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Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey (I)

  • 59 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains. Bill Bailey. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Born in Bath, Mark - better known by his stage name, Bill - Bailey is a comedian, actor, singer and songwriter, author and environmentalist. Beginning his career in the early 1980s, Bailey's comedy typically mixes storytelling, analysis of jokes and scenarios, and mash-ups of different musical styles. He has enjoyed international success as both an actor (notably in sitcom Black Books) and for his own stand-up.

Year Production Role
2024 The Graham Norton Show - Series 32
  1. E4 - Bruce Springsteen, Amy Adams, Vanessa Williams, Bill Bailey, St Vincent
Guest
2024 Have I Got News For You - Series 67
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Host / Presenter
2024 Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier Self
2024 QI - Series U
  1. E3 - United
  2. Special - QI VG: Part I
  3. Special - QI VG: Part II
Guest
2024 Perfect Pub Walks With Bill Bailey
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Host / Presenter
2023 I Literally Just Told You - Series 3
  1. Special - Celebrity I Literally Just Told You
Guest
2023 Have I Got News For You - Series 66
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Have I Got 2023 For You
Host / Presenter
2023 The Graham Norton Show - Series 31
  1. E2 - Bernie Taupin, Catherine Tate, Ashley Walters, Bill Bailey, Christine and the Queens
Guest
2023 The National Comedy Awards - 2023
  1. 2023
Self
2022 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 19
  1. Special - Jonathan Ross' New Year Comedy Special
Guest
2022 Hennikay - Series 1
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Guy
2022 QI - Series T
  1. E1 - Tips And Tools
  2. Special - VG: Part I
  3. Special - VG: Part II
Guest
2022 Question Team - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2022 Kendal Calling Self
2022 Hypothetical - Series 4
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 Hay Festival Self
2022 50 Years Without A Clue Self (Archive Material)
2022 The National Comedy Awards - 2022 Self
2022 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 21 (Channel 4: Series 22)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 The John Bishop Show - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2022 Man & Witch: The Dance Of A Thousand Steps Brand New Donkey (Voice)
2022 The Fringe, Fame And Me Self
2021 Have I Got News For You - Series 62
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Have I Got 2021 For You
Host / Presenter
2021 Worzel Gummidge
  1. Special - Calliope Jane
Mr Peregrine
2021 Christmas Comedy Club With Lost Voice Guy Self
2021 Bill Bailey: En Route To Normal Self
2021 Bill Bailey: En Route To Normal Writer
2021 The Deirdre O'Kane Show
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2021 Have I Got News For You - Series 62
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Have I Got 2021 For You
Host / Presenter
2021 The Last Leg - Series 23
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2021 Bill Bailey: Larks In Transit Writer
2021 Bill Bailey: Larks In Transit Host / Presenter
2021 Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2021 Bill Bailey: Summer Larks Self
2021 Bill Bailey: Summer Larks Writer
2021 Kendal Calling Self
2021 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 6
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2021 Latitude Self
2021 Hennikay - Pilot Guy
2021 Bill Bailey: Limboland Writer
2021 Bill Bailey: Limboland Host / Presenter
2021 Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2020 Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse Train Driver
2020 The Graham Norton Show - Series 28
  1. E5 - Octavia Spencer, Jessie Buckley, Frank Gardner, David Walliams, Bill Bailey, Dermot Kennedy
Guest
2020 Kendal Calling Self
2020 In The Long Run - Series 3
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Bagpipes
2020 QI - Series R
  1. E15 - Rogue
  2. E16 - Random
  3. E17 - Rock 'n' Roll
  4. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2020 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 22 - Lockdown Podcast
  1. E6 - When the Monkeys met the Chimps
Guest
2020 Latitude Self
2019 In The Long Run - Series 2
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Bagpipes
2018 The Last Leg - Series 15
  1. Special - The Last Leg Of The Year
Self
2018 4 O'Clock Club - Series 8
  1. Special - Christmas Past
Father Christmas
2018 We Are Most Amused & Amazed Self
2018 Pythagasaurus Ig (Voice)
2018 The Last Leg - Series 15
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2018 The Graham Norton Show - Series 24
  1. Special - Graham Norton's Good Story Guide
Self
2018 The Graham Norton Show - Series 24
  1. E11 - Jason Momoa, Dame Darcey Bussell, Bill Bailey, Little Mix
Guest
2018 In The Long Run - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Writer (Additional Material)
2018 In The Long Run - Series 1
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Bagpipes
2018 Bill Bailey: Larks In Transit Self
2018 Room 101 - Series 7
  1. E8 - Bill Bailey, Una Stubbs, Alice Levine
  2. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
Guest
2017 Safari Development Writer
2017 Safari Development Actor
2017 Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Series 3
  1. Special - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Guest
2017 QI - Series O
  1. E1 - Ologies
  2. E4 - Over And Ova
  3. E8 - Operations
  4. E16 - Overseas
  5. Special - Highlights Special
  6. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 12 (Channel 4: Series 13)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2016 Bill Bailey: Limboland Self
2016 My Worst Job
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2016 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 1 Highlights
  1. Series 1 Highlights
Guest
2015 Would I Lie To You? - Series 9
  1. Special - Would I Lie To You? At Christmas
Guest
2015 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. Special - Out-takes
Guest
2015 QI - Series M
  1. E6 - Marriage And Matings
  2. Special - Merriment
  3. E11 - Menagerie
  4. E15 - Mix And Match
  5. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 13
  6. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 14
Guest
2015 The Graham Norton Show - Series 18
  1. E1 - Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Bill Bailey, The Weeknd
  2. Special - Series 18 Highlights
Guest
2015 The Last Leg - Series 6
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6 (Channel 4: Series 7)
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Self
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6 (Channel 4: Series 7)
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E12 - Episode Twelve
  3. E14 - Episode Fourteen
  4. E15 - Episode Fifteen
Guest
2015 Michael McIntyre's Easter Night At The Coliseum Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 5 (Channel 4: Series 6)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2015 The Graham Norton Show - Series 16
  1. E18 - Julianne Moore, Cuba Gooding Jr, Bill Bailey, Michael Flatley, Gregory Porter, Laura Mvula
Guest
2015 Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler Writer
2015 Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler Host / Presenter
2014 Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Self
2014 QI - Series L
  1. E6 - Liblabble
  2. E7 - Lethal
  3. Special - No-L
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 11
  5. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 12
Guest
2014 Monty Python Live (Mostly)
  1. Special - Monty Python Live: Backstage
Self
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 3 (Channel 4: Series 4)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2014 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 3 (Channel 4: Series 4)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Self
2014 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2014 50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy Self
2014 The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure Self
2014 Alan Davies Après-Ski
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2013 QI - Series K
  1. E5 - Kings
  2. E8 - Keys
  3. E10 - Keeps
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 9
  5. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 10
Guest
2013 What A Load Of Buzzcocks
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  1. E1 - 1996
  2. E2 - 2004
  3. E3 - 1998
  4. E4 - 2006
  5. E5 - 2001
  6. E6 - 2007
  7. E7 - 2000
  8. E8 - 2008
Self (Archive Material)
2013 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 10
  1. E7 - Jennifer Saunders, Bill Bailey, Charlie Brooks, Fun.
Guest
2013 It's Kevin
  1. E1 - Episode One
Ensemble Actor
2013 The Graham Norton Show - Series 12
  1. E13 - Denzel Washington, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Bailey, Conor Maynard
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2012 Threesome - Series 2
  1. E4 - Photograph
Mr. Scrutton
2012 QI - Series J
  1. E1 - Jargon
  2. E5 - J-Places
  3. E11 - Jumpers
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 7
  5. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 8
Guest
2012 QI - Shakespeare Season Special
  1. The Immortal Bard
Guest
2012 Late 'N' Live Guide To Comedy
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Self
2011 Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind Host / Presenter
2011 Jo Brand's Big Splash
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Self
2011 QI - Making Of Special
  1. QI Genesis
Guest
2011 QI - Series I
  1. E2 - International
  2. E6 - Inventive
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 5
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 6
Guest
2011 The Rob Brydon Show - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - An Insider's View
Guest
2011 Have I Got News For You - Series 41
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Host / Presenter
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 9
  1. E2 - Jennifer Hudson, Bill Bailey, KD Lang
  2. Special - Compilation Show
Guest
2011 Comic's Choice
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Composer
2011 Comic's Choice
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Writer
2011 Comic's Choice
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Host / Presenter
2010 Being Ronnie Corbett Self
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
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Writer
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
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Bill
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
  1. E8 - Bill Bailey's Little Cracker
Director
2010 QI - Series H
  1. E2 - Hanatomy
  2. E9 - House And Home
  3. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 3
  4. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 4
Guest
2010 The Graham Norton Show - Series 7
  1. E10 - Amanda Holden, Bill Bailey, Kelly Rowland
Guest
2010 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. E1 - Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010
Guest
2010 Burke & Hare Hangman
2009 The Graham Norton Show - Series 6
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2009 Have I Got News For You - Series 38
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Host / Presenter
2009 QI - Series G
  1. E2 - Ganimals
  2. Special - Groovy
  3. E12 - Gravity
  4. E15 - Green
  5. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 1
  6. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 2
Guest
2009 The Art Of Laughter Self
2009 Bill Bailey: Tinselworm Writer
2009 Bill Bailey: Tinselworm Host / Presenter
2009 Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra Composer
2009 Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra Writer
2009 Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra Host / Presenter
2008 We Are Most Amused Self
2008 Alan Carr's Comedy Outings
  1. E2 - Carr-ly Valentine
Self (Archive Material)
2008 Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga Self
2008 Have I Got News For You - Series 35
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Host / Presenter
2008 Love Soup - Series 2
  1. E8 - Lobotomy Bay
Elliot Anderson
2008 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 1
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Host / Presenter
2008 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 21
  1. Special - A Moving Tribute
Self
2007 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 21
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Team Captain
2007 QI - Series E
  1. E1 - Engineering
  2. E4 - Exploration
  3. Special - Entertainment
  4. Special - Empire
  5. Special - Elephants
Guest
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Self (Archive Material)
2007 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 20
  1. Special - Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show
Self (Archive Material)
2007 Have I Got News For You - Series 33
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Host / Presenter
2007 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 12
  1. E5 - Bill Bailey, Sarah Brightman, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Jamie T
Guest
2007 The Museum Of Curiosity - Pilot Host / Presenter
2007 Hot Fuzz Sgt Turner
2007 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 20
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Team Captain
2006 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 19
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Team Captain
2006 TV Heaven, Telly Hell - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2006 Chain Reaction - Series 2
  1. E6 - Bill Bailey interviews Simon Pegg
Host / Presenter
2006 Chain Reaction - Series 2
  1. E5 - Lenny Henry interviews Bill Bailey
Guest
2006 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 18
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Team Captain
2005 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 17
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Team Captain
2005 Have I Got News For You - Series 30
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2005 QI - Series C
  1. E1 - Campanology
  2. E6 - Cockneys
  3. E8 - Corby
  4. E9 - Creatures
  5. E12 - Combustion
Guest
2005 Bill Bailey: Part Troll Writer
2005 Bill Bailey: Part Troll Host / Presenter
2005 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 16
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Team Captain
2004 QI - Series B
  1. E1 - Blue
  2. E5 - Bears
  3. E6 - Beavers
Guest
2004 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 15
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Team Captain
2004 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 6
  1. E8 - Bill Bailey, Jodie Kidd, Clive Owen, The Streets
Guest
2004 Wild West - Series 2
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Doug
2004 Black Books - Series 3
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Manny Bianco
2004 15 Storeys High - Series 2
  1. E3 - Holiday
Writer (Additional Material)
2004 15 Storeys High - Series 2
  1. E3 - Holiday
Coggers
2004 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 14
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Team Captain
2003 Double Income, No Kids Yet - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Nigel
2003 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 5
  1. E4 - Bill Bailey, Uma Thurman, Quentin Tarantino, Har Mar Superstar
Guest
2003 QI - Series A
  1. E2 - Astronomy
  2. E3 - Aquatic Animals
  3. E11 - Arts
Guest
2003 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 13
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Team Captain
2003 Jonathan Creek - Series 4
  1. E3 - The Tailor's Dummy
Kenny Starkiss
2003 The 99p Challenge - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2003 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 12
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Team Captain
2002 Wild West - Series 1
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Doug
2002 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 11
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Team Captain
2002 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 39
  1. E6 - Episode Five
  2. E7 - Episode Six
Guest
2002 Black Books - Series 2
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Manny Bianco
2002 Micawber
  1. E3 - Micawber Meets The Americans
Willis Gates II
2001 Jonathan Creek - Satan's Chimney
  1. Satan's Chimney
Kenny Starkiss
2001 The 99p Challenge - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2001 Have I Got News For You - Series 21
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2001 Spaced - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Back
  2. E2 - Change
  3. E5 - Gone
Bilbo Bagshot
2001 Is This About Crop Circles? Writer
2001 Is This About Crop Circles? Ensemble Actor
2000 Comedians' Comedians - Series 1
  1. E3 - Peter Cook
Self
2000 Black Books - Series 1
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Manny Bianco
2000 Room 101 - Series 5
  1. E3 - Bill Bailey
Guest
2000 The Shuttleworths - Radio Shuttleworth 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Self
2000 Hey Hey We're The Monks Composer
2000 Hey Hey We're The Monks Gary
1999 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 6
  1. Special - Christmas Special
Self
1999 Spaced - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Beginnings
  2. E5 - Chaos
Bilbo Bagshot
1999 Have I Got News For You - Series 17
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
1999 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 5
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
1999 World Of Pub - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
Composer
1998 World Of Pub - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
Composer
1998 Is It Bill Bailey?
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Composer
1998 Is It Bill Bailey?
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
1998 Is It Bill Bailey?
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Host / Presenter
1997 April Fool's Day Sand Delivery Man
1997 Brass Eye
  1. E4 - Sex
  2. E5 - Crime
Ensemble Actor
1996 Asylum
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Ensemble Actor
1996 Pop Dogs Team Captain
1995 The Stand Up Show - Series 1 (as The Stan Ellis Experience)
  1. Special - BBC New Comedy Award 1995
Musical Performer
1994 Blue Heaven - Series 1 (as Mark 'Bill' Bailey)
  1. E1 - Episode One
Boris
1993 The Full Monty
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E4 - Episode Four
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
1991 Drop The Dead Donkey - Series 2
  1. E10 - The Evangelist
Earl
1990 Tygo Road - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
Spinnij
1989 Tygo Road - Pilot Spinnij
1982 Emery Presents - Emery Presents: Legacy Of Murder
  1. E4 - Bang, Bang You're Dead
Camera
0000 QI - Pilot
  1. Pilot
Guest
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind Writer
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind Self
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind Composer
Bill Bailey Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Bill Bailey on IMDb

Born
Wednesday 13th January 1965 (59 years-old)
Full name
Mark Robert Bailey
Nationality
English
Chortle Awards 2022
Best Tour (Winner)
RadioTimes.com Awards 2021
TV Moment Of The Year (Nominee)
National Comedy Awards, The 2021
Outstanding Supporting Role (Longlisted)
Chortle Awards 2016
Best Tour (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2011
Best Tour (Nominee)
Best DVD (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2010
Best Stand-Up (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2002
Best Touring Comedian (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 2001
Best Live Stand-Up Performer (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 1999
Best Live Stand-Up Performer (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 1996
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
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