Steve Pemberton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1967
- Birthplace
- Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Steve Pemberton is a BAFTA winning actor and writer born in Blackburn, UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in Yorkshire with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts in 1989. After leaving college Steve spent time producing and starring in small-scale theatre productions in London and working part-time for Variety as assistant editor of the International Film Guide. In 1996 Steve and his college friends Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson went to Edinburgh with comedy show The League of Gentlemen, winning the coveted Perrier Comedy prize a year later. The group then went on to record a radio series and four TV series for the BBC as well as staging three live tours and making a film. In 2009 Steve and Reece wrote and starred in the multi-award winning black comedy Psychoville which ran for two series and a Halloween special. The pair's acclaimed anthology show Inside No 9 began in 2014 and Steve was awarded with a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2019. The show also won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Steve lives in North London with his partner and three children.
Filmography
Helpless 2025
Thanks
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over 2024
as Self
Better Man 2024
as Peter
The Little Things 2024
Executive Producer
Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane 2021
as Mr Braithwaite
Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers 2021
as Mr Braithwaite
The Hour 2020
as Himself
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! 2018
as Multiple Characters, Writer
The Interrogation of Tony Martin 2018
as Tony Martin
Take Rabbit 2018
as Man
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday 2018
as Himself
Zanzibar 2018
as Robert, Writer
The Riddle of the Sphinx 2017
as Squires, Writer
The Devil of Christmas 2016
Actor, Producer
Professor Branestawm Returns 2015
as Professor Algebrain
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge 2015
as Mr Clarke, Associate Producer
The 12 Days of Christine 2015
as Bobby, Associate Producer
La Couchette 2015
as Jorg, Associate Producer
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 2014
as Self
The Harrowing 2014
Associate Producer
The Understudy 2014
as Tony, Associate Producer
Last Gasp 2014
as Graham, Script, Associate Producer
Tom & Gerri 2014
as Migg, Associate Producer
A Quiet Night In 2014
as Eddie, Writer, Associate Producer
Sardines 2014
as Carl, Writer, Associate Producer
Mr. Stink 2012
as Sir Derek Dimble
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer 2012
as Hardcastle
Going Postal 2in1 2011
as Drumknott
Psychoville Halloween Special 2010
as Various, Writer
The First Men in the Moon 2010
as Sun
Rocky Horror Tribute Show 2008
as Narrator
The Old Curiosity Shop 2007
as Mr. Short
I Could Never Be Your Woman 2007
as Censor
Mr. Bean's Holiday 2007
as Vicar
The Bad Mother's Handbook 2007
as Leo Fairbrother
What the Pythons Did Next... 2007
as Self
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You 2006
as Tubbs Tattsyrup / Pauline Campbell-Jones / Herr Lipp / Pop / Dave Parkes / Harvey Denton / Charlie Hull / Reenie Calver / Anne Hand / Barry Baggs / Mike Harris / Dr Carlton / Mary, Author
Under The Greenwood Tree 2005
as Mr. Shiner
Lassie 2005
as Hynes
Match Point 2005
as Detective Parry
Riot at the Rite 2005
as Critic
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' 2005
as Self - The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse 2005
as Various Characters, Writer, Executive Producer
Friends Reunited 2005
as Edward Netherton
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
as Mr. Prosser
Churchill: The Hollywood Years 2004
as Chester
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004
as Harry Secombe
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe 2002
as Viking (voice)
- Tales from Behind the Crypt
Tales from Behind the Crypt 2002
as Self
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane 2001
as various, Writer
Birthday Girl 2001
as Duty sergeant
Highgate House of Horror 1995
as Woodall, Director
Alice in Russialand 1995
as Various characters
Credits from TMDB.