Richard Coles

Career Overview

Richard Coles has 28 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include Good Grief?, Jimmy Somerville: Queer Rebel of British Pop, The Communards - Live at Full House Rock Show. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

28

Birth Date

1962-03-26

Birth Place

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Good Grief?
• 

  Jimmy Somerville: Queer Rebel of British Pop
• 

  The Communards - Live at Full House Rock Show
• 

  Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)
• 

  JerUSAlem
• 

  Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts

Frequent Collaborators

• Jimmy Somerville (4 collaborations)
• Sarah-Jane Morris (2 collaborations)
• June Miles-Kingston (2 collaborations)
• Mark Ashton (2 collaborations)
• Félix Maritaud (1 collaborations)
• Didier Lestrade (1 collaborations)
• Bibhu Bhattacharya (1 collaborations)
• Steve Bronski (1 collaborations)
• Larry Steinbachek (1 collaborations)
• Marc Almond (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (1 credits)

  • Murder Before Evensong

    executive producer

    production

    - Episode 6 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 5 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 4 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 3 (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Episode 2 (2025) ... executive producer production
    2025

• writing (1 credits)

  • Murder Before Evensong

    novel

    writing

    - Episode 6 (2025) ... novel writing

    - Episode 5 (2025) ... novel writing

    - Episode 4 (2025) ... novel writing

    - Episode 3 (2025) ... novel writing

    - Episode 2 (2025) ... novel writing
    2025

• actors (25 credits)

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    - Episode 8 (2021) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2020) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2017) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2016) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2013) ... Self - Panellist actor actors
    2026
  • Jimmy Somerville: Queer Rebel of British Pop

    Self : Friend, Musician & Anglican priest

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked

    - Episode 22 (2024) ... Self actor actors
    2024
  • Good Grief?

    Self - Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Weakest Link

    - Episode 6 (2021) ... Self - Participant actor actors
    2021
  • Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

    - Episode 3 (2025) ... Self - Expert actor actors

    - Episode 8 (2023) ... Self - Expert actor actors

    - Episode 15 (2022) ... Self - Expert actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2020) ... Self - Expert actor actors
    2020
  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    - Joe Locke, Rev Richard Coles, Adam Hills, Sara Cox (2024) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2018
  • Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special

    The Pope

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Queer as Art

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Richard Osman's House of Games

    - Episode 75 (2020) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Episode 74 (2020) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Episode 73 (2020) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Episode 72 (2020) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Episode 71 (2020) ... Self - Contestant actor actors
    2017
  • The Last Leg

    - Episode 9 (2024) ... Self actor actors
    2013
  • The One Show

    - 18/04/2025 (2025) ... Self actor actors
    2006
  • QI

    - Liblabble (2014) ... Self actor actors

    - Knights and Knaves (2013) ... Self actor actors

    - Jobs (2012) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

    - Final: Towers of Terror (2024) ... Self actor actors

    - Celebrity Cyclone (2024) ... Self actor actors

    - Dreaded Dregs (2024) ... Self actor actors

    - Arcade of Agony: Battle Blocks / Face Invaders (2024) ... Self actor actors

    - Arcade of Agony: Grim Grabbers / Grimball (2024) ... Self actor actors
    2002
  • Loose Women

    - Episode 246 (2024) ... Self actor actors
    1999
  • Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

    Self - Performer

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Have I Got News for You

    - Episode 9 (2025) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - David Mitchell, Rev Richard Coles and Janey Godley (2021) ... Self actor actors

    - Stephen Mangan, Zoe Lyons, The Rev. Richard Coles (2020) ... Self actor actors

    - Victoria Coren Mitchell, Adam Boulton, Rev Richard Coles (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Tracey Ullman, The Reverend Richard Coles, Clive Myrie (2016) ... Self actor actors
    1990
  • Le monde est à vous

    - Episode 9 (1988) ... Self - The Communards actor actors
    1987
  • Sacrée soirée

    - Episode 15 (1987) ... Self - The Communards actor actors
    1987
  • Days Like These

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • JerUSAlem

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Communards - Live at Full House Rock Show

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Champs-Elysées

    - Episode 6 (1988) ... Self - The Communards actor actors

    - Episode 29 (1987) ... Self - The Communards actor actors

    - Episode 30 (1986) ... Self - The Communards actor actors
    1982

• sound (1 credits)

  • Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

    songs

    sound
    1990