Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May 1965, Swansea^[1]) is a Welsh actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive. is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Marion and Geoff was a BBC television comedy starring Rob Brydon as Keith Barret, a naïve cab driver going through a messy divorce from his wife, Marion, who, though he failed to realise it, had had a long-standing affair with his best friend, Geoff. ... The Keith Barret Show is a chat show hosted by Keith Barret (Rob Brydon) who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage. ... Rob Brydons Annually Retentive is a BBC Three television show, which first aired in the UK in July 2006. ...

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Early life

His mother was a school teacher, and his father was a car dealer. Brydon grew up in Baglan, near Port Talbot,^[2] and was educated at the private Dumbarton House School in Swansea until the age of 14, then at Porthcawl Comprehensive School on Park Avenue in Porthcawl, in Bridgend County where he became a member of the school's youth theatre group. Baglan is a village in south Wales. ... , Port Talbot (Welsh: Aberafan or Porth Talbot) is an industrial town in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, with a population of approximately 50,000. ... Porthcawl is a town of around 16,000 on the south Wales coast in the county borough of Bridgend, traditional county of Glamorgan. ... Bridgend is a county borough in what was the traditional county of Glamorgan, southern Wales. ...

He attended the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, but left to join Radio Wales at the age of 20 without graduating from the college. Brydon's career began with radio - his early broadcasts included DJing on BBC Radio Wales, when his Saturday morning shows included contributions from Welsh stand up comedian Pete Park-Walker. Also on Radio Wales - where he stayed for six years, he was the main presenter of Rave, one of BBC Radio 5's youth magazine and music programmes, between 1992 and 1994. He is a non-Welsh speaker, which was not an asset at the station, especially in correct pronunciation of Welsh place names. Following this, in 1994 and 1995, he appeared in numerous episodes of the original Radio Wales version of the cult comedy show Satellite City with Boyd Clack. The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is a conservatoire located in Cardiff. ... BBC Radio Wales is the BBCs national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... BBC Radio Wales is the BBCs national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. ... This article is about Welsh people who are considered to be an ethnic group and a nation. ... This article is about the former BBC radio station, BBC Radio 5. ... Satellite City was a British sitcom which started out originally as a radio show on Radio Wales in 1994 and then evolved into a tv version made by BBC Wales and first broadcast in 1996. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Though he stayed with radio as a comedy performer on BBC Radio Five Live's The Treatment, he was initially known mainly as a voice artist. He provided several voices for the Discworld computer games and continuity announcements for BBC 1. BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... This article is about the novels. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ...

In the early 1990s he spent a brief stint presenting for the Home Shopping Network, and began to find small roles in several successful films and television series. He finally made his mark in television comedy in 2000 with Julia Davis when the pair wrote and starred in Human Remains for the BBC. The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. ... Julia Davis (born 1966) is an English comedy writer and performer. ... Human remains refer to portions of a human body that are left after a person dies. ...

Current acting career

He is also known for his voice-over work on numerous television advertising campaigns, including those for Renault, Tango, The Times, Tesco, Abbey National, McDonald's, Toilet Duck, Cahoot, Mint Card, Pot Noodle, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and The Observer. Additionally, he voiced the main character, Lewton, in the Discworld computer game Discworld Noir. Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. ... Tango flavours Tango is a carbonated soft drink sold primarily in the United Kingdom, first launched by Corona in 1950. ... For other uses, see Times. ... , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... Abbey Head office. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Toilet Duck is a brand name product toilet cleaner noted for the unique duck-shape of their bottles, so shaped to assist in ease of cleaning under the rim of the bowl. ... Cahoot is the internet division of Abbey National plc, a United Kingdom bank which since 2004 is a subsidiary of Banco Santander of Spain. ... In the UK, Pot Noodle is a specific brand of cup noodles (ramen-style snack). ... This is a list of breakfast cereals. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the novels. ... Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchetts Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. ...

In 2006, he first appeared on the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, in which he showed off an unusually good singing voice (especially by the programme's standards), during a rendition of Tom Jones's Delilah in the Pick-up Song round, where his remarkably accurate performance earned him one of the longest rounds of applause in the show's considerable history. He has since returned to the show several times, and has become its unofficial Tom Jones specialist with renditions of Sex Bomb and She's a Lady, and recently performed a particularly good rendition of Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?, to the tune of the Carpenters' Yesterday Once More, which was also featured on the 2007 Highlights broadcast. His voice has even earned previously unknown accolade of being described by host Humphrey Lyttelton as "Not bad". He also hosted a show recorded on 22 April 2008 at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, when Lyttelton was in hospital to repair an aortic aneurysm. A message was played to the audience in which Humph commented on his absence with his usual humour. Three days later, Humphrey Lyttelton died in hospital, following his surgery. old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or simply Clue, is a BBC radio comedy which has run since April 11, 1972. ... For other uses, see Tom Jones (disambiguation). ... This is a list of games featured on BBC Radio 4s long-running antidote to panel games, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue. ... Humphrey Lyttelton at the Landmark Arts Centre, 22 April 2006. ...

Brydon has also presented an episode of Have I Got News for You, and appears occasionally on BBC Radio 4's panel game Just A Minute. He also appeared in the first and second series of popular BBC comedy, Gavin & Stacey. Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game which has been running continuously since its first broadcast on December 22, 1967. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Gavin & Stacey is a BAFTA award winning[1] British sitcom originally aired on BBC Three and later shown on BBC Two, written by and starring Ruth Jones and James Corden and produced by Baby Cow Productions. ...

Brydon also narrated the 2 part radio programme on BBC Radio 4, 'The Pain of Laughter: The Last Days of Kenneth Williams.' It explored the latter part of Williams' life, feauturing many of Williams' friends and contemporaries.

Personal life

On 6 October 2006 Brydon married Claire Holland[1], a former producer on the South Bank Show, at Windsor church. They live in Strawberry Hill in the London borough of Richmond. He drives an Audi A4. He has two daughters, born c.1994 and c.1999 and a son born c.1996 from his first marriage. is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine show, presented by Melvyn Bragg and seen in over 60 countries — including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the USA. Its stated aim is to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience. ... Strawberry Hill is an affluent area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames near Twickenham. ... The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in South West London and part of Outer London. ... The Audi A4 is a luxury compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. ...

Brydon is a life long Swansea City Fan and is even an ambassador for their youth set-up the 1912 Foundation. Swansea City F.C. are a Welsh football team currently playing in Football League Two. ...

Filmography and television/radio appearances

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• QI (2003, 2005, 2007)
• Just a Minute (2004, 2005)
• The Keith Barret Show (2004-2005)
• Director's Commentary (2004)
• The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (2005)
• Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (2005)
• Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive (2006)
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2006-2007)
• Have I Got News for You (2006)
• 100 Greatest Funny Moments (2006)
• Heroes and Villains: Napoleon (November 2007)
• Rob Brydon's Identity Crisis (March 2008)
• Would I Lie To You? (July 2008)

For other uses, see QI (disambiguation). ... Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy panel game which has been running continuously since its first broadcast on December 22, 1967. ... The Keith Barret Show is a chat show hosted by Keith Barret (Rob Brydon) who interviews celebrity couples in the hope of finding the secret to a successful marriage. ... Directors Commentary was a comedy show produced by Granada Television for ITV, shown on ITV 1 in 2004. ... The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is a British television programme first broadcast on 28 December 2004, the second edition broadcast on December 26, 2005 and the third broadcast on 27 December 2006 on Channel 4. ... Live at the Apollo (formerly titled Jack Dee Live at the Apollo) is a British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London. ... Rob Brydons Annually Retentive is a BBC Three television show, which first aired in the UK in July 2006. ... Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or simply Clue, is a BBC radio comedy which has run since April 11, 1972. ... Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... Would I Lie to You? is a song recorded by British pop duo Eurythmics. ...

Trivia

In his first appearance on the quiz show, QI (A series, episode 5), Brydon displays surprisingly good impressions of Alec Guinness, James Dean and Michael J. Fox. For other uses, see QI (disambiguation). ... Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. ... For the film, see James Dean (film). ... For other persons named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ...

References

External links

• Official Rob Brydon site
• KeithBarret.com - a fan site
• Rob Brydon biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Rob Brydon at the Internet Movie Database

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News items

• Times February 2008 article
• Independent January 2006 article
• Telegraph June 2004 article
• Observer December 2002 article