Cast & creator
David Mitchell
Best known for Rick and Morty, The Graham Norton Show, Doctor Who
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.
Also known as: David James Stuart Mitchell
22
film credits
83
television credits
93
1979–2026 · acting roles
6.9
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (105)
Showing 105 of 105 credits
Rick and Morty
Knight of the Sun (voice)
2013
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Doctor Who
Robot 1 (voice)
2005
Phineas and Ferb
Mitch (voice)
2007
The One Show
Self
2006
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
QI
Self
2003QI
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
2003
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
The Last Leg
Self
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Team Captain
2007
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Contestant
2013
Apple & Onion
Gherkin (voice)
2018
Ludwig
John 'Ludwig' Taylor / James Taylor
2024Ludwig
Executive Producer
2024
Soccer AM
Self
1995
Migration
GooGoo (voice)
2023
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Mock the Week
Self
2005
Peep Show
Mark Corrigan
2003
Room 101
Self
1994
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Contestant
2004
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Comedy Lab
Ray
1998Comedy Lab
Baron Amstrad
1998
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Cleaner
Terence Redford
2021
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Upstart Crow
Will Shakespeare
2016
Jam and Jerusalem
Dr. James Vine
2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Various Characters
2006That Mitchell and Webb Look
Writer
2006That Mitchell and Webb Look
Creator
2006
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest
2024
Look Around You
Pat Taylor
2002
Crackanory
Self
2013
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Self
2025
David Mitchell's Outsiders
Self - Host
2021David Mitchell's Outsiders
Creator
2021
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Spine Chillers
2003
This Morning
Self
1988
Twisted Tales
Ray
2005Twisted Tales
Writer
2005
Gadget Man
2012
The Charlotte Church Show
2006
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Jolliforth Jollington
2012
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2013
All About George
2005
Back
Stephen
2017
I Could Never Be Your Woman
David - Writer
2007
Ambassadors
Keith Davis
2013
David Mitchell's Soapbox
Himself
2009
Lily Allen and Friends
Self - Guest
2008
You Have Been Watching
Self
2009
10 O'Clock Live
Presenter
2011
tlc
1950s Patient
2002Dirty Tricks
Penguin (voice)
2005
Gun Shy
John Hardigger
2017
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
Writer
2025Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
Executive Producer
2025Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
Creator
2025Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
How TV Ruined Your Life
2011
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001The Mitchell and Webb Situation
Writer
2001The Mitchell and Webb Situation
Creator
2001
Bruiser
2000Bruiser
Writer
2000Bruiser
Creator
2000
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Presenter
2013
Greed
Nick
2019
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Hey A.J.!
Theo (voice)
2026Doctors and Nurses
Dr. Toby Stephens
2004
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
2006
The Bubble
Self - Presenter
2010
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Narrator
2008The Law of the Playground
2006
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
2014
Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
Self
2007Comedy Nation
1998
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Policeman Panda (voice)
2017
Friday Download: The Movie
Policeman
2015
Blunder
2006Best of the Worst
2006
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Self
2023
The Taming of the Shrew
Tim Agnew
2005
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
2014The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Self
2014
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self - Narrator
2008
Magicians
Harry Kane
2007
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Mark Corrigan
2010
The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
2006
Making Qi
Self
2011
Professor Branestawm Returns
Councillor Harold Haggerstone
2015The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
The Dark Room
The Smart Man