Simon Amstell
Birthday: Born in 1979-11-29 in Gants Hill, Essex, England
Deathday: Alive
Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, director and television presenter. His work on television has included presenting "Popworld" and "Never Mind the Buzzcocks". He wrote and directed the films "Carnage" (2017) and "Benjamin" (2018)
TV Credits
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self - Presenter
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry....
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas"....
Grandma's House
Character: Simon
Sitcom about a former television presenter searching for something more meaningful to do in life....
What a Load of Buzzcocks
Character: Self - Host
Highlights series presenting the best of 16 years of Never Mind the Buzzcocks pop history....
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry....
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self - Host
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry....
The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out....
Bo' Selecta!
Character: Self
Bo' Selecta! is a British sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis, which lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour....
Movie Credits
Stalker
Character: Stag (voice)
A man follows deer prints through the snowy landscape of the Lake District, but the situation might not be as clear cut as it seems....
Simon Amstell: Numb - Live at the BBC
Character: Himself
This one-off stand-up special is a performance of Simon Amstell's stand-up show, 'Numb', which he toured to sell-out audiences around the UK and Ireland in 2012, as well as Australia and, more recently, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Recorded specially for BBC Four at TV Centre, it's a stripped-down, intimate performance, with no set and minimal lighting - a painfully raw, honest and deeply funny exploration of disconnection and loneliness....
Simon Amstell: Do Nothing - Live
Character: Himself
Recorded at Vicar Street, Dublin on May 22nd 2010, Do Nothing Live is Simon Amstell’s debut stand up DVD....
Black Pond
Character: Eric Sacks
The Thompson family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six months later, family friend Tim visits freelance therapist Dr. Eric Sacks and the story finds it's way to the press. The facts are bent and the details spun as the Thompsons become known to the public as 'The Family of Killers'....
The Silent Man
Character: Aaron
A young lady attempts to re-capture the magic of doomed relationship - by ordering a life-size doll, in his exact image....
Brand: A Second Coming
Character: Self
Comic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains elusive. As he explores iconic figures such as Gandhi, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Jesus, he transforms himself into a political antagonist....
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Character: Narrator
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed....
Simon Amstell: Set Free
Character: Himself
Honest, introspective comic Simon Amstell digs deep and delivers a uniquely vulnerable stand-up set on love, ego, intimacy and ayahuasca....
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Character: Cafe Server
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of first love....