Highest rated as cast or director
Inside No. 9
2014 · 9 Seasons
The League of Gentlemen
1999 · 3 Seasons
Better Man
2024
Whitechapel
2009 · 4 Seasons
Psychoville
2009 · 2 Seasons
Going Postal
2010 · 1 Season
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.
Acted in 83
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
- 2021
Worzel Gummidge: Calliope Jane
Mr Braithwaite
Worzel Gummidge: Twitchers
Mr Braithwaite
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Worzel Gummidge
Mr Braithwaite · 5 episodes
Ladhood
The Gardener · 2 episodes
- 2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Multiple Characters
The Interrogation of Tony Martin
Tony Martin
Zanzibar
Robert
- 2017
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Squires
- 2016
The Devil of Christmas
Movie
Camping
Robin · 6 episodes
- 2015
Professor Branestawm Returns
Professor Algebrain
The 12 Days of Christine
Bobby
La Couchette
Jorg
- 2014
Mapp and Lucia
Georgie Pillson · 3 episodes
The Understudy
Tony
Tom & Gerri
Migg
A Quiet Night In
Eddie
Sardines
Carl
- 2013
Psychobitches
Dian Fossey · 1 episode
Heading Out
Jonathan Walters · 1 episode
- 2012
Mr. Stink
Sir Derek Dimble
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
Hardcastle
- 2011
Going Postal 2in1
Drumknott
- 2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
Various
The First Men in the Moon
Sun
2000s
- 2009
- 2007
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mr. Short
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Leo Fairbrother
- 2006
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Tubbs Tattsyrup / Pauline Campbell-Jones / Herr Lipp / Pop / Dave Parkes / Harvey Denton / Charlie Hull / Reenie Calver / Anne Hand / Barry Baggs / Mike Harris / Dr Carlton / Mary
- 2005
Riot at the Rite
Critic
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Various Characters
Friends Reunited
Edward Netherton
- 2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Chester
Blackpool
Adrian Marr · 6 episodes
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
- 2003
The Last Detective
TV
- 2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Viking (voice)
- 2001
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
various
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
Alice in Russialand
Various characters
Highgate House of Horror
Woodall
Produced 14
2020s
- 2024
The Little Things
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2016
The Devil of Christmas
Producer
- 2015
The 12 Days of Christine
Associate Producer
La Couchette
Associate Producer
- 2014
The Understudy
Associate Producer
Tom & Gerri
Associate Producer
A Quiet Night In
Associate Producer
Sardines
Associate Producer
2000s
- 2009
- 2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
Wrote 13
2010s
- 2018
The League of Gentlemen - Live Again!
Writer
Zanzibar
Writer
- 2017
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Writer
- 2014
Mapp and Lucia
Writer
A Quiet Night In
Writer
Sardines
Writer
- 2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
Writer
2000s
- 2009
- 2006
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You
Author
- 2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Writer
- 2001
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane
Writer
1990s
- 1999
Created 3
2010s
- 2014
2000s
- 2009
1990s
- 1999
Directed 2
2010s
- 2014
1990s
- 1995
Highgate House of Horror
Director
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2014
Appearances25
2020s
- 2024
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 2021
- 2020
The Hour
Himself
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self · 1 episode
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Self
- 2013
- 2011
2000s
- 2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Narrator
- 2007
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat
Himself · 1 episode
What the Pythons Did Next...
Self
- 2006
- 2005
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'
Self - The League of Gentlemen
- 2001
1990s
- 1995
1980s
- 1988
This Morning
Self · 1 episode
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2025
