Cast & creator
John Cooper Clarke
Best known for Have I Got a Bit More News for You, Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks
John Cooper Clarke is a seminal post punk English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester. Along with The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division and New Order, John Cooper Clarke remains one of the most distinguished voices of the region.
Also known as: Dr John Cooper Clarke
14
film credits
12
television credits
26
1981–2026 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
Showing 26 of 26 credits
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist
1996
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
2007
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Dictionary Corner
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Panellist
2013
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
The Harry Hill Show
Self
2026
Control
Self
2007
Urgh! A Music War
Self
1981
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Self
2007
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Self (Archive Footage)
2021
Ill Manors
Himself/Poet
2012
Evidently... John Cooper Clarke
Himself
2012
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Himself
2019
BP Fallon: Rock'n'Roll Wizard
Self
2025
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
Himself
2014The Way They Were: Punk and the New Wave 1976-1978
Self
1986
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Ghost Of Christmas Future
2021
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Self
1984
Too Good To Go Down
Narrator
2018
Punk: Attitude
Self - Punk Poet
2005