David Mitchell
Acting
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.
TV Shows(66)
Hey A.J.!
Theo (voice)
2026
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025
Ludwig
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest
2024
David Mitchell's Outsiders
Self - Host
2021
The Cleaner
Terence Redford
2021
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Apple & Onion
Gherkin (voice)
2018
Back
Stephen
2017
Upstart Crow
Will Shakespeare
2016
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Rick and Morty
Knight of the Sun (voice)
2013
Crackanory
Self
2013
Ambassadors
Keith Davis
2013
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Presenter
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Contestant
2013
The Last Leg
Self
2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2013
Gadget Man
2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Jolliforth Jollington
2012
How TV Ruined Your Life
2011
10 O'Clock Live
Presenter
2011
The Bubble
Self - Presenter
2010
You Have Been Watching
Self
2009
David Mitchell's Soapbox
Himself
2009
Lily Allen and Friends
Self - Guest
2008
Phineas and Ferb
Mitch (voice)
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Team Captain
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jam and Jerusalem
Dr. James Vine
2006
Blunder
2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Various Characters
2006
The Charlotte Church Show
2006
Best of the Worst
2006
The One Show
Self
2006
The Law of the Playground
2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Dirty Tricks
Penguin (voice)
2005
All About George
2005
Mock the Week
Self
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Doctor Who
Robot 1 (voice)
2005
Twisted Tales
Ray
2005
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Contestant
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Doctors and Nurses
Dr. Toby Stephens
2004
Peep Show
Mark Corrigan
2003
QI
Self
2003
Spine Chillers
2003
tlc
1950s Patient
2002
Look Around You
Pat Taylor
2002
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
Bruiser
2000
Comedy Lab
Ray
1998
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Soccer AM
Self
1995
Room 101
Self
1994
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
This Morning
Self
1988
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Comedy Nation
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Movies(22)
Migration
GooGoo (voice)
2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Self
2023
Greed
Nick
2019
Gun Shy
John Hardigger
2017
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Policeman Panda (voice)
2017
Professor Branestawm Returns
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
2015
Friday Download: The Movie
Policeman
2015
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Self
2014
Making Qi
Self
2011
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Mark Corrigan
2010
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self - Narrator
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Narrator
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Self
2007
Magicians
Harry Kane
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
David - Writer
2007
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
2006
The Taming of the Shrew
Tim Agnew
2005
The Dark Room
The Smart Man