Andy Zaltzman
Birthday: Born in 1974-10-06 in London, England, U.K.
Deathday: Alive
Andrew Zaltzman (born 6 October 1974) is a British comedian who largely deals in political and sport-related material. He has worked with John Oliver, their work together including Political Animal, The Department, and The Bugle. Since 2016 he has been a statistician for BBC Radio's Test Match Special cricket commentaries, and since 2020 the presenter of Radio 4's The News Quiz.
TV Credits
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Character: Himself - Correspondent
News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans....
Celebrity Mastermind
Character: Self - Contestant
Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner....
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"....
Taskmaster
Character: Self - Contestant
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?...
Taskmaster
Character: Self
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?...
Movie Credits
John Oliver: Terrifying Times
Character: Self
American viewers may know him best as the British correspondent on "The Daily Show," but John Oliver is also an accomplished stand-up comic. In his first Comedy Central special Oliver tackles the topics that perplex him about the United States. He takes well-aimed shots at the American political process and the invasion of Iraq (including how the Brits would have done it differently), and argues for reparations from the Revolutionary War....
Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire
Character:
His live stand up show recorded for DVD by Go Faster Stripe in Cardiff in late 2014....
I Am Offended
Character: Self
Documentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour....
Bad Tidings
Character: Journalist 1
Grumpy home-security expert Neil feuds with his neighbour Scott, who insists on keeping his Christmas lights illuminated all-year-round. Their tit-for-tat argument culminates in Neil triggering a power-cut across the entire street on Christmas Eve. But when the local crime family decide to rob every house on the street that night, and the pair must set aside their differences to defeat them....