Rob Brydon
- 59 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer, executive producer, stand-up comedian, presenter and script editor
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Review: Swimming with Men
Rob Brydon takes the plunge in this undemanding but gamely performed dramedy.
Angie Errigo, The List, 1st July 2018Rob Brydon interview
The Welsh actor/comedian/TV presenter, 53, dishes all on Steve Coogan and stripping off for his new comedy Swimming With Men.
Larushka Ivan-zadeh, Metro, 1st July 2018Rob Brydon not ready for Hollywood
Rob Brydon won't try and crack Hollywood until his two young children are older because his family are his priority.
Female First, 23rd June 2018Q&A: Rob Brydon on new film Swimming With Men
Best known for co-starring in Gavin & Stacey, hosting Would I Lie To You? and jaunting around with Steve Coogan in The Trip, Rob Brydon graduates to leading man this month in new big screen comedy Swimming With Men.
Simon Button, Readers Digest, 9th June 2018BAFTA TV Award nominees 2018
Catastrophe, Chewing Gum, This Country and Timewasters are amongst the BAFTA TV Awards 2018 nominees. Stars including Adam Hills, Graham Norton, Michael McIntyre and Sandi Toksvig have also been nominated.
British Comedy Guide, 4th April 2018Early Man brings Brexit to the bronze age
The studio's latest stop-motion epic is a timely story about a stone age English tribe playing footie against sophisticated continentals.
Steve Rose, The Guardian, 14th January 2018The 20 best TV comedies of 2017
Here - in no particular order - are the 20 best shows from 2017.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 11th December 201750 best TV shows of 2017, #17: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's biggest indulgence yet, with the lushest restaurants and the loosest structure for their impersonations and complex frenemy vibe.
The Guardian, 30th November 2017The enduringly likable panel show trundles cheerfully on. This week's guests for the good-natured fib-fest are Stephen Mangan, Mark Bonnar, Sheila Hancock and Anita Rani but, as ever, the show truly hits its stride when Lee Mack and David Mitchell lock horns and engage their counterintuitive comic chemistry. There are vanishingly few things we can rely on in today's bewildering world but it seems this programme is one of them.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 27th November 2017The week in TV: Would I Lie to You?; Sick Note
At some points it felt as though Ed Balls had merely exchanged one bear pit for another; at others it bordered on poignant.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 26th November 2017