Alistair McGowan
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
Series
Skins
Coach Pooter
2007
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Mock the Week
Self
2005
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Series
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Series
Jonathan Creek
Trevor
1997
Series
Spitting Image
1984
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Series
Room 101
Self
1994
Film
Arthur Christmas
Additional Voices (voice)
2011
Series
The Weakest Link
Self - Participant
2021
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Marcos
1991
Series
Children's Ward
Casualty Doctor
1989
Series
Bleak House
Mr. Kenge
2005
Series
Leonardo
Piero de' Medici
2011
Series
Harry Enfield and Chums
Waiter
1994
Series
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Spock
1994
Film
My Life in Ruins
Nico
2009
Series
Crapston Villas
1995
2DTV
2001
Series
Fist of Fun
1995
Series
Monkey Trousers
2005
Series
Mayo
DI Gil Mayo
2006
Series
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2012
FBI Music Magazine
2000
Series
What the Dickens?
Self
2008
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Series
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
Davina
2006
The Big Impression
2000
Film
Creation Stories
Jimmy Savile
2021
Film
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Football Commentators (voice)
2004
Series
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
Talking Snooker
Self - Presenter
2017
Series
24 Hours in the Past
Participant
2015
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
Series
Hairspray: The School Musical
2008
Film
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Des Yeti / Alan Snowman / Trash Bag (voice)
1999
Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
2010
Series
Dark Ages
Redwald
1999
29 Minutes of Fame
Self - Team Captain
2005
The Comedy Annual
Comic Aid
2005
Film
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
Self (archive)
2010
Film
Ealing Comedy
Vijay Imran Cecil Kuttuputtu Yogesh
2008
Spark
Mike
1997
Film
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Film
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock (voice)
2023
Film
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Des Yeti (voice)
2002
Film
We Are Most Amused
Self
2008
Film
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
2006
Film
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
Various Roles
1992
The Great Kandinsky
Newsreader (voice)
1995
Film
An Evening with Gary Lineker
John Motson (voice)
1994
Words of Captain Scott
Edward Wilson
2012
Film
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Self
2023
Film
Cor, Blimey!
Racing Commentator
2000
Film
Thatcherworld
1993
Film
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
Various characters (Voice)
1996
Film
Falklands' Most Daring Raid
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2012
Lost and Found
The Funeral Director
2003