Steve Pemberton
Known for: Acting
Born: September 1, 1967
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
52 movies · 62 TV shows, newest first
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Helpless
2025
6.6
The Hack
2025
6.2
Missing You
2025
6.2
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
7.6
Better Man
2024
1.0
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening
2024
7.0
The Little Things
2024
5.4
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024
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Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
2021
10.0
Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
2021
6.0
The Weakest Link
2021
7.0
The Cleaner
2021
5.6
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
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The Hour
2020
7.3
Alma's Not Normal
2020
6.4
Worzel Gummidge
2019
6.7
Ladhood
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
8.4
Brassic
2019
8.0
Good Omens
2019
6.2
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018
10.0
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018
8.0
Take Rabbit
2018
7.9
Killing Eve
2018
8.0
Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
2018
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Zanzibar
2018
6.1
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
8.0
The Riddle of the Sphinx
2017
7.4
Urban Myths
2017
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The Devil of Christmas
2016
6.6
Camping
2016
7.0
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015
8.3
Taskmaster
2015
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The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
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The 12 Days of Christine
2015
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La Couchette
2015
6.3
Mapp and Lucia
2014
2.0
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
7.1
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
8.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
7.9
Happy Valley
2014
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The Harrowing
2014
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The Understudy
2014
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Last Gasp
2014
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Tom & Gerri
2014
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A Quiet Night In
2014
9.0
Sardines
2014
8.1
Inside No. 9
2014
7.5
Toast of London
2013
7.5
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013
6.8
Psychobitches
2013
4.0
Catchphrase
2013
5.4
Heading Out
2013
6.4
Mr. Stink
2012
6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
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National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
2012
7.4
Death in Paradise
2011
6.3
Pointless Celebrities
2011
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Going Postal 2in1
2011
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Psychoville Halloween Special
2010
5.9
The First Men in the Moon
2010
7.2
Going Postal
2010
6.9
Psychoville
2009
8.0
Horrible Histories
2009
7.3
Whitechapel
2009
6.2
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008
5.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
2007
5.9
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
7.1
Kingdom
2007
8.1
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
2007
6.4
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
7.0
The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007
7.6
Lewis
2007
7.2
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
7.6
Benidorm
2007
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What the Pythons Did Next...
200710.0
The Russell Brand Show
2006
7.6
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006
6.5
Great British Menu
2006
7.3
Hotel Babylon
2006
5.8
Under The Greenwood Tree
2005
6.4
Lassie
2005
7.4
Match Point
2005
8.0
Riot at the Rite
2005
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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
6.2
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
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Friends Reunited
2005
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
5.3
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
6.9
Blackpool
2004
6.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
7.5
Shameless
2004
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
7.8
The Last Detective
2003
5.5
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
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Tales from Behind the Crypt
2002
7.8
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
5.9
Birthday Girl
20016.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
7.0
Gormenghast
2000
7.7
The League of Gentlemen
1999
6.1
In the Red
1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
19977.0
Mash and Peas
1996
6.3
Soccer AM
1995
8.0
Alice in Russialand
1995
8.0
Highgate House of Horror
1995
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
5.2
This Morning
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Cold Comfort
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