Bob Mortimer

Career Overview

Bob Mortimer has 48 screen credits in a career dating back to 1964. Their work is anchored in the Viz Top Tips Collection universe with 2 titles. Signature works include Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Football's 47 Best Worst Songs, Athletico Mince Live at Leicester Square. 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

48

Birth Date

1959-05-23

Birth Place

Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
• 

  Football's 47 Best Worst Songs
• 

  Athletico Mince Live at Leicester Square
• 

  The Glove
• 

  Paul McCartney At The BBC
• 

  Viz Top Tips

Associated Universes

• Viz Top Tips Collection (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Vic Reeves (2 collaborations)
• Paul Whitehouse (1 collaborations)
• Keith Allen (1 collaborations)
• David Baddiel (1 collaborations)
• Peter Hook (1 collaborations)
• Gary Lineker (1 collaborations)
• Brix Smith-Start (1 collaborations)
• John Barnes (1 collaborations)
• Chris Waddle (1 collaborations)
• Adrian Chiles (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (41 credits)

  • The Glove

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • LOL: Last One Laughing UK

    Self

    actor

    actors

    - Here Comes the Aeroplane (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - The Seagull and the Frankfurter (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - A Spare Thumb (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - 50 Ducks (2026) ... Self actor actors

    - Imagine the Paperwork (2026) ... Self actor actors
    2025
  • Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir Christmas Special

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • A Brush with Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Paul McCartney At The BBC

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • How to Build a Girl

    Awards Host

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Fast Show: More Blooming Catchphrases

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

    Self

    actor

    actors

    - Salmon: River Findhorn, Scottish Highlands (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Carp and Tope: Ceredigion, Wales (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Perch: Birley Lake and River Wye, Herefordshire (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Rochdale Canal, Manchester and River Dane, Cheshire (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Sea Trout: Rivers Towi and Cothi, Carmarthenshire (2025) ... Self actor actors
    2018
  • Football's 47 Best Worst Songs

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Athletico Mince Live at Leicester Square

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Taskmaster: Champion of Champions

    - Champion of Champions 2017 : I've Sinned Again (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Champion of Champions 2017 : Wiley Giraffe Blower (2017) ... Self actor actors
    2017
  • Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

    Various

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Taskmaster

    - Their Water's So Delicious (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Boing Boing (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Spoony Neeson (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - A Wind-Dried Puffin (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Residue Around the Hoof (2017) ... Self actor actors
    2015
  • 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

    - Bob Mortimer, Tom Allen, Richard Ayoade, Harriet Dyer & Ian Smith (2025) ... Self actor actors

    - Kathy Burke, Roisin Conaty, Johnny Vegas, Bob Mortimer, John Cooper Clarke (2017) ... Self actor actors

    - Lee Mack, Bob Mortimer, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Alex Horne (2016) ... Self actor actors

    - Bob Mortimer, Holly Walsh, Isy Suttie, Claudia Winkleman (2016) ... Self - Contestant actor actors

    - Bob Mortimer, Sarah Millican, Katherine Ryan, Alex Horne and the Horne Section (2015) ... Self actor actors
    2013
  • Gogglebox

    - Celebrity Gogglebox for SU2C (2023) ... Self actor actors
    2013
  • Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Steve Coogan: The Inside Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Would I Lie to You?

    - Bob Mortimer, Dianne Buswell, Jamelia Davis & Mark Chapman (2026) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Sara Davies, Michelle de Swarte, Bob Mortimer, Chris Ramsey (2025) ... Self - Panellist actor actors

    - Munya Chawawa, Bob Mortimer, Professor Alice Roberts and Cheyenne Davide aka "Snoochie Shy" (2023) ... Self actor actors

    - Angellica Bell, Bob Mortimer, Suggs and Holly Willoughby (2022) ... Self actor actors

    - Bob Mortimer, Samantha Morton, Miles Jupp and Sarah Hadland (2021) ... Self actor actors
    2007
  • When Comedy Changed Forever

    Self (archive material)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The One Show

    - August 26, 2009 (2009) ... Self actor actors

    - December 19, 2008 (2008) ... Self actor actors
    2006
  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years

    Potter

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Fight

    Self - Presenter

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

    Clown

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Top Gear

    - Episode 4 (2019) ... Self actor actors
    2002
  • Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • It's Ulrika!

    Various Roles

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Viz Top Tips

    Self / Various

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Viz Top Tips 2

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Shooting Stars: Unviewed and Nude

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • No Sleep 'Til Sheffield: Pulp Go Public

    Self - Host of Shooting Stars (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Reeves And Mortimer - Live Tour Puce 1694

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Do You Remember the First Time?

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Reeves and Mortimer's Driving School

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Sid the Sexist

    Baz

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Weekenders

    Bob

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Vic Reeves Big Night Out Tour

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Amnesty International's Big 30

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Top of the Pops

    - June 9, 1994 (1994) ... Self - Host actor actors
    1964

• writing (5 credits)

  • The Case of the High Foot

    writer

    writing
    2014
  • Steve Coogan: The Inside Story

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • It's Ulrika!

    writer

    writing
    1997
  • Shooting Stars: Unviewed and Nude

    writer

    writing
    1996
  • The Weekenders

    writer

    writing
    1992

• production (2 credits)

  • Angelos Epithemiou and Friends

    executive producer

    production
    2011
  • It's Ulrika!

    producer

    production
    1997