Famed for the award-winning Peep Show, David Mitchell is an actor, stand-up comic, and writer, a true pioneer of incredible British talent. David comprises half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, a hilarious pair known for their sharp writing and witty sketches. A regular on the comedy show circuit David a brilliant after-dinner entertainer and awards show host.
David Mitchell is one half of the multi-award-winning comedy act alongside his partner Robert Webb. He is a seasoned professional on the corporate scene and will bring his unique style to hosting an awards evening or performing a comedy set.
David met his comedy partner Robert at Cambridge University. They were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, David being the President. The duo are well known for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom, Peep Show. The show follows two fictional university friends living together through their twenties and thirties. Critically acclaimed, the programme ran for nine series, making it the longest-running comedy in Channel 4 history.
Peep Show received a BAFTA and won three British Comedy Awards, while Mitchell won the award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009. The duo have written and starred in several sketch shows, including The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. Mitchell and Webb also starred in the UK version of Apple’s Get a Mac advertisement campaign. They have written extensively for television and their credits include The Jack Docherty Show, Armstrong and Miller and the 11 O’Clock Show.
In 2007, Robert and David turned their hands to becoming film stars in the eagerly anticipated feature film Magicians.
For the stage, they have written and performed several two-man comedy shows such as Innocent Millions Dead or Dying (a wry look at the post-apocalyptic age with songs), You’re Warm, Madam, Shopping and St***-Up, The Mitchell & Webb Story and The Mitchell & Webb Clones. Also, they have written and starred in two pantomimes, Oedipus the Pantomime and Macbeth and the Beanstalk. They were co-devisers and performers of the critically acclaimed Progress in Flying Machines.
David has also had much individual success with Taming of the Shrew for BBC1 and appeared alongside Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘I Could Never Be Your Woman’. David starred in BBC1’s Jam and Jerusalem from 2006-20
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| Expertise | Awards Host, Comedy Actor, Comedy Writing, Corporate Comedian, Stand Up Comedy, TV & Media |
| Cost | Over £5K |
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