Kevin Eldon
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1960-10-03 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Chatham, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Kevin Eldon is a British Actor, Comedian and Songwriter. He featured in the major British TV comedies of the 1990s including Fist of Fun, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. In 2013, Eldon appeared in his own BBC sketch series It's Kevin. He has also appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his wife Holly, who he met in late 2005 on the set of Hyperdrive, where she was the art director.
Eldon occupies half a page in Oliver Gray's book called Volume – A Cautionary Tale of Rock and Roll Obsession; this includes coverage of punk-era Hampshire where, in late 1978, with two schoolmates from Bay House School, Gosport, Eldon started a band named Virginia Doesn't. Virginia Doesn't's career peaked with a session broadcast on Radio One's John Peel Show on 18 October 1979. In early 1980, Virginia Doesn't morphed into The Time, in which Eldon was again the front man. The Time recorded and performed from April 1980 until August 1982, during which time the band gigged extensively and played support slots with The Jam, Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive and Bad Manners. The Time had songs included on several self-released tape compilations, although they never secured a recording contract. In August 1982, The Time became Gerry Hackett & The Fringes, a spoof Sixties revival band. On 6 November 1983 Gerry Hackett & The Fringes appeared on BBC South's 'The Cellar Show' presented by John Sessions. Eldon started on the stand-up circuit in the early 1990s performing an act in-character as the political poet Paul Hamilton, but has also, on occasion, done stand-up as himself.
On the circuit, Eldon formed a friendship with stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, which would later lead to an invitation to work with him on the radio series Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun with Lee's comedy partner Richard Herring. Lee and Herring would usually refer to him as "the actor Kevin Eldon", in reference to his claim to being an actor rather than a comedian. Eldon's work sat well with that of Lee and Herring, and he continued to work with them on many of their projects, including The Lee & Herring Radio Show, Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy. He played recurring characters Simon Quinlank (the self-styled "King of Hobbies") and 'Rod Hull', a nonsensical version of Rod Hull with a prosthetic limb and an obsession with jelly, especially the 'green' variety. In 1994 and 1997, he appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part the comedy troupe Cluub Zarathustra; other comedians in the troupe including Roger Mann, Johnny Vegas, Simon Munnery, and later Stewart Lee. They were given a Channel 4 pilot, which led to the television series Attention Scum! The book You Are Nothing by Robert Wringham praises the performers' talent. From March 2009, Eldon appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in a number of the show's sketches most often with Paul Putner.
Known For
TV Shows (94)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Camello / Goldcloak
Doctor Who
2005
as Ribbons
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Terry 'Groucho' Bellini
The Crown
2016
as Priest Michael
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Bishop Erkenwald
Death in Paradise
2011
as Jeremy Herbert
Silent Witness
1996
as DI Dan Mason
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Narvi
Merlin
2008
as Trickler
Skins
2007
as Manfred
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Hijack
2023
as Devlin
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
3 Body Problem
2024
as Sir Thomas More
New Tricks
2004
as Dr Neville Moroni
Hustle
2004
as Anxious
Red Dwarf
1988
as 4 of 27
Horrible Histories
2009
Inside No. 9
2014
as Vince
Danger Mouse
2015
as Penfold (voice)
The IT Crowd
2006
as French Tech Support
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Martin
The Witness
2026
as DCI Mick Wickerson
Shadow and Bone
2021
as The Apparat
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Robin Hood
2006
Black Books
2000
as Cleaner
Miss Scarlet
2020
as Jacob Bunce
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Roy Colin
M.I. High
2007
as Space Controller
Utopia
2013
as Tony Bradley
Trigger Point
2022
as Jeff Washington
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
Damned
2016
as Martin Bickerstaff
Dead Set
2008
as Joplin
Criminal: UK
2019
as Michael Walker
My Lady Jane
2024
as Dr. Butts
Cradle to Grave
2015
as Vicar
Brass Eye
1997
as Mr. Wastrey / Alan / Belgian Comedian / Prison Officer / Spike Durnaburny
Mongrels
2010
as Photographer
Psychobitches
2013
as Witch of Endor
I'm Alan Partridge
1997
as Mike Sampson
Spaced
1999
as Agent
The Responder
2022
as Neil
Truth Seekers
2020
as Jack
Green Wing
2004
as Scissors Bentley
Saxondale
2006
as Martin
Pistol
2022
as Bill Grundy
Look Around You
2002
as Tony Rudd
Matt Hatter Chronicles
2011
as Tenoroc
Crackanory
2013
as Self
Nathan Barley
2005
as Nikolai the Barber
Nighty Night
2004
as Terry Tyrrell
Hippies
1999
as Peter Mountstewart
The Larkins
2021
as Howard
In the Red
1998
as Porno Shop Owner
Smack the Pony
1999
as Various Characters
Hang Ups
2018
as Terry Sparkes
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
2009
as Various Characters / Fish / Referee
Funland
2005
as Shadowman
Movies (52)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
as Man with Dog
Afterburn
2025
as Father Samson
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as MI7 Night Duty Agent
Napoleon
2023
as Dr Corvisart
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Elf (voice)
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Sergeant Tony Fisher
Hugo
2011
as Policeman
Funny Cow
2018
as Danny
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Sergeant Simmons
Fahrenheit 451
1966
as Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)
Four Lions
2010
as Sniper
The Junkies
2001
as Kevin
Zanzibar
2018
as Vince
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
The Wedding Video
2012
as Andrew
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
2012
as Self
Attila the Hun
2008
as Romulus
Set Fire to the Stars
2014
as Stanley
Madfabulous
2026
as John Wickens
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Yellow House
2007
as Jaques
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017
as Kevin
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
2016
as Nick Secker
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
2010
as Himself
Faintheart
2009
as Alan
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as McGill
Who I Am and What I Want
2005
as Pete
Eaten by Lions
2018
as Ken
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
as (voice)
Lee and Herring Live
1996
as Simon Quinlank
Combat Sheep
2001
as Cooper (voice)
Kevin Eldon - is Titting About
2011
as Self
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Wizzy Wisbeach
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
as Antimony
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
as (voice)
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
2014
as Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
Call Me Alvy
2017
as Dr. Rubenstein
D.O.A
2010
as Carl
King Rocker
2020
as Self
Bill Bailey: Part Troll
2004
as Member of Kraftwerk
World of Wrestling
2007
Friday Download: The Movie
2015
as Mr. Prim
Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
2008
as Himself
Cluub Zarathustra
1996
as Various
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017
Connected
2011
as Customer
Lizzie and Sarah
2010
as Rick
Brilliantman!
2015
as Brilliantman
Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee project
as Self
Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are
2004
as Miles (voice)
Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of Primal
2018
as Tenoroc (voice)
About Kevin Eldon
Kevin Eldon is a British Actor, Comedian and Songwriter. He featured in the major British TV comedies of the 1990s including Fist of Fun, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. In 2013, Eldon appeared in his own BBC sketch series It's Kevin. He has also appeared in minor speaking roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones. Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent. He has been a practising Buddhist since 1990. He has two children with his wife Holly, who he met in late 2005 on the set of Hyperdrive, where she was the art… With 146 credits spanning from 1966 to 2026, Kevin Eldon has appeared in 52 films and 94 TV shows.
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- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) — as Man with Dog
- Afterburn (2025) — as Father Samson
- Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) — as MI7 Night Duty Agent
- Napoleon (2023) — as Dr Corvisart
- Arthur Christmas (2011) — as Elf (voice)
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