Kevin Eldon
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Last Kingdom
Bishop Erkenwald
2015
Series
Doctor Who
Ribbons
2005
Series
The IT Crowd
French Tech Support
2006
Series
Game of Thrones
Camello
2011
Series
Game of Thrones
Goldcloak
2011
Series
The Crown
Priest Michael
2016
Series
Midsomer Murders
Terry 'Groucho' Bellini
1997
Series
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Narvi
2022
Series
Death in Paradise
Jeremy Herbert
2011
Series
Silent Witness
DI Dan Mason
1996
Series
Skins
Manfred
2007
Series
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Series
Merlin
Trickler
2008
Series
House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
Series
Red Dwarf
4 of 27
1988
Series
New Tricks
Dr Neville Moroni
2004
Series
Hustle
Anxious
2004
Series
Inside No. 9
Vince
2014
Series
3 Body Problem
Sir Thomas More
2024
Series
The Chelsea Detective
Roy Colin
2022
Series
Horrible Histories
2009
Series
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Series
Miss Scarlet
Jacob Bunce
2020
Series
Hijack
Devlin
2023
Film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Man with Dog
2005
Series
Danger Mouse
Penfold (voice)
2015
Series
Robin Hood
2006
Series
M.I. High
Space Controller
2007
Series
Shadow and Bone
The Apparat
2021
Series
Hotel Babylon
Jury Clerk
2006
Series
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
Series
Playhouse Presents
Martin
2012
Series
Trigger Point
Jeff Washington
2022
Series
Utopia
Tony Bradley
2013
Series
Black Books
Cleaner
2000
Film
Hot Fuzz
Sergeant Tony Fisher
2007
Film
Napoleon
Dr Corvisart
2023
Series
Spaced
Agent
1999
Series
Green Wing
Scissors Bentley
2004
Film
Hugo
Policeman
2011
Series
My Lady Jane
Dr. Butts
2024
Series
The Responder
Neil
2022
Film
Johnny English Strikes Again
MI7 Night Duty Agent
2018
Film
Arthur Christmas
Elf (voice)
2011
Series
I'm Alan Partridge
Mike Sampson
1997
Series
Criminal: UK
Michael Walker
2019
Series
Psychobitches
Witch of Endor
2013
Series
The Witness
DCI Mick Wickerson
2026
Series
Dead Set
Joplin
2008
Series
Brass Eye
Mr. Wastrey
1997
Series
Brass Eye
Alan / Belgian Comedian
1997
Series
Brass Eye
Prison Officer
1997
Series
Brass Eye
Spike Durnaburny
1997
Series
Nighty Night
Terry Tyrrell
2004
Series
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Various Characters
2009
Series
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Fish
2009
Series
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Referee
2009
Film
Afterburn
Father Samson
2025
Series
Mongrels
Photographer
2010
Series
The Larkins
Howard
2021
Series
Look Around You
Tony Rudd
2002
Series
Pistol
Bill Grundy
2022
Series
Smack the Pony
Various Characters
1999
Series
Funland
Shadowman
2005
Series
Jam
Various
2000
Series
Gunpowder
Sir John Hawksworth
2017
Series
Truth Seekers
Jack
2020
Series
Little Crackers
Ron Johnways
2010
Series
Twisted Tales
Wig Shop Proprietor
2005
Series
Harry & Paul
2005
Series
Big Train
1998
Series
Murder City
2004
Series
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Coffin (voice)
2022
Series
Hyperdrive
First Officer Eduardo Pauline York
2006
Series
Saxondale
Martin
2006
Series
Crackanory
Self
2013
Series
15 Storeys High
Nev
2002
Series
Spine Chillers
Matt
2003
Series
Nathan Barley
Nikolai the Barber
2005
Series
Cradle to Grave
Vicar
2015
Series
Juice
Mr Majal
2023
Series
Heroes and Villains
2007
Series
Damned
Martin Bickerstaff
2016
Series
Death Comes to Pemberley
Dr. McFee
2013
Series
I Am Not an Animal
Hugh the Monkey (voice)
2004
Series
Timewasters
Professor John Logie Baird
2017
Series
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Servegood
2012
Series
Fist of Fun
1995
Series
Matt Hatter Chronicles
Tenoroc
2011
Film
The Jillon
Priest
2026
Film
Fahrenheit 451
Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)
1966
Series
Popetown
Cardinal Two (voice)
2005
Series
Decline and Fall
Mr Levy
2017
Series
Blue Heaven
Waiter 1
1992
Series
Hang Ups
Terry Sparkes
2018
Series
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998
Series
Wolfe
Vincent Frayn
2021
Series
Mayo
2006
Film
Four Lions
Sniper
2010
Series
It's Kevin
Kevin / Various
2013
Series
Campus
Doctor
2011
Series
Hippies
Peter Mountstewart
1999
Film
Six Minutes to Midnight
Sergeant Simmons
2020
Series
Duck & Frog
(voice)
2026
Series
Bill's Included
Drew
2026
Series
In the Red
Porno Shop Owner
1998
Packet of Three
Kevin
1991
Film
Madfabulous
John Wickens
2026
Series
Them From That Thing
Various
2012
Series
The Last Chancers
Karl
2004
Series
How TV Ruined Your Life
2011
Series
VE Day 80
Self
2025
Film
High Heels and Low Lifes
McGill
2001
Series
World of Pub
2001
Series
Attention Scum
2001
Film
Funny Cow
Danny
2018
Film
Faintheart
Alan
2009
Film
Eaten by Lions
Ken
2018
Film
Zanzibar
Vince
2018
Film
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Kevin
2017
Film
Spaced: Skip to the End
Self
2004
Series
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
LCpl. Jack Jones
2019
Film
Set Fire to the Stars
Stanley
2014
Film
Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time
Antimony
2002
Film
The IT Crowd Manual
Self
2014
Film
Piccadilly Jim
Wizzy Wisbeach
2004
Film
The Wedding Video
Andrew
2012
Film
The Yellow House
Jaques
2007
Film
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind
Himself
2010
Film
Friday Download: The Movie
Mr. Prim
2015
Film
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
Nick Secker
2016
Film
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Film
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017
Film
The Junkies
Kevin
2001
Film
Who I Am and What I Want
Pete
2005
Film
Lizzie and Sarah
Rick
2010
Film
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
(voice)
Film
Matt Hatter Chronicles: Rise of Primal
Tenoroc (voice)
2018
Film
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Derek Jacobi / Claudius / Bob Harris-Tweedious / Griff Rhys-Jones / Tim McInnerny / Various
2014
Film
Journey: A Voice Lost... and Found
Self
2023
Film
Bill Bailey: Part Troll
Member of Kraftwerk
2004
Film
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
(voice)
Film
Attila the Hun
Romulus
2008
Film
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens
Self
2012
Film
Lee and Herring Live
Simon Quinlank
1996
Film
D.O.A
Carl
2010
Film
Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are
Miles (voice)
2004
Film
Call Me Alvy
Dr. Rubenstein
2017
Film
World of Wrestling
2007
Film
Kevin Eldon - is Titting About
Self
2011
Untitled Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee project
Self
Film
Combat Sheep
Cooper (voice)
2001
Brilliantman!
Brilliantman
2015
Film
King Rocker
Self
2020
Cluub Zarathustra
Various
1996
Film
Connected
Customer
2011
Film
Bill Bailey: Tinselworm
Himself
2008