Rob Brydon
- 59 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer, executive producer, stand-up comedian, presenter and script editor
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Guest stars announced for second series of This Is Jinsy
Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Rob Brydon, Dame Eileen Atkins and Sir Derek Jacobi will be amongst the guest stars in the second series of Sky Atlantic's This Is Jinsy.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2012US comedy pilot for Rob Brydon
Welsh actor and stand-up comic Rob Brydon is to write and star in his own pilot for American TV network HBO.
British Comedy Guide, 5th October 2012Video: Rob Brydon makes West End debut
Rob Brydon has made his West End stage debut in Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval.
The comedian and actor stars opposite former EastEnders star Nigel Harman/p] and Ugly Betty's Ashley Jensen in the revival of the 1984 comedy under the direction of Trevor Nunn at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
He grew a beard for the part of Dafydd, the director of an amateur operatic society production.
Brydon told BBC Wales Today reporter Matt Murray it was the "perfect opening night" while opera star Bryn Terfel and comedian Jimmy Carr gave their views on the first night.
Matt Murray, BBC News, 28th September 2012Review: A Chorus of Disapproval
Not as riotous as advertised, but Rob Brydon and a steller cast devilver a safe and solid revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Eighties comedy.
Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard, 28th September 2012How Rob Brydon learnt to play nice
Rob Brydon was once as anxiety-ridden and drawn to darkness as the next comedian. Today, he's a light entertainment fixture and cheeriness personified. What went wrong?
John Preston, The Telegraph, 17th September 2012Rob Brydon needs no excuse to break into song, which he engineers tonight by inviting fellow Welshman Tom Jones onto his chat show. Thrusting a guitar into Sir Tom's hands, Brydon joins him in a rousing version of Elvis's A Mess of Blues. Interviews with actress Emilia Fox and wildlife expert Steve Backshall make up the rest of the half hour.
Vicki Power, The Telegraph, 10th September 2012The beauty of Rob Brydon as a chat show host is that without seemingly trying too hard or forcing the pace he manages to put a smile on your face. And boy, can he play a crowd. Even before his guests have arrived tonight, he picks a comedy argument with a woman in the audience who is in a wheelchair, and it comes across as sharp, good-natured - and very funny.
Then the revolving bookcase delivers Ronan Keating, Jason Manford and Neil Morrissey by turns, and once they're all on the leather sofa the chemistry works a treat. Plus, of course, everybody gets to sing.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 4th September 2012Another half hour of frothy fun with the inimitable Mr Rob Brydon, comprising a naughty natter with South Shields comedian Sarah Millican, who talks about her rise to stardom having only attended a comedy club for the first time aged 29. There's also a lesson in elegance with cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry, and a romantic gesture from musician Newton Faulkner.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 27th August 2012The Rob Brydon Show review - Episode 3.2
I haven't any real qualms about The Rob Brydon Show this week - I never do, to be honest. It's a nice little show, and I think I speak on the behalf of everyone when I say that I don't miss the stand-up section.
UK TV Reviewer, 22nd August 2012Affable Rob Brydon's light-hearted chat show is pleasant enough but has little to distinguish it from others of its kind. Tonight he's joined by Barbara Windsor who shares a delightful Amy Winehouse anecdote and has fun sending-up her EastEnders alias Peggy Mitchell's banshee-like behaviour. Chef Heston Blumenthal also drops by to discuss barbecuing etiquette and sleek doo-wop band The Overtones provide the music.
Toby Dantzic, The Telegraph, 20th August 2012