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

• 2025Helpless — Thanks
• Missing You — Titus
• The Hack — Rupert Murdoch
• 2024Better Man — Peter
• 2024The Little Things — Executive Producer
• The Cleaner — Donald
• 2021Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane — Mr Braithwaite
• 2021Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers — Mr Braithwaite
• Alma's Not Normal — Uncle Dickie
• Brassic — Mr King
• Good Omens — Mr. Glozier
• Ladhood — The Gardener
• Worzel Gummidge — Mr Braithwaite
• Killing Eve — Paul
• 2018Take Rabbit — Man
• 2018The Interrogation of Tony Martin — Tony Martin
• 2018The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! — Multiple Characters, Writer
• 2018Zanzibar — Robert, Writer
• 2017The Riddle of the Sphinx — Squires, Writer
• Urban Myths — Bill Grundy
• Camping — Robin
• 2016The Devil of Christmas — Producer
• 2015La Couchette — Jorg, Associate Producer
• 2015Professor Branestawm Returns — Professor Algebrain
• 2015The 12 Days of Christine — Bobby, Associate Producer
• 2015The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge — Mr Clarke, Associate Producer
• 2014A Quiet Night In — Eddie, Writer, Associate Producer
• Happy Valley — Kevin Weatherill
• Inside No. 9 — Stan, The Doctor, Spencer Maguire, Attendant, Mick, Felix, Wilma, Kenny, Dickie, Jason, Kenneth, Robert, Len, Hugo, Adrian, Giles, Keith, Blake, Carl, Eddie, Migg, Graham, Tony, Jorg, Bobby, Oggy, David, Trevor, Willy Wando, Mr Clarke, Andy, Jim, Peter, Galen, PC Thompson, Self, Malcolm, Nigel, Roger, Chris, Darren, Mr Edwards, Ezra, DI Ellis, Mr Blenkin, Manny, Harry, Jasper, Joe, Various, Johnny, Director, Associate Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2014Last Gasp — Graham, Script, Associate Producer
• Mapp and Lucia — Georgie Pillson, Writer
• 2014Sardines — Carl, Writer, Associate Producer
• 2014The Harrowing — Associate Producer
• 2014The Understudy — Tony, Associate Producer
• 2014Tom & Gerri — Migg, Associate Producer
• Catchphrase
• Heading Out — Jonathan Walters
• Psychobitches — Dian Fossey
• Toast of London — Francis Bacon
• 2012Mr. Stink — Sir Derek Dimble
• 2012National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer — Hardcastle
• Playhouse Presents — Dian Fossey
• Death in Paradise — Neil Henderson
• 2011Going Postal 2in1 — Drumknott
• Going Postal — Drumknott
• 2010Psychoville Halloween Special — Various, Writer
• 2010The First Men in the Moon — Sun
• Horrible Histories
• Psychoville — David Sowerbutts / Various Characters, Writer, Producer, Creator
• Whitechapel — Edward Buchan
• 2008Rocky Horror Tribute Show — Narrator
• Benidorm — Mick Garvey
• 2007I Could Never Be Your Woman — Censor
• Kingdom — Jack Thriplow
• Lewis — Ian Tedman
• 2007Mr. Bean's Holiday — Vicar
• 2007The Bad Mother's Handbook — Leo Fairbrother
• 2007The Old Curiosity Shop — Mr. Short
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Eric's Drums
• Hotel Babylon — Mr. Daniels
• 2006The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You — 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, Author
• Doctor Who — Strackman Lux
• 2005Friends Reunited — Edward Netherton
• 2005Lassie — Hynes
• 2005Match Point — Detective Parry
• 2005Riot at the Rite — Critic
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Mr. Prosser
• 2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse — Various Characters, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2005Under The Greenwood Tree — Mr. Shiner
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Henry Wake
• Blackpool — Adrian Marr
• 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years — Chester
• Shameless — Eddie
• 2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers — Harry Secombe
• Celebrity Mastermind
• The Last Detective
• 2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe — Viking (voice)
• 2001Birthday Girl — Duty sergeant
• 2001The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane — various, Writer
• Gormenghast — Professor Mule
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• The League of Gentlemen — Various, Writer, Creator
• In the Red — Lawrence Boot-Heath
• Midsomer Murders — Timothy Benson
• Mash and Peas
• 1995Alice in Russialand — Various characters
• 1995Highgate House of Horror — Woodall, Director
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Dr Bessner
• The South Bank Show
• Cold Comfort — Multiple, Creator

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2024Inside No. 9: The Party's Over — Self
• Rob Beckett's Smart TV — Self - Guest
• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening — Self
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Expert
• 2020The Hour — Himself
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday — Himself
• Celebrity Catchphrase — Self - Contestant
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant, Self - Panellist
• Taskmaster — Self
• 201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy — Self
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) — Self
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant
• Pointless Celebrities — Self - Participant
• Derren Brown: Trick or Treat — Himself
• 2007What the Pythons Did Next... — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• Great British Menu — Self - Guest Judge
• The Russell Brand Show — Self
• 2005Don'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' — Self - The League of Gentlemen
• 2002Tales from Behind the Crypt — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• This Morning — Self