Kevin Eldon
Known for Acting · 143 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 (93)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Camello / Goldcloak
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Terry 'Groucho' Bellini
Doctor Who
2005
as Ribbons
Death in Paradise
2011
as Jeremy Herbert
The Crown
2016
as Priest Michael
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Bishop Erkenwald
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
Hustle
2004
as Anxious
New Tricks
2004
as Dr Neville Moroni
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
3 Body Problem
2024
as Sir Thomas More
Inside No. 9
2014
as Vince
Red Dwarf
1988
as 4 of 27
Horrible Histories
2009
Hijack
2023
as Devlin
The IT Crowd
2006
as French Tech Support
Robin Hood
2006
Shadow and Bone
2021
as The Apparat
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Miss Scarlet
2020
as Jacob Bunce
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Roy Colin
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Martin
M.I. High
2007
as Space Controller
Utopia
2013
as Tony Bradley
Black Books
2000
as Cleaner
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
Danger Mouse
2015
as Penfold (voice)
My Lady Jane
2024
as Dr. Butts
Spaced
1999
as Agent
I'm Alan Partridge
1997
as Mike Sampson
Pistol
2022
as Bill Grundy
The Responder
2022
as Neil
Trigger Point
2022
as Jeff Washington
Criminal: UK
2019
as Michael Walker
Brass Eye
1997
as Mr. Wastrey / Alan / Belgian Comedian / Prison Officer / Spike Durnaburny
Truth Seekers
2020
as Jack
Green Wing
2004
as Scissors Bentley
Spine Chillers
2003
as Matt
The Larkins
2021
as Howard
Funland
2005
as Shadowman
Look Around You
2002
as Tony Rudd
Saxondale
2006
as Martin
Wolfe
2021
as Vincent Frayn
Nathan Barley
2005
as Nikolai the Barber
Gunpowder
2017
as Sir John Hawksworth
Psychobitches
2013
as Witch of Endor
Jam
2000
as Various
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
2009
as Various Characters / Fish / Referee
Murder City
2004
Matt Hatter Chronicles
2011
as Tenoroc
Dead Set
2008
as Joplin
Crackanory
2013
as Self
Smack the Pony
1999
as Various Characters
Hang Ups
2018
as Terry Sparkes
The Witness
2026
as DCI Mick Wickerson
Mongrels
2010
as Photographer
Heroes and Villains
2007
Movies (50)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
as Man with Dog
Napoleon
2023
as Dr Corvisart
Afterburn
2025
as Father Samson
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Sergeant Tony Fisher
Hugo
2011
as Policeman
Johnny English Strikes Again
2018
as MI7 Night Duty Agent
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Elf (voice)
Fahrenheit 451
1966
as Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)
Four Lions
2010
as Sniper
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Wizzy Wisbeach
Madfabulous
2026
as John Wickens
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Sergeant Simmons
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as McGill
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Funny Cow
2018
as Danny
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
2016
as Nick Secker
Faintheart
2009
as Alan
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
2014
as Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
Eaten by Lions
2018
as Ken
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017
as Kevin
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
2002
as Antimony
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
Set Fire to the Stars
2014
as Stanley
The Wedding Video
2012
as Andrew
Friday Download: The Movie
2015
as Mr. Prim
The Yellow House
2007
as Jaques
Lizzie and Sarah
2010
as Rick
Brilliantman!
2015
as Brilliantman
Combat Sheep
2001
as Cooper (voice)
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self
D.O.A
2010
as Carl
Attila the Hun
2008
as Romulus
King Rocker
2020
as Self
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017
Lee and Herring Live
1996
as Simon Quinlank
Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of Primal
2018
as Tenoroc (voice)
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
2010
as Himself
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
as (voice)
Connected
2011
as Customer
Kevin Eldon - is Titting About
2011
as Self
Bill Bailey: Part Troll
2004
as Member of Kraftwerk
The Junkies
2001
as Kevin
World of Wrestling
2007
Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
2008
as Himself
Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are
2004
as Miles (voice)
Who I Am and What I Want
2005
as Pete
Call Me Alvy
2017
as Dr. Rubenstein
Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee project
as Self
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
as (voice)
Cluub Zarathustra
1996
as Various
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 143 credits spanning from 1966 to 2026, Kevin Eldon has appeared in 50 films and 93 TV shows.
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- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) — as Man with Dog
- Napoleon (2023) — as Dr Corvisart
- Afterburn (2025) — as Father Samson
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Sergeant Tony Fisher
- Hugo (2011) — as Policeman
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