Steve Pemberton is a BAFTA winning actor and writer born in Blackburn, UK. He graduated from Bretton Hall in Yorkshire with a BA (Hons) in Theatre Arts in 1989. After leaving college Steve spent time producing and starring in small-scale theatre productions in London and working part-time for Variety as assistant editor of the International Film Guide. In 1996 Steve and his college friends Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Jeremy Dyson went to Edinburgh with comedy show The League of Gentlemen, winning the coveted Perrier Comedy prize a year later. The group then went on to record a radio series and four TV series for the BBC as well as staging three live tours and making a film.
In 2009 Steve and Reece wrote and starred in the multi-award winning black comedy Psychoville which ran for two series and a Halloween special. The pair's acclaimed anthology show Inside No 9 began in 2014 and Steve was awarded with a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance in 2019. The show also won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy and Comedy Writing. Steve lives in North London with his partner and three children.
Inside No. 9(2014)
Highgate House of Horror(2007)
Urban Myths(2017)
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!(2018)
The League of Gentlemen(1999)
Benidorm(2007)
The Hack(2025)as Rupert Murdoch
The Power of Parker(2023)as Sandy
Missing You(2025)as Titus, Titus Monroe
Alma's Not Normal(2020)as Uncle Dickie
The Cleaner(2021)as Donald
The Little Things(2025)
Psychoville(2009)
The Innocence of Play(2012)
Only Connect(2008)
Blackpool(2004)
The Celebrity Traitors(2025)as Self - Contestant
Richard Osman's House of Games(2017)as Self, Self - Contestant
The Weakest Link(2021)as Self - Contestant
Breakfast(2000)as Self, Self - Actor & Writer
Taskmaster(2015)as Self - Contestant, Self
ABC News Breakfast(2008)as Self - Actor, Better Man
Would I Lie to You?(2007)as Self - Guest
Granada Reports(1980)as Self - Male in a Comedy, Inside No.9
The Destinations of Doctor Who(2012)as Strackman Lux
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year(2010)as David Sowerbutts
