David Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 14, 1974 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 90
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hey A.J.!
2026TV
Theo (voice)
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025TV
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
2025TV
Self
Ludwig
2024TV
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024TV
Self - Guest
Migration
2023Movie
GooGoo (voice)
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023Movie
Self
David Mitchell's Outsiders
2021TV
Self - Host
The Cleaner
2021TV
Terence Redford
Greed
2019Movie
Nick
The Big Narstie Show
2018TV
Self
Apple & Onion
2018TV
Gherkin (voice)
Gun Shy
2017Movie
John Hardigger
Back
2017TV
Stephen
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017Movie
Policeman Panda (voice)
Upstart Crow
2016TV
Will Shakespeare
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015Movie
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
Friday Download: The Movie
2015Movie
Policeman
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014Movie
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014TV
Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014Movie
Self
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014Movie
Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014TV
Rick and Morty
2013TV
Knight of the Sun (voice)
Crackanory
2013TV
Self
Ambassadors
2013TV
Keith Davis
Was It Something I Said?
2013TV
Self - Presenter
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013TV
Self - Contestant
The Last Leg
2013TV
Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013TV
Self - Contestant
Gadget Man
2012TV
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012TV
Jolliforth Jollington
Making Qi
2011Movie
Self
How TV Ruined Your Life
2011TV
10 O'Clock Live
2011TV
Presenter
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010Movie
Mark Corrigan
The Bubble
2010TV
Self - Presenter
You Have Been Watching
2009TV
Self
David Mitchell's Soapbox
2009TV
Himself
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008Movie
Self - Narrator
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008Movie
Narrator
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008Movie
Lily Allen and Friends
2008TV
Self - Guest
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
2007Movie
Self
Phineas and Ferb
2007TV
Mitch (voice)
Would I Lie to You?
2007TV
Self - Team Captain
Magicians
2007Movie
Harry Kane
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007Movie
David - Writer
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
2006Movie
Jam and Jerusalem
2006TV
Dr. James Vine
Blunder
2006TV
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2006TV
Various Characters
The Charlotte Church Show
2006TV
Best of the Worst
2006TV
The One Show
2006TV
Self
The Law of the Playground
2006TV
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006TV
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
2006TV
The Taming of the Shrew
2005Movie
Tim Agnew
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005TV
Dirty Tricks
2005TV
Penguin (voice)
All About George
2005TV
Mock the Week
2005TV
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005TV
Self
Doctor Who
2005TV
Robot 1 (voice)
Twisted Tales
2005TV
Ray
Big Fat Quiz
2004TV
Self - Contestant
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004TV
Self
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest
Doctors and Nurses
2004TV
Dr. Toby Stephens
Peep Show
2003TV
Mark Corrigan
QI
2003TV
Self, Self - Panellist (archive footage)
Spine Chillers
2003TV
tlc
2002TV
1950s Patient
Look Around You
2002TV
Pat Taylor
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001TV
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001TV
Bruiser
2000TV
Comedy Lab
1998TV
Ray, Baron Amstrad
Comedy Nation
1998TV
The Frank Skinner Show
1995TV
Self
Soccer AM
1995TV
Self
Room 101
1994TV
Self
Have I Got News for You
1990TV
Self, Self - Host
This Morning
1988TV
Self
Question Time
1979TV
Self - Panellist
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self - Presenter
The Dark Room
Movie
The Smart Man