Karl Pilkington
Birthday: Born in 1972-09-23 in Sale, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Karl Pilkington is an English travel show presenter, actor, author and former radio producer. He gained prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's radio programme on XFM
TV Credits
The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
GMTV
Character: Self
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010....
The Ricky Gervais Show
Character: Himself
The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular British audio podcasts and audiobooks of the same name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, along with colleague and friend Karl Pilkington, talking about various subjects behind the microphone. The TV show consists of past audio recordings of these unscripted "pointless conversations," with animation drawn in a style similar to clas...
The Moaning of Life
Character: Karl Pilkington
Now Karl’s turned 40 and has officially hit middle age, it’s time for him to re-assess his life. He’s not married, he doesn’t have kids, he’s got a job where he’s known as an ‘idiot’, and he’s known for being miserable. He’s classic ‘mid-life crisis’ material. As Karl attempts to put his life in order, he’ll be dispatched around the world on a crash course to find out how other cultures deal with life’s big questions. The ups and downs of Karl’s experiences will be contrasted against the beautif...
An Idiot Abroad
Character: Self
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress....
Derek
Character: Dougie
Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents....
Extras
Character: Fan
Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away....
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
Character: DC Phil Bayley
The extraordinary and compelling story of how John Darwin faked his own death to claim life insurance and avoid bankruptcy will be told in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. The drama relates how Anne Darwin's husband, a prison officer, came up with the hare-brained scheme to defraud insurance companies, unbeknownst to their two sons....
Rain Dogs
Character: Simon
A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice....
Sick of It
Character: Karl
A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego....
Derek
Character: Self
Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents....
Ludwig
Character: DI Matt Neville
John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts....
Movie Credits
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
Character: Caveman
Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying....
Chingari
Character: English Journalist
Officer Parashuram travels to Switzerland to rescue his girlfriend. He only has five days to rescue his girlfriend from her kidnappers....
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
Character:
Karl Pilkington, best known for his podcasts with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and his travel show An Idiot Abroad goes on a quest to find out if intelligence really makes you happier....
Bury Your Nephew
Character: Toby
An uncle struggling to find common ground with his nephew eventually bonds with him over a morbid curiosity....
Meet Karl Pilkington
Character: Self
Ricky Gervais introduces his friend Karl Pilkington to the world in an Interview discussing race, disability, sexuality, education, the elderly and crime and punishment....
Cemetery Junction
Character: Toupee Man
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever....
Con Man Denominator
Character: Dealer
A mysterious con man with a briefcase full of money finds himself mistaken for the maths teacher at a secondary school. All the while, the real maths teacher gets tied up and asked for money....
Meet Karl Pilkington II
Character: Himself
Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington discuss the big bang, the space race, time travel, biology, and logic....
When Karl Met Warwick
Character: Self
In this instalment of the 'Meet Karl Pilkington' series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results....
Fame: I'm Gonna Live Forever
Character: Self
Karl Pilkington travels to Speaker's Corner in London to meet a man whom Ricky Gervais has told him about; a man who claims he has discovered the secret to eternal youth....