Kevin Eldon is a British Actor, Comedian and Songwriter. He featured in the major British TV comedies of the 1990s including Fist of Fun, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. In 2013, Eldon appeared in his own BBC sketch series It's Kevin. He has also appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his wife Holly, who he met in late 2005 on the set of Hyperdrive, where she was the art director.
Eldon occupies half a page in Oliver Gray's book called Volume – A Cautionary Tale of Rock and Roll Obsession; this includes coverage of punk-era Hampshire where, in late 1978, with two schoolmates from Bay House School, Gosport, Eldon started a band named Virginia Doesn't. Virginia Doesn't's career peaked with a session broadcast on Radio One's John Peel Show on 18 October 1979. In early 1980, Virginia Doesn't morphed into The Time, in which Eldon was again the front man. The Time recorded and performed from April 1980 until August 1982, during which time the band gigged extensively and played support slots with The Jam, Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive and Bad Manners. The Time had songs included on several self-released tape compilations, although they never secured a recording contract. In August 1982, The Time became Gerry Hackett & The Fringes, a spoof Sixties revival band. On 6 November 1983 Gerry Hackett & The Fringes appeared on BBC South's 'The Cellar Show' presented by John Sessions. Eldon started on the stand-up circuit in the early 1990s performing an act in-character as the political poet Paul Hamilton, but has also, on occasion, done stand-up as himself.
On the circuit, Eldon formed a friendship with stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, which would later lead to an invitation to work with him on the radio series Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun with Lee's comedy partner Richard Herring. Lee and Herring would usually refer to him as "the actor Kevin Eldon", in reference to his claim to being an actor rather than a comedian. Eldon's work sat well with that of Lee and Herring, and he continued to work with them on many of their projects, including The Lee & Herring Radio Show, Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy. He played recurring characters Simon Quinlank (the self-styled "King of Hobbies") and 'Rod Hull', a nonsensical version of Rod Hull with a prosthetic limb and an obsession with jelly, especially the 'green' variety. In 1994 and 1997, he appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part the comedy troupe Cluub Zarathustra; other comedians in the troupe including Roger Mann, Johnny Vegas, Simon Munnery, and later Stewart Lee. They were given a Channel 4 pilot, which led to the television series Attention Scum! The book You Are Nothing by Robert Wringham praises the performers' talent. From March 2009, Eldon appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in a number of the show's sketches most often with Paul Putner.
Napoleon
Dr Corvisart
2023
Shadow and Bone
The Apparat · (3 episodes)
2021
King Rocker
Self
2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Sergeant Simmons
2020
Johnny English Strikes Again
MI7 Night Duty Agent
2018
Eaten by Lions
Ken
2018
Funny Cow
Danny
2018
Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of Primal
Tenoroc (voice)
2018
Call Me Alvy
Dr. Rubenstein
2017
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Kevin
2017
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Nick Secker
2016
Brilliantman!
Brilliantman
2015
Friday Download: The Movie
Mr. Prim
2015
Set Fire to the Stars
Stanley
2014
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
Self
2014
The Wedding Video
Andrew
2012
Hugo
Policeman
2011
Arthur Christmas
Elf (voice)
2011
Connected
Customer
2011
Kevin Eldon - is Titting About
Himself
2011
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
Himself
2010
D.O.A
Carl
2010
Four Lions
Sniper
2010
Lizzie and Sarah
Rick
2010
Faintheart
Alan
2009
Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
Himself
2008
Dead Set
Joplin · (5 episodes)
2008
Attila the Hun
Romulus
2008
World of Wrestling
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
The Yellow House
Jaques
2007
Hot Fuzz
Sergeant Tony Fisher
2007
Skins
Manfred · (1 episode)
2007
Robin Hood
(1 episode)
2006
Mayo
(1 episode)
2006
Hyperdrive
First Officer Eduardo Pauline York · (12 episodes)
2006
Who I Am and What I Want
Pete
2005
Funland
(11 episodes)
2005
Harry & Paul
(24 episodes)
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Man with Dog
2005
Popetown
Cardinal Two (voice) · (10 episodes)
2005
Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are
Miles (voice)
2004
Bill Bailey: Part Troll
Member of Kraftwerk
2004
Piccadilly Jim
Wizzy Wisbeach
2004
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
2004
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Antimony
2002
Combat Sheep
Cooper (voice)
2001
High Heels and Low Lifes
McGill
2001
The Junkies
Kevin
2001
Lee and Herring Live
Simon Quinlank
1996
Fahrenheit 451
Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)
1966
Madfabulous
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
(voice)
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
(voice)
VE Day 80
Himself · (1 episode)
2025
My Lady Jane
Dr. Butts · (3 episodes)
2024
3 Body Problem
Sir Thomas More · (1 episode)
2024
Hijack
Devlin · (3 episodes)
2023
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Coffin (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Narvi · (6 episodes)
2022
Pistol
Bill Grundy · (1 episode)
2022
The Chelsea Detective
Roy Colin · (1 episode)
2022
The Responder
Neil · (1 episode)
2022
Trigger Point
Jeff Washington · (7 episodes)
2022
The Larkins
Howard · (1 episode)
2021
Wolfe
Vincent Frayn · (1 episode)
2021
Truth Seekers
Jack · (1 episode)
2020
Miss Scarlet
Jacob Bunce · (1 episode)
2020
Criminal: UK
Michael Walker · (1 episode)
2019
Hang Ups
Terry Sparkes · (1 episode)
2018
Gunpowder
Sir John Hawksworth · (1 episode)
2017
Timewasters
Professor John Logie Baird · (1 episode)
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant · (5 episodes)
2017
Decline and Fall
Mr. Levy · (1 episode)
2017
The Crown
Priest Michael · (1 episode)
2016
Damned
Martin Bickerstaff · (12 episodes)
2016
Danger Mouse
Penfold (voice) · (100 episodes)
2015
Cradle to Grave
(1 episode)
2015
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Inside No. 9
Vince · (1 episode)
2014
Death Comes to Pemberley
Dr. McFee · (3 episodes)
2013
It's Kevin
Kevin / Various · (6 episodes)
2013
Utopia
Tony Bradley · (1 episode)
2013
Them From That Thing
Various · (2 episodes)
2012
Playhouse Presents
Martin · (1 episode)
2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Servegood · (3 episodes)
2012
Matt Hatter Chronicles
Tenoroc · (52 episodes)
2011
Death in Paradise
Jeremy Herbert · (1 episode)
2011
Game of Thrones
Camello · (2 episodes)
2011
Game of Thrones
Goldcloak · (1 episode)
2011
How TV Ruined Your Life
(4 episodes)
2011
Mongrels
Photographer · (1 episode)
2010
Horrible Histories
(3 episodes)
2009
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
(24 episodes)
2009
Merlin
Trickler · (1 episode)
2008
Heroes and Villains
(6 episodes)
2007
Saxondale
Martin · (1 episode)
2006
The IT Crowd
French Tech Support · (1 episode)
2006
Doctor Who
Ribbons · (1 episode)
2005
Nathan Barley
Nikolai the Barber · (1 episode)
2005
Twisted Tales
(1 episode)
2005
Green Wing
Scissors Bentley · (1 episode)
2004
I Am Not an Animal
Hugh the Monkey (voice) · (6 episodes)
2004
Murder City
(1 episode)
2004
Hustle
Anxious · (1 episode)
2004
Nighty Night
Terry Tyrrell · (6 episodes)
2004
New Tricks
Dr Neville Moroni · (1 episode)
2004
Spine Chillers
Matt · (2 episodes)
2003
15 Storeys High
Nev · (2 episodes)
2002
Look Around You
Tony Rudd · (1 episode)
2002
World of Pub
(6 episodes)
2001
Attention Scum
(6 episodes)
2001
Black Books
Cleaner · (1 episode)
2000
Jam
Various · (6 episodes)
2000
Hippies
(1 episode)
1999
Spaced
Agent · (1 episode)
1999
Smack the Pony
Various Characters · (1 episode)
1999
Big Train
(12 episodes)
1998
In the Red
(1 episode)
1998
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
(18 episodes)
1998
I'm Alan Partridge
Mike Sampson · (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer Murders
Terry 'Groucho' Bellini · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Mr. Wastrey · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Alan / Belgian Comedian · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Prison Officer · (1 episode)
1997
Brass Eye
Spike Durnaburny · (1 episode)
1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Silent Witness
DI Dan Mason · (1 episode)
1996
Cluub Zarathustra
Various
1996
Fist of Fun
(12 episodes)
1995
Blue Heaven
Waiter 1 · (1 episode)
1992
Red Dwarf
4 of 27 · (1 episode)
1988
The Witness
DCI Mick Wickerson · (3 episodes)