Rob Brydon British Actor Born 1965 in Baglan

Rob Brydon (3 May 1965, Baglan) is a British actor. His best-known titles on this site are MirrorMask (2005) and A Cock and Bull Story (2006).

Early life

His education includes Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Dumbarton House School.

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1995 with First Knight. The 1990s brought Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998). His 2000s credits include 24 Hour Party People (2002, as Ryan Letts) and Shaun of the Dead (2004). During the 2010s, he worked on Cinderella (2015, as Master Phineus) and The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016). Work from the 2020s includes Barbie (2023, as Sugar Daddy Ken) and My Lady Jane (2024, as John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland).

Rob Brydon’s credits add up to 20 films and 7 TV series from 1995 to 2024. Adventure is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (4), followed by comedy (3) and fantasy (3). Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, First Knight (1995) has the highest, at $128 million.

David Walliams appears in three of his listed titles, including Cruise of the Gods (2002). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Nick Frost (two titles) and Stephen Fry (two titles). His largest audience is on YouTube, with 134K subscribers as of January 2025.

Recognition

Rob Brydon received the Member of the Order of the British Empire.