Cast & creator
Alistair McGowan
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, Have I Got News for You
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alistair McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is a British impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes - winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. He has also worked extensively in theatre and appeared in the West End in Art, Cabaret, The Mikado and Little Shop of Horrors (for which he received an Laurence Olivier Award nomination.).) As an actor on television he played the lead role in BBC1's Mayo. He wrote the play Timing (nominated as Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com awards) and the book A Matter of Life and Death or How to Wean Your Man off Football with former comedy partner Ronni Ancona. He also provided voices for Spitting Image. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alistair McGowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1984–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self
2006
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
Skins
Coach Pooter
2007
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
GMTV
Self
1993
Parkinson
Self
1998The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Mock the Week
Self
2005
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Jonathan Creek
Trevor
1997
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Room 101
Self
1994
Spitting Image
1984
The Weakest Link
Self - Participant
2021
Murder Most Horrid
Marcos
1991
Children's Ward
Casualty Doctor
1989
Arthur Christmas
Additional Voices (voice)
2011
Bleak House
Mr. Kenge
2005
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Spock
1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
Waiter
1994
This Morning
Self
1988
Monkey Trousers
2005
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Crapston Villas
1995
Leonardo
Piero de' Medici
2011
My Life in Ruins
Nico
2009
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2012
Twenty Twenty Six
David Beckham (voice)
2026
What the Dickens?
Self
2008
Fist of Fun
1995
Mayo
DI Gil Mayo
20062DTV
2001Davina
2006FBI Music Magazine
2000
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989The Big Impression
2000The Big Impression
Producer
2000
Creation Stories
Jimmy Savile
2021
We Are Most Amused
Self
2008
Thatcherworld
1993Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Football Commentators (voice)
2004
24 Hours in the Past
Participant
2015
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Des Yeti / Alan Snowman / Trash Bag (voice)
1999Talking Snooker
Self - Presenter
2017
Dark Ages
Redwald
1999The Comedy Annual
29 Minutes of Fame
Self - Team Captain
2005Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
2010
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
Self (archive)
2010
Ealing Comedy
Vijay Imran Cecil Kuttuputtu Yogesh
2008
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
Various Roles
1992
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
Various characters (Voice)
1996Spark
Mike
1997
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock (voice)
2023
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Des Yeti (voice)
2002
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
2006
Hairspray: The School Musical
2008
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010Words of Captain Scott
Edward Wilson
2012
An Evening with Gary Lineker
John Motson (voice)
1994
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Self
2023Comic Aid
2005
Cor, Blimey!
Racing Commentator
2000
Falklands' Most Daring Raid
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2012The Great Kandinsky
Newsreader (voice)
1995Lost and Found
The Funeral Director
2003