Alistair McGowan
Known for: Acting
Born: November 24, 1964
Place of birth: Evesham, Worcestershire, England
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.
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Filmography
23 movies · 45 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Twenty Twenty Six
2026
NR
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
2023
6.7
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
2023
6.0
The Weakest Link
2021
6.0
Creation Stories
2021NR
Talking Snooker
2017
NR
24 Hours in the Past
2015NR
Words of Captain Scott
2012
8.0
Falklands' Most Daring Raid
2012
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The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
2012
6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011
7.5
Leonardo
2011
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010NR
Sports Mash: Taking the Mic
2010NR
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
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Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
2010
6.1
My Life in Ruins
2009
7.2
We Are Most Amused
2008
NR
Hairspray: The School Musical
2008
NR
What the Dickens?
2008
7.0
Ealing Comedy
20084.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
8.1
Skins
2007
4.4
The One Show
2006
NR
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006
7.0
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
2006
4.2
Mayo
2006NR
Davina
2006
8.1
Bleak House
2005
7.1
Mock the Week
2005
7.5
Monkey Trousers
20056.5
Comic Aid
2005
10.0
29 Minutes of Fame
2005
5.3
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003NR
Lost and Found
2003
5.5
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
3.4
Richard & Judy
2001
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
20017.2
2DTV
20016.5
The Big Impression
2000
7.2
Cor, Blimey!
20007.0
FBI Music Magazine
2000
6.1
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
7.0
Dark Ages
1999
NR
Parkinson
19986.7
Spark
1997
7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
NR
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
1996
7.5
Crapston Villas
19957.5
The Great Kandinsky
1995
7.0
Fist of Fun
1995
7.2
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
6.6
Room 101
1994
5.0
An Evening with Gary Lineker
1994
5.8
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
1994
NR
Thatcherworld
1993
5.8
GMTV
1993
NR
Spitting Image: Election Special '92
1992
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990
6.5
The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos
1989
5.3
Children's Ward
1989
5.2
This Morning
1988
7.2
Spitting Image
1984NR
The Comedy Annual
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