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Home/People/Alistair McGowan
Alistair McGowan profile photo
Born
Nov 24, 1964
Age 61
Place of Birth
Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

22
Movies
42
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Alistair McGowan

Acting

Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alistair McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is a British impressionist, stand-up comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression), which was, for four years, one of BBC1's top-rating comedy programmes - winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003. He has also worked extensively in theatre and appeared in the West End in Art, Cabaret, The Mikado and Little Shop of Horrors (for which he received an Laurence Olivier Award nomination.).) As an actor on television he played the lead role in BBC1's Mayo. He wrote the play Timing (nominated as Best New Comedy at the whatsonstage.com awards) and the book A Matter of Life and Death or How to Wean Your Man off Football with former comedy partner Ronni Ancona. He also provided voices for Spitting Image. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alistair McGowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs poster

Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs

as Self
2023
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock poster

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

as Alfred Hitchcock (voice)
2023
Creation Stories poster

Creation Stories

as Jimmy Savile
2021
Words of Captain Scott poster

Words of Captain Scott

as Edward Wilson
2012
Falklands' Most Daring Raid poster

Falklands' Most Daring Raid

as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2012
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas

as Additional Voices (voice)
2011
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

as Self
2010
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image? poster

Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?

as Self (archive)
2010
My Life in Ruins poster

My Life in Ruins

as Nico
2009
We Are Most Amused poster

We Are Most Amused

as Self
2008
Ealing Comedy poster

Ealing Comedy

as Vijay Imran Cecil Kuttuputtu Yogesh
2008
Best Ever Spitting Image poster

Best Ever Spitting Image

as Self
2006
Comic Aid poster

Comic Aid

Cast
2005
Churchill: The Hollywood Years poster

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

as Football Commentators (voice)
2004
Lost and Found poster

Lost and Found

as The Funeral Director
2003
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe poster

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

as Des Yeti (voice)
2002
Cor, Blimey! poster

Cor, Blimey!

as Racing Commentator
2000
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire poster

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

as Des Yeti / Alan Snowman / Trash Bag (voice)
1999
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play poster

Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play

as Various characters (Voice)
1996
The Great Kandinsky poster

The Great Kandinsky

as Newsreader (voice)
1995