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.
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)