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)