
Alan Yentob
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1947-03-11
- Died
- 2025-05-24
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
Known For
TV Shows (15)

NOVA
1974
as Narrator

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self - Narrator

Ideal
2005
as Alan Yentob

Remembers…
2022
as Self

Timeshift
2002
as Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)

imagine…
2003
as Self - Presenter

W1A
2014
as Self

Mandy
2020
as Self
Open Air
1986

Beautiful People
2008
as Self

Operation Good Guys
1997

Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Behind The Screen
1988

In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022
as Self

The Story Of The Guitar
2008
Movies (71)

Absolutely Anything
2015
as Man at Party (uncredited)

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013
as Self - Presenter

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023
as Self
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
as Self - Presenter

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self - Presenter

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self - Presenter

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self - Narrator, Interviewer

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
as Self - Narrator

The Seven Year Hitch
2010
as Self

One Night In 2012
2016

The Academy of Armando
2025
as Self - Presenter

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024
as Self - Interviewer

imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023
as Self - presenter
Shylock's Ghost
2015
as Self - Presenter

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024
as Self - Interviewer

Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
2013
as Self

Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
2009
as Self

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010
as Presenter

Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
2013
as Self - Presenter

A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
as Self

Mini: A Life Revisited
2013
as Self - Presenter

Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012
as Self

Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
2018
as Self

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
2021
as Presenter

Fantastic Mr. Dahl
2005
as Self - Presenter

Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
2019
as Self - Presenter

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012
as Self - Presenter

Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
2017
as Self

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
as Self - Presenter

Goodbye Television Centre
2013
as Self - Reporter

Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
2016
as Self - Presenter

A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
2016
as Self

Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
2015
as Self - Presenter

BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
2014
as Self

When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
2025
as Self

Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
2021
as Self - Presenter

Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
2018
as Self - Presenter

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
2008
as Presenter

A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
2006
as Self - Presenter

Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
2010
as Self - Presenter

Gilbert and George: No Surrender
2007
as Self

Antony Gormley: Being Human
2015
as Self - Presenter

Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
2011
as Self
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008
as Presenter
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
2019
as Self - Presenter

Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
2014
as Self - Presenter

The Year of Anish Kapoor
2009
as Self - Presenter

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014
as Self - Presenter

Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
2020
as Self - Presenter
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
2018
as Self - Presenter
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
2008
as Self

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022
as Self - Presenter
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
2004
as Self

Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
2012
as Self

David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
2015
as Self - Presenter

Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
2019
as Self - Presenter

How to Get on in the Art World
2007
as Self - Presenter
The Trouble with Tolstoy
2011

Turning the Art World Inside Out
2013

Books: The Last Chapter?
2011
as Self

Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
2017
as Self

Hitler, the Tiger and Me
2013
as Self - Presenter

Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
2012
as Self

The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
2016
as Self - Presenter

The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
2016
as Self

Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
2019
as Self - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
2006
as Self - Presenter

The World According to Parr
2003
as Self - Prsenter

Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
2022
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007
as Self - Presenter
About Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob is a notable figure in cinema and television, best known for contributions to Acting. With 86 credits spanning from 1974 to 2025, Alan Yentob has appeared in 71 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alan Yentob Movies
- Absolutely Anything (2015) — as Man at Party (uncredited)
- Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013) — as Self - Presenter
- imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023) — as Self
- The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014) — as Self - Presenter
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) — as Self - Presenter
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