Cast & creator
Rob Brydon
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, The One Show
Robert Brydon Jones is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He gained prominence for his roles in film, television and radio. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting and charitable services. Brydon gained fame for his roles in the black comedy series Human Remains (2000), the mockumentary series Marion and Geoff (2000–2003), the chat show spoof The Keith Barret Show (2004–2005), and the comedy series Supernova (2005–2006). From 2007 to 2024, he played Bryn West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance. He has acted in several films with Steve Coogan for director Michael Winterbottom, starting with 24 Hour Party People (2002) and A Cock and Bull Story (2005). Brydon and Coogan then starred in The Trip (2010), followed by The Trip to Italy (2014), The Trip to Spain (2017), and The Trip to Greece (2020). He has also acted in the films Cinderella (2015), The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), Holmes & Watson (2019), and Barbie (2023). Since 2009, Brydon has presented the BBC One comedy panel show Would I Lie to You? after previously playing himself as host of a fictional panel show in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, which ran on BBC Three from 2006 until 2007. In addition to presenting his late-night chat show, The Rob Brydon Show, for two years, he hosted the 2014 Saturday-night game show The Guess List for BBC One.
Also known as: Robert Brydon Jones, راب برایدن
87
film credits
59
television credits
136
1978–2027 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (146)
Showing 146 of 146 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006The One Show
Self
2006
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
QI
Self
2003QI
Self - Panellist (archive footage)
2003
Top Gear
Self
2002
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007Would I Lie to You?
Self - Host
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inspector Awdrey
2004
Parkinson
Self
1998
Barbie
Sugar Daddy Ken
2023
An Audience with...
Self
1978
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self
2013
Not Going Out
George (voice)
2006
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Evil Rob Brydon
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Guest Announcer
2002
McDonald & Dodds
Roy Gilbert
2020
Little Britain
Bubbles' Ex-Husband
2003
Cinderella
Master Phineus
2015
Shaun of the Dead
Football Commentator / 'Zombies From Hell!' Presenter (voice) (uncredited)
2004
Green Eggs and Ham
Philip Trousers (voice)
2019Green Eggs and Ham
Philip Trousers / Snalfred (voice)
2019
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Contestant
2004
Lily's Driftwood Bay
Dredger Tom Fox (voice)
2014
Black Books
B. Nugent
2000
Murder in Mind
Barry Coates
2001
My Lady Jane
Lord Dudley
2024
Trust
President Nixon
2018
The Amazing Maurice
The Pied Piper (voice)
2022
Gavin & Stacey
Bryn West
2007
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Gryff
2016
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Early Man
Message Bird / Brian / Bryan / Gonad the Gaul (voice)
2018
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
2009
I'm Alan Partridge
Baptist Fan
1997
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Traffic Warden
1998
The F Word
2005
First Knight
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
1995
The Gruffalo
Snake (voice)
2009
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Self
2009
Stitch Head
Professor (voice)
2025
The Trip
Rob
2010
Blinded by the Light
Matt's Dad
2019
Holmes & Watson
Inspector Lestrade
2018
Monkey Trousers
2005
Destination X
Self - Host
2025
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Himself - Host
2006
The John Bishop Show
Self
2022
Cold Lazarus
Karl
1996
The Gruffalo's Child
The Snake (voice)
2011
Heroes and Villains
2007
Room on the Broom
Cat (voice)
2012
Stick Man
Snail / Park-keeper / Swan Dad / Frog / Beach Dad / Crab / Cat (voice)
2015
A Cock and Bull Story
Toby Shandy / Rob Brydon
2005
Not Alone
Dunk (voice)
2027
Human Remains
Various Characters
2000
Zog
Guards / Knight / other vocals (voice)
2018
24 Hour Party People
Ryan Letts
2002
Revolting Rhymes
Short Sister (Voice)
2017Revolting Rhymes
Short Sister / King / Rolf / Banker Pig (voice)
2017The Keith Barret Show
2004The Keith Barret Show
Producer
2004
Supernova
Dr. Paul Hamilton
2005
The Snail and the Whale
Whale (voice)
2020
The Highway Rat
Narrator / The Horse (voice)
2018
Marion and Geoff
Keith
2000Marion and Geoff
Associate Producer
2000Marion and Geoff
Writer
2000
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
Zog and the Flying Doctors
King (voice)
2021
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Keith Barret
2001Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer Party
Writer
2001
The Trip to Italy
Rob
2014
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Bryn West
2024
Bill's Included
Bill Beam
Bill's Included
Executive Producer
Married for Life
Happy
1996Married for Life
TV Newsreader
1996
MirrorMask
Morris Campbell / Prime Minister
2005
Swimming with Men
Eric Scott
2018
The Very Thought of You
Bus Driver
1998
Bear's Mission with...
Himself
2017
The Smeds and the Smoos
Uncle Smoo (voice)
2023
The Big Night In
Rob Brydon
2020
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Mr Porter
2020
The Trip to Greece
Rob
2020
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
William Heelis
2020
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
2025
Superworm
Crow (voice)
2021
The Best of Men
Corporal Wynne Bowen
2012
James Bond: For Real
Narrator
2006
The Trip to Spain
Rob
2017
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
2022
The Scarecrows' Wedding
Reginald Rake (voice)
2026
The Trip
Rob Brydon
2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
2011
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
Bryn West
2008
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Bryn West
2019
Gangsta Granny
Mr Parker
2013
Cruise of the Gods
Andy Van Allen
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Prison Guard (voice)
2002
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
Self
2005Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Tabby McTat
Fred (voice)
2024
The Floor (UK)
Self - Presenter
2026
Tiddler
Fisherman / Whale / Starfish / Anchovy (voice)
2024
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Self - Presenter
2012
Frank and Percy
2026
Bond on Location
Narrator (voice)
2012
Little Britain Down Under
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
Body Beautiful
Vince/Husband/Mr Otaka/Trainer (voice)
1991Body Beautiful
Writer
1991
Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure
Narrator (voice)
2025
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Radio Commentator
1995The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Self
2014
Michael McIntyre's Very Christmassy Christmas Show
Self
2014
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
Self
2025Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
Self
2024
Rob Brydon's Honky Tonk Road Trip
Self - Presenter
2025
The One Ronnie
2010Gaynor & Ray
Ray
Gaynor & Ray
Writer
Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore
Kenneth Tynan
2005
Becoming Bond
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Summer Session
Self
1992Summer Session
Writer
1992
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Stanislav Fréron
2007
Fantastic Person
1991
Coogan's Runner
Self
2003Lord of Misrule
Cornish Policeman
1996
An Entirely MAD! Conversation With Rob Brydon & Sparks
2025
Making Qi
Self
2011
The Saint & the Hanged Man
Narrator
2008The Guess List
Host
2014
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town
Narrator
2010
The Healer
Sean
1994
Rob Brydon Live
Rob Brydon
2009Rob Brydon Live
Executive Producer
2009Rob Brydon Live
Writer
2009
The Wrong Type
1990Keith Barret Live
Keith Barret
2006Millennium: The Musical
Various characters
1999