1. Steven James Pemberton was born on 1 September 1967 and is a British actor, comedian, director and writer.
20 Facts About Steve Pemberton
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Steve Pemberton was a writer and actor for BBC's The League of Gentlemen with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson.
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Steve Pemberton appeared in feature films such as Lassie, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Mr Bean's Holiday and Better Man.
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Steve Pemberton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on 1 September 1967 and grew up around Chorley, attending Saint Michael's Church of England High School in the town.
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Steve Pemberton trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College of Education where he met Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith.
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Steve Pemberton is best known as being a member of the sketch comedy team The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, all of whom he met at Bretton Hall College in his late teens.
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From 2007 to 2015, Steve Pemberton appeared as Mick Garvey in Benidorm.
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Steve Pemberton portrayed Rufus Drumknott in 2010's Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.
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Steve Pemberton appeared as Vice Principal Douglas Panch in the Donmar's 2011 production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
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Steve Pemberton wrote the adaptation, which featured his League of Gentlemen colleague Mark Gatiss.
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Steve Pemberton reunited with his The League of Gentlemen colleagues in 2017 for three special episodes, transmitted in December 2017 on BBC2.
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Steve Pemberton appeared as himself in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with fellow comedians David Baddiel, Reece Shearsmith, Helen Lederer and actor Jason Flemyng.
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In October 2021, Steve Pemberton was nominated for Best Outstanding Comedy Actor at the inaugural National Comedy Awards for Stand Up to Cancer for his appearances in series 6 of Inside No 9.
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Steve Pemberton was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the Channel 4 show Taskmaster in 2024.
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Steve Pemberton portrayed Peter Williams, the father of Robbie Williams in the singer's musical biopic film Better Man, directed by Michael Gracey which was released in late 2024.
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Steve Pemberton's early work centred mainly around fringe theatre; he was a founding member of the 606 Theatre with Gordon Anderson, Tom Hadley, and producer Shane Walter.
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Steve Pemberton has produced, performed in, and directed various stage productions.
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In 2020 it was announced that Steve Pemberton would join Aaron Taylor-Johnson on West End stage in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, directed by Matthew Dunster.
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Steve Pemberton has written for Variety and was the assistant editor of the International Film Guide from 1991 to 1998.
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Steve Pemberton is a football fan and a supporter of Blackburn Rovers FC.