Paul Whitehouse
Known for: Acting
Born: May 17, 1958
Place of birth: Stanleytown, Rhondda, Wales, UK
Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 20 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer, presenter and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series The Fast Show and has starred with Harry Enfield in the shows Harry & Paul and Harry Enfield & Chums. He has appeared with Bob Mortimer in the BBC series Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and has also acted in films including Corpse Bride (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and The Death of Stalin (2017). In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was in the top 50 comedy acts voted for by comedians and comedy insiders.
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Filmography
42 movies · 47 TV shows, newest first
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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
2026
7.6
Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026
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The Harry Hill Show
2026
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Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me
2025
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Invincible
2025
4.2
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
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The Chris McCausland Show
2024
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Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years
2024
10.0
Dodger Special: Coronation
2023
8.3
Vinnie Jones in the Country
2023
7.1
The Change
2023
5.0
Paul Whitehouse: Our Troubled Rivers
2023
7.3
The Love Box in Your Living Room
2022
6.4
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022
6.6
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
2022
7.0
A League of Their Own Road Trip: Dingle To Dover
2022
7.1
Murder, They Hope
2021
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The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases
2020
6.5
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
6.4
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
5.6
King of Thieves
2018
7.4
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
2018
7.2
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
2018
6.4
Ghost Stories
2018
7.0
Smashie's Xmastastic Playlist
2017
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Smashie's Christmastastic Playlist
2017
7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
6.6
The Windsors
2016
7.0
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
20156.0
Nurse
2015
5.5
Mortdecai
2015
2.0
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
7.0
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
2014
8.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
8.4
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
2014
8.2
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
7.5
Toast of London
2013
7.2
It's Kevin
2013
6.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
6.1
Burke & Hare
2010
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
5.0
Bellamy's People
2010
5.1
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
4.4
The One Show
2006
6.6
Harry & Paul
2005
7.6
Corpse Bride
2005
5.4
Help
2005
6.6
The Culture Show
2004
7.3
Finding Neverland
2004
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Parkinson
2004
8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
6.8
The Catherine Tate Show
2004
8.0
The Fast Show: The Farewell Tour
2003
6.5
Comedy Connections
2003
7.0
Swiss Toni
2003
5.5
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
6.3
Happiness
20019.0
Jumpers for Goalposts
2001
5.0
Kevin & Perry Go Large
20006.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
6.1
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
7.1
David Copperfield
1999NR
Harry Enfield Undressed
1999
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Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
1999
7.6
The Fast Show Live
1998
7.0
Ted & Ralph
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Match of the World Cup
1998
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Parkinson
1998
7.2
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
7.7
The Fast Show
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The Danny Baker Show
1994
7.7
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994
7.0
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
1994
7.7
Shooting Stars
1993
7.8
The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer
1993
8.5
The Weekenders
1992
4.0
Bunch Of Five
1992
6.5
GamesMaster
1992
4.0
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
6.0
Paul Merton: The Series
1991
7.1
Harry Enfield's Television Programme
1990
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The Craig Ferguson Story
1990
7.0
The Craig Ferguson Show
1990
5.4
Countryfile
1988
6.6
Top of the Pops
1964
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You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
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