11 Facts About Andy Hamilton

Andrew Neil Hamilton was born on 28 May 1954 and is a British comedian, game show panellist, television director, comedy screenwriter, radio dramatist, novelist and actor.

Andy Hamilton first came to notice while performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the 1970s.

Andy Hamilton has since appeared regularly in Chelmsford 123, Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, QI, and If I Ruled the World.

Andy Hamilton is frequently invited as a panellist on The News Quiz and as a guest panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

Andy Hamilton is the voice of Dr Elephant, the dentist in the children's show Peppa Pig.

Andy Hamilton was the original voice of Bob Fish, who is a dentist, in the cartoon Bob and Margaret.

Since 1995, Andy Hamilton has written and played the lead role of Satan in the Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry's Game.

Andy Hamilton toured with his UK stand-up show Hat of Doom in 2008.

In 2009, Hamilton presented the BBC Four series It's Only a Theory with Reginald D Hunter.

Andy Hamilton joked that it was amputated when he was five "by a surgeon who felt that symmetry was over-rated" to the audience of Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers on Radio 4 in October 2017.

Andy Hamilton married Libby Asher in 1988, and they have three children.