew up in Woodhall Spa. His parents divorced when he was five years old, with his mother remarrying a year or so later. He has two older brothers and a younger half-sister. He grew up on a council estate, and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle. Having grown up watching the sitcoms The Young Ones, Blackadder, and Only Fools and Horses, he became interested in drama and poetry while in school, and began writing parodies. At the age of 13, partly because of resentment towards his father, he made a conscious effort to lose his native Lincolnshire accent and now speaks with a more neutral English accent. When he was 17 and in the lower sixth form preparing for his A-levels, his mother died of breast cancer, and he moved in with his father and re-sat his A-levels. In 1992, Webb attended Robinson College, Cambridge, where he studied English and became vice-president of the Footlights, where he met David Mitchell. The two met at an audition for a Footlights production of Cinderella in 1993.

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2023

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as Martin
Movie - Released: 12/16/2023

2021

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
as Guest
TV - Released: 1/12/2021
Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl
as Tom Grant
TV - Released: 5/24/2021

2019

Frayed
Frayed
as Rufus
TV - Released: 9/26/2019

2017

Back
Back
as Andrew
TV - Released: 9/6/2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist
TV - Released: 9/4/2017

2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Nick
Movie - Released: 7/1/2016
Our Ex-Wife
Our Ex-Wife
as Jack
TV - Released: 9/1/2016
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
TV - Released: 9/5/2016
National Treasure
National Treasure
as Robert Webb
TV - Released: 9/20/2016
Insert Name Here
Insert Name Here
as Self - Panelist
TV - Released: 1/4/2016

2015

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/30/2015

2014

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/24/2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV - Released: 2/7/2014

2013

TV
You Saw Them Here First
as Himself - Narrator
TV - Released: 7/31/2013
Ambassadors
Ambassadors
as Neil Tilly
TV - Released: 10/23/2013
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty
as Knight of the Sun (voice)
TV - Released: 12/2/2013
The Last Leg
The Last Leg
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/2013

2012

The Wedding Video
The Wedding Video
as Tim
Movie - Released: 8/17/2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Jedrington Secret-Past
TV - Released: 2/20/2012
Gadget Man
Gadget Man
TV - Released: 11/19/2012

2011

The Toys That Made Christmas
The Toys That Made Christmas
as Self - Presenter
Movie - Released: 12/25/2011
Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat
as Dan
TV - Released: 9/21/2011
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Justin West
TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2010

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/1/2010
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/15/2010
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
TV - Released: 4/5/2010
TV
Robert's Web
TV - Released: 11/26/2010
The Bubble
The Bubble
as Self
TV - Released: 2/19/2010
TV
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
as Himself - Judge
TV - Released: 2/20/2010

2009

You Have Been Watching
You Have Been Watching
as Self
TV - Released: 7/7/2009
TV
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
as Self
TV - Released: 2/21/2009

2008

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Movie - Released: 10/4/2008
Argumental
Argumental
TV - Released: 10/27/2008
Lily Allen and Friends
Lily Allen and Friends
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 2/12/2008
TV
All Star Mr & Mrs
TV - Released: 4/12/2008

2007

Magicians
Magicians
as Karl Allen
Movie - Released: 5/18/2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
TV - Released: 6/16/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
Movie - Released: 11/27/2006
Confetti
Confetti
as Michael
Movie - Released: 5/5/2006
The One Show
The One Show
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look
That Mitchell and Webb Look
as Various Characters
TV - Released: 9/14/2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
TV - Released: 7/11/2006

2005

Blessed
Blessed
TV - Released: 10/14/2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Robot 2 (voice)
TV - Released: 3/26/2005
Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales
TV - Released: 1/16/2005

2004

The Smoking Room
The Smoking Room
as Robin
TV - Released: 6/29/2004
55 Degrees North
55 Degrees North
as K-9 Officer
TV - Released: 7/6/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Tim Kendall
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Peep Show
Peep Show
as Jeremy Usborne
TV - Released: 9/19/2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Celebrity Mastermind
TV - Released: 12/26/2003
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers
TV - Released: 6/23/2003
QI
QI
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/2003

2001

The Mitchell and Webb Situation
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV - Released: 10/6/2001
TV
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
TV - Released: 1/1/2001

2000

Bruiser
Bruiser
TV - Released: 2/28/2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Glorfinoid (voice)
TV - Released: 12/30/2000

1999

People Like Us
People Like Us
as Tom Wolfson
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Comic Act
Comic Act
as Mario
Movie - Released: 7/22/1998

1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
TV - Released: 11/12/1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 11/12/1996

1995

Soccer AM
Soccer AM
as Self
TV - Released: 8/12/1995
The Frank Skinner Show
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/10/1995

1994

Room 101
Room 101
as Self
TV - Released: 7/4/1994

1990

Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self
TV - Released: 9/28/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 9/28/1990

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