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Biography

Alexander was born in Rothbury, Northumberland. His father was a GP and farmer and his mother a magistrate and formidable campaigner for conservation. He…more

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8/14/1970, Rothbury, Northumberland.

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Star (11)

Role
- Pointless Celebrities
  Presenter
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 11
    5/26/12
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 10
    5/19/12
  - S 2: Ep 4 Episode 9
    5/5/12
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 8
    4/28/12
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 7
    3/3/12
  - + 6 More Credits
- Pointless
  Presenter
  - S 6: Ep 30 Episode 260
    3/26/12
  - S 6: Ep 29 Episode 259
    3/22/12
  - S 6: Ep 28 Episode 258
    3/21/12
  - S 6: Ep 27 Episode 257
    3/20/12
  - S 6: Ep 26 Episode 256
    3/19/12
  - + 255 More Credits
- Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
  Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 1.6
    3/12/12
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 1.5
    3/5/12
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 1.4
    2/27/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 1.3
    2/20/12
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 1.2
    2/13/12
  - + 2 More Credits
- Epic Win
  Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    9/24/11
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    9/17/11
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    9/10/11
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    9/3/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    8/27/11
  - + 1 More Credits
- Sarah Jane's Alien Files
  Mr Smith
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    11/15/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    11/8/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    11/1/10
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    10/25/10
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/18/10
  - + 1 More Credits
- Mutual Friends
  Patrick Turner
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    9/30/08
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    9/23/08
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    9/16/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    9/9/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    9/2/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- Armstrong and Miller
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 7 Episode 5.7
    12/7/07
  - S 5: Ep 6 Episode 5.6
    11/30/07
  - S 5: Ep 5 Episode 5.5
    11/23/07
  - S 5: Ep 4 Episode 5.4
    11/16/07
  - S 5: Ep 3 Episode 5.3
    11/9/07
  - + 2 More Credits
- Life Begins
  Phil Mee
  - S 2: Ep 6 Hidden Pain
    3/23/05
  - S 2: Ep 5 Break for Love
    3/16/05
  - S 2: Ep 4 Under Pressure
    3/9/05
  - S 2: Ep 3 Time Goes By
    3/2/05
  - S 2: Ep 2 From The Past
    2/23/05
  - + 7 More Credits
- tlc
  Doctor Stephen Noble
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    12/16/02
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    12/9/02
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    12/2/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    11/25/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    11/18/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- Armstrong and Miller
  Various Roles
  - S 4: Ep 7 Episode 4.7
    2/23/01
  - S 4: Ep 6 Episode 4.6
    2/16/01
  - S 4: Ep 5 Episode 4.5
    2/9/01
  - S 4: Ep 4 Episode 4.4
    2/2/01
  - S 4: Ep 3 Episode 4.3
    1/26/01
  - + 22 More Credits
- Beast (2000)
  Nick
  - S 2: Ep 6 Snake
    2/10/01
  - S 2: Ep 5 Lamb
    2/3/01
  - S 2: Ep 4 Dogs
    1/27/01
  - S 2: Ep 3 Pig
    1/20/01
  - S 2: Ep 2 Cat
    1/13/01
  - + 7 More Credits
Recurring Role (12)

Role
- Have I Got News for You
  Guest Host
  - S 43: Ep 5 Alexander Armstrong, Nadine Dorries, Reginald D. Hunter
    5/11/12
  - S 42: Ep 2 Alexander Armstrong, Louise Mensch, Danny Baker
    10/21/11
  - S 41: Ep 4 Alexander Armstrong, Victoria Coren, Ross Noble
    5/6/11
  - S 40: Ep 10 Alexander Armstrong, Ross Noble, Micky Flanagan
    12/17/10
  - S 39: Ep 2 Alexander Armstrong, Richard Herring, Victoria Coren
    4/8/10
  - + 15 More Credits
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Mr Smith (voice)
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Curse of Clyde Langer (2)
    10/11/11
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Curse of Clyde Langer (1)
    10/10/11
  - S 5: Ep 2 Sky (2)
    10/4/11
  - S 5: Ep 1 Sky (1)
    10/3/11
  - S 4: Ep 12 Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith (2)
    11/16/10
  - + 27 More Credits
- Rev.
  MP Patrick Yam
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Voice of Mr. Smith
  - S 2: Ep 12 Enemy of the Bane (2)
    12/8/08
  - S 2: Ep 11 Enemy Of The Bane (1)
    12/1/08
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith (1)
    11/17/08
  - S 2: Ep 6 Secrets Of The Stars (2)
    10/27/08
  - S 2: Ep 5 Secrets Of The Stars (1)
    10/20/08
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Voice of Mr Smith
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Mark Of The Berserker (1)
    11/3/08
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Mr. Smith
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Day of the Clown (2)
    10/13/08
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Last Sontaran (2)
    9/29/08
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Mr Smith
  - S 1: Ep 8 Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (2)
    11/6/07
  - S 1: Ep 6 Warriors of Kudlak (2)
    10/22/07
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Mr. Smith (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 5 Warriors of Kudlak (1)
    10/15/07
- News Knight
  Self
- Saturday Live (1996)
  Strikja
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    7/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    7/13/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    6/29/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    6/15/96
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    6/1/96
- Saturday Live (1996)
  Flies Sketch OB
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    7/6/96
- Saturday Live (1996)
  British Summertime Sketch
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    6/22/96
Guest Star (38)

Role
- Would I Lie to You?
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 1 Mel Giedroyc, Chris Tarrant, Alexander Armstrong, Alex Jones
    4/13/12
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Reg Arwell
  - — The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe
    12/25/11
- Rev.
  Patrick Yam
  - S 1: Ep 1 On Your Knees, Forget The Fees
    6/28/10
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 19 Episode 19
    10/15/09
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 4 Armstrong & Miller, Verne Troyer, Graham Norton, Shakira.
    9/25/09
- Richard & Judy
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 22 Thursday 21st May
    5/21/09
  - S 9: Ep 33 Wednesday 30th July
    7/30/08
  - S 6: Ep 23 Wednesday 19th July
    7/19/06
- Comic Relief
  Mr. Smith [The Sarah Jane Adventures] & Biffy, Sir Rupert, Himself [Armstrong & Miller meet Mitchell & Webb]
  - S 8: Ep 12 RND 2009 - Funny For Money
    3/13/09
- EastEnders
  Narrator
  - S 25: Ep 34 Wendy Richard, MBE
    2/26/09
- The Sarah Jane Adventures
  Mr. Smith
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Last Sontaran (1)
    9/29/08
  - S 1: Ep 0 Invasion of the Bane
    1/1/07
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Voice of Mr. Smith
  - S 4: Ep 13 Journey's End (2)
    7/5/08
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Voice of Mr Smith
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Stolen Earth (1)
    6/28/08
- To the Manor Born
  Adam fforbes-Hamilton
  - S 4: Ep 1 Christmas Special 2007
    12/25/07
- News Knight
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    7/1/07
- Hotel Babylon
  Aiden Spencer
  - S 2: Ep 6 Episode 14
    3/29/07
- After You've Gone
  Dr Howard Banks
  - S 1: Ep 7 Out of Africa
    2/23/07
- Saxondale
  Jerome Wilson
  - S 1: Ep 2 Series 1 Episode 2
    6/26/06
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Narrator
  - S 35: Ep 12 My Family and Other Animals
    4/9/06
- QI
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 4 Alexander Armstrong, Jeremy Clarkson, John Sessions
    10/14/05
- Mystery!
  Inspector Dermot Craddock
  - S 25: Ep 6 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced (2)
    5/8/05
  - S 25: Ep 5 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced (1)
    5/1/05
- GMTV Today
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 58 Wednesday 23rd March
    3/23/05
- GMTV
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 219 Wednesday 23rd March
    3/23/05
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  D.I. Craddock
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Murder Is Announced
    1/2/05
- Comic Relief
  Himself (telephone operator)/Voice of Monkey
  - S 5: Ep 6 RND 2003 - The Big Hair Do
    3/14/03
- Ruby (2002)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Alexander Armstrong
    12/19/02
- RI:SE
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 150 show #150
    11/22/02
- It Shouldn't Happen to A...
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 11 It Shouldn't Happen to A... TV Vet
    7/6/02
- Time Gentlemen Please
  Dean
  - S 2: Ep 6 Beer Necessities
    3/6/02
- Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
  Michael Masters
  - S 1: Ep 4 And Now the Fearing ...
    12/3/01
- Murder Rooms
  Dr Turnavine
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Patient's Eyes
    9/4/01
- Is It Legal?
  Nick
  - S 3: Ep 5 New Bloke
    11/25/98
- Space Cadets
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Stingrays vs. T-Birds
    8/19/97
- Brass Eye
  Man in vox pop
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sex
    2/19/97
- Funny Business
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 Episode 35
    1/31/97
- Saturday Live (1996)
  Guest Star
- Sharpe
  Galloper
  - S 4: Ep 1 Sharpe's Regiment
    5/1/96
- Comedy Firsts
  Alastair Simpson
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sardines
    7/24/95
- You Bet!
  Himself (in costume change challenge - uncredited)
  - S 8: Ep 6 Episode 8.6
    4/1/95
- Have I Got News for You
  Guest Host

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- In order to film the fifth series of Armstrong and Miller Alexander set up a production company with comedy partner Ben Miller to handle it. This was due to an issue over DVD royalties for the fourth series. It is called Toff.
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- In July 2008, Alexander started doing Podcasts with comedy partner Ben Miller, as Cultural Commentators for Times Online (website for The Times broadsheet in the UK).
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- Alexander garnered something of a reputation for his role as Harry Fitzgibbon-Sims in the series of advertisements for Pimms, in 2008.
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- (on his love for Pimms) Alexander: When I was very young my brother, sister and I would jokingly ask our parents for some at Christmas and they would play up to it by decanting brown-coloured lemonade into an empty Pimm's bottle. We would knock this back with all the fruit and so on and think ourselves frightfully grown-up.
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- (on his character in "Life Begins"). Alexander: I don't think there's anything of me in Phil. He looks like me and sounds like me and he'll say things in the way that I'll say things. But no, he's very much not like me.
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- (on not being made permanent host of "Have I Got News for You"). Alexander: I don't blame anyone. In fact, I suppose I should be grateful - I was never put in the position where I might have become the person who 'brought the programme down'.
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