
Steve Pemberton
Biography
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.
Acting (38 movies)

Birthday Girl
2001

The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave!
2000

Riot at the Rite
2005

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
2006

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005

The Hour
2020

I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007

Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
2021

Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
2021

Better Man
2024

The First Men in the Moon
2010

Under The Greenwood Tree
2005

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005

Mr. Stink
2012

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002

Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007

Psychoville Halloween Special
2010

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014

Alice in Russialand
1995

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004

Lassie
2005

Match Point
2005

Professor Branestawm Returns
2015

The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007

Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004

The Old Curiosity Shop
2007

What the Pythons Did Next...
2007

The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
2001

Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008

National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
2012

The Interrogation of Tony Martin
2018

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday
2018

Highgate House of Horror
1995

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024

The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
2018

Friends Reunited
2005
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The League of Gentlemen - Yule Never Leave! | 2000 | Writer |
| The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane | 2001 | Writer |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | 2005 | Writer |
| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Psychoville Halloween Special | 2010 | Writer |
| The League of Gentlemen - Live Again! | 2018 | Writer |
| The Little Things | 2024 | Executive Producer |