Kevin Brian Bishop is an English actor and comedian, best known for The Kevin Bishop Show, which he co-wrote with Lee Hupfield. Bishop's first role was in Grange Hill. His second role, at age 16, was as Ben Quayle in Silent Witness. He played Stupid Brian in three episodes of My Family. He starred in Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins. In 2005, he portrayed the late comedian Dudley Moore onstage in Pete and Dud: Come Again, a drama charting Moore's turbulent relationship with Peter Cook, which debuted at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to The Venue in London's West End in March 2006. In August 2007 he appeared as the title character in Channel 4's satirical spoof documentary "Being Tom Cruise", a spin-off of Star Stories. In September 2014, Bishop appeared in the one-man show Fully Committed at the Menier Chocolate Factory, in which he played forty characters. In 2013, Bishop appeared in the American comedy series Super Fun Night, written by and starring Australian comedic actress Rebel Wilson. The show ran for one season. In August 2016, Bishop starred in the revival of classic 1970s BBC sitcom Porridge. He played the role of Fletch, grandson of Ronnie Barker's original main character, locked up for cyber-crime. Originally a one-off, the show was commissioned to full series in October 2016. The first series was broadcast in October 2017 on a 6-week run on BBC One as well as the full series being released at the same time on BBC iPlayer. In 2016, Bishop played Nigel Farage in a one-off BBC Two comedy series entitled Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back. In 2017, Bishop became the speaking voice for 2-D, fictional lead singer of British virtual band Gorillaz

Filmography

• Beyond Paradise — Mike Moss
• Greek Salad — William
• 2023Sumotherhood — Random Customer in Bank
• 2022Gangsta Granny Strikes Again — Flavio
• 2022The Love Box in Your Living Room
• 2021Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye — Jeffrey Tamworthy
• 2021Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break — Jack Tapp
• Flack — Danny Davis
• 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans — German Legate
• Miracle Workers — Quizmaster
• 2018Lady Windermere's Fan — Lord Darlington
• 2017A Few Less Men — Graham
• Bad Mother — The Husband
• 2017Birds Like Us — Hassan (voice)
• Porridge — Nigel Norman Fletcher
• Strike — Wally Cardew
• 2016David Brent: Life on the Road — DJ
• 2016Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back — Nigel Farage
• 2016Porridge — Nigel Norman Fletcher
• 2016The Rack Pack — Barry Hearn
• Documentary Now! — Gary Jacks
• 2015Moonwalkers — Paul
• 2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story — James Beck
• Inside No. 9 — Arlo, a Fool
• 2013All Stars — Andy
• 2013May I Kill U? — Baz
• Plebs — Darius
• Super Fun Night — Richard Royce
• 2012A Few Best Men — Graham Vincent
• 2012Keith Lemon: The Film — Dougie
• 2011My Piece of the Pie — Nick, Le Boxeur
• Channel 4's Comedy Gala
• 2010Royal Wedding — TJ
• Whites — Shay Marshall
• FM — Dom Cox
• The Kevin Bishop Show
• Benidorm — The Original Peter Andre
• Comedy Showcase — Various, Writer
• Dogface
• 2007Irina Palm — Tom
• Hotel Babylon — Adam
• Star Stories — Various
• Love Soup
• 2005Russian Dolls — William
• Spoons
• The Last Chancers — Dan
• Peep Show — Ollie
• 2002Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime — Dick Whittington
• 2002Food of Love — Paul Porterfield
• 2002The Spanish Apartment — William
• Doctors — Craig Prentice
• 2000The Big Finish — Kevin
• 1996Muppet Treasure Island — Jim Hawkins
• Silent Witness — Ben Quayle
• Pie in the Sky — Nicky
• Casualty — Nick Wilson
• The Bill
• Grange Hill — Sam Spalding

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2018The Muppets Take The O2 — Self
• 2010Huge — Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man — Self
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• The Charlotte Church Show — Self - Guest
• Big Brother's Little Brother — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self