James Acaster
Acting
Biography
James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.
Born: January 9, 1985
Place of Birth: Kettering, England, UK
Known For
Grave New World
Stuart Laws takes an in-depth look at life after a pandemic and how the familiar we knew has changed forever. This mini series gets some of the UK's best comedians to ask the questions we've been afraid to ask like "What?", "How?" and "Why?"
Taskmaster
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?
James Acaster: Repertoire
Offbeat comic James Acaster covers the strange, the mundane and everything in between in this collection of four wide-ranging stand-up specials.
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
On December 17th 2019, I, James Acaster, filmed my 2019 tour show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 at EartH in Hackney. It was a show about the best year of my life (1999) and the worst year of my life (2017), I wore a very nifty jacket for it and I looked extremely cool.
QI
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Would I Lie to You?
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The iconic pop culture panel show featuring host Greg Davies, who is joined by regulars Noel Fielding & Jamali Maddix for music-themed mayhem.
Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish
Dave Gorman points out things he finds strange about modern life.
Big Fat Quiz
Presenter Jimmy Carr oversees a panel of top-name celebrities in this year end quiz show where they compete to see who can answer the most questions correctly.
Drunk History
Top UK comedians relate their favourite historical stories while getting absolutely bladdered on a mixture of beers, wines and spirits. Their slurred versions of history are then acted out, word for word, by a host of well-known actors, celebrities and comedians including Johnny Vegas, Russell Kane, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Alex Horne and James Acaster. Luckily, Jimmy Carr is on voice-over duties to restore some order if the drinking sessions get out of hand.
Filmography
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Felix the Ironmonger
as Lars
as Self (archival)
as Self – Presenter
as Self - Contestant
as Self - Panellist
as John
as Fizz Gambol
as Self - Comedian
as Self - Guest
as Self - Comedian
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Self - Guest
as Self - Comedian
as Self - Guest
as Self - Contestant
as Self - Contestant
as Deliveroo Guy
as Self - Guest
as Self - Co-host
as Self - Television Watcher
as Self - Panelist
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Drunk Storyteller
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Comedian Contestant
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Contestant
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Contestant
as Self - Comedian
as Self
as Self - Panellist
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Panellist