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Kevin Eldon
Actor

Kevin Eldon

3 Oct 1959Born
67Age
134Credits
Chatham, Kent, England, UKBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 134 credits.

  1. TBABear Grylls, Young Adventurer: EndangeredFilm: (voice)
  2. TBABear Grylls, Young Adventurer: IcebreakerFilm: (voice)
  3. TBABill's IncludedSeries: Drew (6 episodes)
  4. 2026MadfabulousFilm: John Wickens
  5. 2026The WitnessSeries: DCI Mick Wickerson (3 episodes)
  6. 2026Duck & FrogSeries: (voice) (50 episodes)
  7. 2025AfterburnFilm: Father Samson
  8. 2024My Lady JaneSeries: Dr. Butts (3 episodes)
  9. 20243 Body ProblemSeries: Sir Thomas More (1 episode)
  10. 2023NapoleonFilm: Dr Corvisart
  11. 2023JuiceSeries: Mr Majal (6 episodes)
  12. 2023HijackSeries: Devlin (3 episodes)
  13. 2022Don't Hug Me I'm ScaredSeries: Coffin (voice) (1 episode)
  14. 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeries: Narvi (6 episodes)
  15. 2022PistolSeries: Bill Grundy (1 episode)
  16. 2022The Chelsea DetectiveSeries: Roy Colin (1 episode)
  17. 2022The ResponderSeries: Neil (1 episode)
  18. 2022Trigger PointSeries: Jeff Washington (10 episodes)
  19. 2021The LarkinsSeries: Howard (1 episode)
  20. 2021WolfeSeries: Vincent Frayn (1 episode)
  21. 2021Shadow and BoneSeries: The Apparat (3 episodes)
  22. 2020Truth SeekersSeries: Jack (1 episode)
  23. 2020Six Minutes to MidnightFilm: Sergeant Simmons
  24. 2020Comedy Game NightSeries: Writer (10 episodes)
  25. 2020Miss ScarletSeries: Jacob Bunce (1 episode)
  26. 2019Criminal: UKSeries: Michael Walker (1 episode)
  27. 2018Johnny English Strikes AgainFilm: MI7 Night Duty Agent
  28. 2018Hang UpsSeries: Terry Sparkes (1 episode)
  29. 2018Eaten by LionsFilm: Ken
  30. 2018Funny CowFilm: Danny
  31. 2018Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of PrimalFilm: Tenoroc (voice)
  32. 2018ZanzibarFilm: Vince
  33. 2017Call Me AlvyFilm: Dr. Rubenstein
  34. 2017Murder on the Blackpool ExpressFilm: Kevin
  35. 2017GunpowderSeries: Sir John Hawksworth (1 episode)
  36. 2017TimewastersSeries: Professor John Logie Baird (1 episode)
  37. 2017Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye TapesFilm
  38. 2017Decline and FallSeries: Mr Levy (1 episode)
  39. 2016The CrownSeries: Priest Michael (1 episode)
  40. 2016The Comedian's Guide to SurvivalFilm: Nick Secker
  41. 2016DamnedSeries: Martin Bickerstaff (12 episodes)
  42. 2015The Last KingdomSeries: Bishop Erkenwald (8 episodes)
  43. 2015Danger MouseSeries: Penfold (voice) (100 episodes)
  44. 2015Brilliantman!Film: Brilliantman, Writer
  45. 2015Cradle to GraveSeries: Vicar (1 episode)
  46. 2015Friday Download: The MovieFilm: Mr. Prim
  47. 2014Set Fire to the StarsFilm: Stanley
  48. 2014Harry & Paul's Story of the 2sFilm: Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
  49. 2014Inside No. 9Series: Vince (1 episode)
  50. 2013Death Comes to PemberleySeries: Dr. McFee (3 episodes)
  51. 2013PsychobitchesSeries: Witch of Endor (1 episode)
  52. 2013It's KevinSeries: Kevin / Various, Creator, Writer (6 episodes)
  53. 2013UtopiaSeries: Tony Bradley (1 episode)
  54. 2012Them From That ThingSeries: Various (2 episodes)
  55. 2012The Wedding VideoFilm: Andrew
  56. 2012Playhouse PresentsSeries: Martin (1 episode)
  57. 2012The Bleak Old Shop of StuffSeries: Servegood (3 episodes)
  58. 2011HugoFilm: Policeman
  59. 2011Arthur ChristmasFilm: Elf (voice)
  60. 2011Matt Hatter ChroniclesSeries: Tenoroc (52 episodes)
  61. 2011ConnectedFilm: Customer
  62. 2011Death in ParadiseSeries: Jeremy Herbert (1 episode)
  63. 2011Game of ThronesSeries: Camello, Goldcloak (2 episodes)
  64. 2011CampusSeries: Doctor (1 episode)
  65. 2011How TV Ruined Your LifeSeries (4 episodes)
  66. 2010D.O.AFilm: Carl
  67. 2010MongrelsSeries: Photographer (1 episode)
  68. 2010Four LionsFilm: Sniper
  69. 2010Lizzie and SarahFilm: Rick
  70. 2009Horrible HistoriesSeries (3 episodes)
  71. 2009Stewart Lee's Comedy VehicleSeries: Various Characters, Fish, Referee (6 episodes)
  72. 2009FaintheartFilm: Alan
  73. 2008Dead SetSeries: Joplin (5 episodes)
  74. 2008MerlinSeries: Trickler (1 episode)
  75. 2008Attila the HunFilm: Romulus
  76. 2007Heroes and VillainsSeries (6 episodes)
  77. 2007World of WrestlingFilm
  78. 2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsFilm: Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
  79. 2007The Yellow HouseFilm: Jaques
  80. 2007Hot FuzzFilm: Sergeant Tony Fisher

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