David Mitchell
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 49 |
Date of birth | July 14,1974 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Salisbury |
United Kingdom | |
Height | 178 (cm) |
Spouse | Victoria Coren Mitchell |
Children | 2 |
Awards | British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance |
British Academy Television Award for Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Programme | |
British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actor | |
Parents | Ian Douglas Mitchell |
Kathy Grey Mitchell | |
Official site | davidmitchellbooks.com |
Notabl award | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize |
Ghostwritten | |
Periods | 1999–present |
Influences | Haruki Murakami |
Neil Gaiman | |
Ursula K. Le Guin | |
Books | Cloud Atlas |
Siblings | Daniel Mitchell |
Nationality | British |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 414166 |
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Upstart Crow
QI
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Mock the Week
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
Ambassadors
Magicians
Bruiser
10 O'Clock Live
Jam and Jerusalem
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Was It Something I Said?
Doctors and Nurses
The Bubble
Comedy Nation
Best of the Worst
Gun Shy
Look Around You
Blunder
Comedy Lab
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Dark Room
Friday Download: The Movie
Thunderground
Alternative Election Night
That Mitchell and Webb Sound
David Mitchell's Soapbox
Peep Show
Greed
Peep Show & Tell
David Mitchell Life story
David James Stuart Mitchell is a British comedian, actor, writer and television personality. He is part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb. Mitchell and Webb starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan.
Early Life
David james stuart mitchell was born on 14th july 1974 in salisbury. Wiltshire. England. He was raised in oxford. Where he attended the local abingdon school. Mitchell is the son of ian. A culturla historian. And kathy. A music teacher. He has two older brothers. Chris and nigel. And one yuonger sister. Rebecca.Education
Mitchell studied at peterhouse. Cambridge. Where he earned a double first in hisotry. After graduating in 1996. He attended the footlights dramatic club. Where he wrote and performed in various comedy shows.Career in Comedy
Mitchell s caerer in comedy began in 1997. When he joined the sketch comedy group. The commons. He then appeared in numerous television shows and theatrical productions. He is best known for his wrok with robert webb. Which includes the sketch show that mitchell and webb look and the sitcom peep show.Writing Career
Mitchell has written several books. Including back story (2003). Which was a sunday times bestseller and has been transalted into several languagesh. E also wrote the book thinking about it only makes it worse (2006). He has written articles for various publications. Including the guardian. The observer. And the times.Television Appearances
In addition to his work with robert webb. Mitchell has also appeared on numerous television shows. Including would i lie to out of 10 cats does countdown. Have i got enws for you. And taskmaster.Film Appearances
Mitchell has appeared in several films. Including shaun of the dead (2004). Magicians (2007). And the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy (2005).Radio Appearances
Mitchell has also mdae a number of radio appearances. Including the unbeliveable truth. The 99p challenge. And the now show.Notable Events
In 2010. Mitchell was awarded the british academy television award for ebst comedy performance for his work on that mitchell and webb loko.Interesting Facts
In 2014. Mitchell was included in tmie magazine s list of the 100 most influential people in the worldh. E is also a patron of the charity scope. Which works to improve the qualtiy of life for people with disabilities.Victoria Coren Mitchell announces birth of second child
...By Annabel RackhamCulture reporterThe TV presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell has announced the birth of her second child with comedian David Mitchell...
Why Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has sympathy for show's ‘caged beasts'
... Peep Show return? Peep Show ended in 2015, but Armstrong gave some hope for a possible return, revealing he still gets ideas for dialogue for Mark and Jeremy, who were played by David Mitchell and Robert Webb...
Tim Brooke-Taylor: Cleese, Fry and more pay tribute to Comedy 'heroes'
...John Cleese, Stephen Fry and David Mitchell have paid tribute to the wonderful comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor, who after his death at the age of 79 years...
Steve Coogan: We ignore the imbalance between the rich and the poor
... Rise like lions In the new film, which features Isla Fisher, David Mitchell, and a cameo appearance by, McGreadie appears in front of a similar panel to explain his dodgy off-shore operations and work practices...
Books 2020: What could you be, read
... Fiction by established best-sellers, utopia Avenue - David Mitchellauthor: twice the Booker Prize-nominated author, Mitchell s work includes Cloud Atlas, The bone clocks, and number9dream...
Why Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has sympathy for show's ‘caged beasts'
By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong says he has sympathy for the " caged beasts" at the centre of his TV show, as its hotly-anticipated finale approaches.
The brutal power struggle between The Children of media mogul Logan Roy will reach its conclusion on Sunday.
" I don't enjoy seeing them suffer, " He Said . " So I don't know why I do it. "
The writer told The Bbc Comedy Festival in Cardiff he's " excited" for fans to see The Last episode, but " increasingly sad" as The Show nears its end.
The Fourth and final season has seen the sibling relationships sink to torturous new lows, while also laying bare the corrosive influence of the dysfunctional family on US society.
Armstrong said some viewers have suggested he is deliberately cruel to his on-screen creations.
" It is true that sometimes in the [writers'] room we would say, 'What's the worst thing that can happen [to them]?' And by that, I mean the funniest, " He Said .
" We put the characters through a lot, and I do like being unflinching in terms of looking at that. But I don't feel sadistic towards the characters. I feel empathetic and rather humane.
" Hopefully you see this whole context for them, which is that most of them are pretty, by most common standards, bad people who do Terrible Things to The World . And yet we see a degree of what makes them act that way.
" So I guess I feel like I have more sympathy for them. I see them more as caged beasts in these cages of societal pressures, familial pressures [and] psychology that Trap Them . And I don't enjoy seeing them suffer. "
The Roy dynasty has been compared to Rupert Murdoch and his children. Armstrong said he had never bumped in to any of the Murdochs, but had " occasionally had lunch with powerful media men".
" They are men, usually. And you're in there and They 're telling you this stuff. Not even that [Murdoch] level, but powerful people. And you're vibrating as you're hearing stuff straight from The Horse 's mouth. You're like, 'This is it! I understand this world. '
" And you keep some notes and you go out and [read them and] it's like, '[late Viacom and CBS boss] Sumner Redstone loved a deal'. I knew that on The Way in. "
Books and articles are better sources of research, Armstrong said.
Last month, about Murdoch rivalries and revelations attributed to sources close to different Family Members .
The magazine reported that Rupert Murdoch , 92, is " consumed with the question of his succession" and even that son Lachlan was said to have suspected brother James of feeding stories to Succession's scriptwriters. A person close to Lachlan told Vanity Fair he denied saying that.
Armstrong said people had asked him, " did the Murdochs whisperer in your ear? "
He Said : " No, we read Vanity Fair - They 're slagging each other off in the Pages . . You don't need to go for lunch with Those People . "
Warning: Spoilers about episode three of season four of SuccessionThe British writer didn't respond to, Who Said his character Logan Roy was killed of " too early" in the latest series.
In an interview with The Bbc 's Amol Rajan , The Star praised Armstrong for executing The Plot line " brilliantly" however.
" It was bold of Jesse, " Cox said. " And that's where Jesse's great. There's No Question he's a writing genius. "
Armstrong told The Bbc Comedy Festival he was " excited for The World to see The Last episode".
" But then it starts getting increasingly sad as you stop seeing Those People naturally that you enjoy working with, especially The Writers for me. "
Armstrong began his career writing for children's TV shows like The Queen 's Nose and My Parents Are Aliens, before working on such comedies as Peep Show and The Thick Of It.
Peep Show return?Peep Show ended in 2015, but Armstrong gave Some Hope for a possible return, revealing he still gets ideas for dialogue for Mark and Jeremy, who were Played By David Mitchell and Robert Webb .
" I've got a file where I write them down, " the writer said.
Asked whether The Show could revisit the pair later in life, Armstrong, who created The Comedy with Sam Bain , replied: " Well, I don't know. We did say when we finished it, maybe you could see them when They 're older.
" It was a great time working with Sam, David and Robert. So yeah, maybe. "
At This Week 's festival, The Bbc announced that Mitchell has a new sitcom, titled Ludwig, in The Works .
He will play A Man who has " never really ventured further than his own front door" but steps into The Shoes of his identical twin brother, a police inspector, after he disappears.
Meanwhile, Ricky Gervais has directed a short comedy film called 7 Minutes , about Two People who turn up to kill themselves at the same spot at the same time. It is Gervais's first work for The Bbc since 2013.
Comedies confirmed to be returning include Bad Education , Avoidance, Peacock, Mandy and Ellie & Natasia.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com