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Robert Webb

Born · September 29, 1972 (52 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, England, UK

Bio

Robert Patrick Webb (born 29 September 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He rose to prominence alongside David Mitchell as the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Mitchell and Webb starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Webb plays Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne. The two also starred in the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look, for which they then performed a stage adaptation, The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the 2007 film Magicians, and in the short-lived series Ambassadors in 2013. Webb headed the critically acclaimed sitcom The Smoking Room and was a performer in the sketch show Bruiser. From 2017 to 2021, he starred alongside Mitchell in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back. Webb is also a regular comedy panellist, appearing on shows such as The Bubble, Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI, Mastermind, Argumental, and Was It Something I Said? He has also hosted and narrated several programmes. His other sitcom appearances include Blessed, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, and Fresh Meat. Robert Patrick Webb was born on 29 September 1972 in Boston, Lincolnshire, and grew up in Woodhall Spa. His parents divorced when he was five years old, with his mother remarrying a year or so later. He has two older brothers and a younger half-sister. He grew up on a council estate, and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle. Having grown up watching the sitcoms The Young Ones, Blackadder, and Only Fools and Horses, he became interested in drama and poetry while in school, and began writing parodies. At the age of 13, partly because of resentment towards his father, he made a conscious effort to lose his native Lincolnshire accent and now speaks with a more neutral English accent. When he was 17 and in the lower sixth form preparing for his A-levels, his mother died of breast cancer, and he moved in with his father and re-sat his A-levels. In 1992, Webb attended Robinson College, Cambridge, where he studied English and became vice-president of the Footlights, where he met David Mitchell. The two met at an audition for a Footlights production of Cinderella in 1993.

Known for

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Peep Show

Peep Show

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Martin

2023

Frayed

Rufus · (4 episodes)

2019

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Nick

2016

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Self

2014

The Wedding Video

Tim

2012

The Toys That Made Christmas

Self - Presenter

2011

Fresh Meat

Dan · (16 episodes)

2011

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

Robert's Web

(6 episodes)

2010

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3

Self (voice) (archive footage)

2010

Channel 4's Comedy Gala

(6 episodes)

2010

You Have Been Watching

Self · (2 episodes)

2009

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Self · (1 episode)

2009

Argumental

(47 episodes)

2008

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

2008

All Star Mr & Mrs

(1 episode)

2008

Lily Allen and Friends

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2008

Magicians

Karl Allen

2007

The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb

2006

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Various Characters · (24 episodes)

2006

The One Show

Self · (1 episode)

2006

Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive

(1 episode)

2006

Confetti

Michael

2006

Blessed

(8 episodes)

2005

55 Degrees North

K-9 Officer · (1 episode)

2004

The Smoking Room

Robin · (16 episodes)

2004

Celebrity Mastermind

(1 episode)

2003

Peep Show

Jeremy Usborne · (54 episodes)

2003

The Mitchell and Webb Situation

(6 episodes)

2001

Fun at the Funeral Parlour

(1 episode)

2001

Bruiser

(6 episodes)

2000

Comic Act

Mario

1998

The Frank Skinner Show

Self · (1 episode)

1995

Soccer AM

Self · (1 episode)

1995

My Life In Verse

(1 episode)

Whitstable Pearl

Tom Grant · (6 episodes)

2021

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

Guest · (1 episode)

2021

Back

Andrew · (12 episodes)

2017

Richard Osman's House of Games

Self - Panellist · (5 episodes)

2017

National Treasure

Robert Webb · (4 episodes)

2016

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

(1 episode)

2016

Our Ex-Wife

Jack · (1 episode)

2016

Insert Name Here

Self - Panelist · (1 episode)

2016

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2015

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

(1 episode)

2014

Rick and Morty

Knight of the Sun (voice) · (1 episode)

2013

Ambassadors

Neil Tilly · (3 episodes)

2013

You Saw Them Here First

Himself - Narrator · (4 episodes)

2013

The Last Leg

Self · (1 episode)

2013

Gadget Man

(1 episode)

2012

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

Jedrington Secret-Past · (3 episodes)

2012

Death in Paradise

Justin West · (2 episodes)

2011

Let's Dance for Sport Relief

Himself - Judge · (1 episode)

2010

The Bubble

Self · (1 episode)

2010

Would I Lie to You?

Self · (2 episodes)

2007

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (3 episodes)

2007

Doctor Who

Robot 2 (voice) · (1 episode)

2005

Twisted Tales

(1 episode)

2005

Agatha Christie's Marple

Tim Kendall · (1 episode)

2004

QI

Self · (1 episode)

2003

Spine Chillers

(1 episode)

2003

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Glorfinoid (voice) · (1 episode)

2000

People Like Us

Tom Wolfson · (1 episode)

1999

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self · (1 episode)

1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self - Host · (1 episode)

1996

Room 101

Self · (1 episode)

1994

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

Have I Got News for You

Self · (1 episode)

1990

Have I Got News for You

Self - Host · (1 episode)

1990

High Hoops

(1 episode)