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Biography

Bill Bailey's real name is Mark and gained the Nick-name Bill at school from his teacher. Bill is well known for his stand up…more

Born

Bath, Somerset, England

Birth Name

Mark Bailey

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
  Team Captain
  - S 21: Ep 12 Jamelia, Moby, Dale Winton, David O'Doherty
    2/7/08
  - S 21: Ep 11 James Nesbitt, Joe Goddard, Chris O'Dowd, Dev Hynes
    1/31/08
  - S 21: Ep 10 Sophie Ellis Bextor, Yannis, Tim Minchin, James Lance
    1/24/08
  - S 21: Ep 9 Mark Watson, Christopher Biggins, Robyn, Sam Duckworth
    1/17/08
  - S 21: Ep 8 Jon McClure, KT Tunstall, Lauren Laverne, Jeremy Edwards
    1/10/08
  - + 91 More Credits
- Black Books
  Manny Bianco
  - S 3: Ep 6 Party
    4/15/04
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Travel Writer
    4/8/04
  - S 3: Ep 4 A Little Flutter
    4/1/04
  - S 3: Ep 3 Moo-ma and Moo-pa
    3/25/04
  - S 3: Ep 2 Elephants and Hens
    3/18/04
  - + 13 More Credits
- Wild West
  Doug
  - S 2: Ep 6 Holly Loses Faith in Witchcraft
    4/13/04
  - S 2: Ep 5 Film Crew
    4/9/04
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cornish Flu
    4/2/04
  - S 2: Ep 3 Angela Learns to Drive
    3/26/04
  - S 2: Ep 2 Magical Horses
    3/19/04
  - + 1 More Credits
- Head on Comedy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fiona Allen, Patrick Kielty, Lynn Ferguson, Terry Alderton
    7/13/02
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hattie Hayridge, David Mellor, Jeff Green, Tony Hawks
    8/24/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 Brian Sewell, Patrick Kielty, Fred Macaulay, Felix Dexter
    8/17/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Rhona Cameron, Greg Proops, Bradley Walsh, Adam Bloom
    8/10/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Rhona Cameron, Felix Dexter, Steve Punt, Omid Djalili
    7/27/00
  - + 2 More Credits
- Top Ten (1999)
  Presenter
  - S 3: Ep 5 Progressive Rock
    3/3/01
- Is It Bill Bailey?
  Himself/Various
  - S 1: Ep 6 Mastermind
    3/27/98
  - S 1: Ep 5 Cockney Music
    3/20/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 Scottish Time Travel
    3/13/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Glastonbury
    3/6/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 Cartoon Music
    2/27/98
  - + 1 More Credits
- Space Cadets
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Vulcans vs. Klingons
    9/16/97
  - S 1: Ep 9 Morks vs. Mindys
    9/9/97
  - S 1: Ep 8 Jetsons vs. Rocketeers
    9/2/97
  - S 1: Ep 7 Astronauts vs. Cosmonauts
    8/26/97
  - S 1: Ep 6 Stingrays vs. T-Birds
    8/19/97
  - + 5 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- QI
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 2 International
    9/16/11
  - S 7: Ep 15 Green
    3/26/10
  - S 7: Ep 12 Gravity
    2/12/10
  - S 7: Ep 5 Groovy (Christmas Special)
    12/24/09
  - S 7: Ep 2 G-Animals
    12/3/09
  - + 17 More Credits
- Spaced
  Bilbo Bagshot
- Have I Got News for You
  Himself (7 appearances)
Guest Star (37)

Role
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Droxil
  - — The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe
    12/25/11
- QI
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 6 Inventive
    10/14/11
  - S 8: Ep 2 H Anatomy
    9/24/10
- Jo Brand's Big Splash
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    9/29/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 14 Tim Meadows/Bill Bailey
    9/8/11
- The Rob Brydon Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 2.2
    7/29/11
- Have I Got News for You
  Guest Host
  - S 41: Ep 7 Bill Bailey, Jack Whitehall, Armando Iannucci
    5/27/11
  - S 38: Ep 9 Bill Bailey, Mark Watson, Charles Kennedy
    12/18/09
  - S 35: Ep 4 Bill Bailey, Nick Robinson, Reginald D. Hunter
    5/9/08
  - S 33: Ep 4 Bill Bailey, Armando Iannucci, Adam Buxton
    5/4/07
- A Quiet Word with...
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bill Bailey
    9/21/10
- Top Gear
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 1 Series 15 Episode 1
    6/27/10
  - S 5: Ep 1 Series 5 Episode 1
    10/24/04
- The Graham Norton Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 10 Episode 87
    6/14/10
  - S 6: Ep 9 Episode 75
    11/30/09
- Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010
    4/5/10
- GMTV with Lorraine
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 44 Thursday 25th March
    3/25/10
- Live from Studio Five
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 77 Thursday 7/1/10
    1/7/10
- Hustle
  Cyclops
  - S 5: Ep 4 Diamond Seeker
    1/29/09
  - S 5: Ep 1 Return of the Prodigal
    1/8/09
- Fifth Gear
  Guest Star
  - S 15: Ep 4 Episode 4
    1/26/09
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 216 Monday 3rd November 2008
    11/3/08
- Richard & Judy
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 38 Wednesday 6th August
    8/6/08
- Love Soup
  Elliot Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 11 Human Error
    5/10/08
  - S 2: Ep 10 Whose God is it Anyway?
    5/3/08
  - S 2: Ep 9 Kiss of Death
    4/26/08
  - S 2: Ep 8 Lobotomy Bay
    4/19/08
- Skins
  Walter
  - S 2: Ep 1 Tony and Maxxie
    2/11/08
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 5 Bill Bailey, Sarah Brightman, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Jamie T.
    4/27/07
  - S 6: Ep 8 Bill Bailey, Jodie Kidd, Clive Owen, The Streets.
    4/30/04
  - S 5: Ep 4 Bill Bailey, Uma Thurman, Quentin Tarantino, Har Mar Superstar.
    10/3/03
- TV Heaven, Telly Hell
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Bill Bailey
    4/16/06
- The Great Big Bid
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Launch Night
    11/13/05
- Have I Got News for You
  Himself
  - S 30: Ep 2 Michael Aspel, Will Self, Bill Bailey
    10/21/05
  - S 21: Ep 2 Bill Bailey, Dermot Murnaghan
    4/27/01
  - S 17: Ep 3 Trevor Phillips, Bill Bailey
    4/30/99
- Spicks & Specks
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 Season 1, Episode 7
    3/23/05
- Jonathan Creek
  Kenny Starkiss
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Tailor's Dummy
    3/15/03
  - S 4: Ep 0 Satan's Chimney
    12/26/01
- Essential Poems
  Reader of Dear Diary by Christopher Read
  - S 1: Ep 3 Talking in Bed
    2/16/03
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 51 Hugh Grant, Lauren Graham, Bill Bailey
    12/20/02
- Wild West
  Doug
  - S 1: Ep 6 Un, Deu, Tri, Figo, Quiggly
    12/3/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 Swingers
    11/5/02
- Rove Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 February 12, 2002 - Season Premiere
    2/12/02
- Live Floor Show
  Himself
- TV to Go
  Various roles
- Spaced
  Bilbo Bagshot
  - S 2: Ep 2 Change
    3/2/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Chaos
    10/22/99
  - S 1: Ep 1 Beginnings
    9/24/99
- Clive Anderson Now
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Gremaine Greer, Bill Bailey
    2/2/01
- Room 101
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 3 Bill Bailey
    8/18/00
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 10 Christmas Special
    12/29/99
  - S 5: Ep 7 Bill Bailey, Howard Jones, Grant Nicholas, Tony Wright
    4/2/99
  - S 4: Ep 1 Vic Reeves, Chris Moyles, Bill Bailey, James Broad
    9/11/98
- They Think It's All Over
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 3 Series 7, Episode 3
    1/30/99
- Light Lunch
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 90 We're 'Avin' A Laugh, Ain't We?
    2/26/98
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 221 August 6, 1975
    8/6/75
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Skins
  Walter
  - S 2: Ep 2 Sketch
    2/18/08
Writer (2)

Role
- TV to Go
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
    7/27/00
- Is It Bill Bailey?
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Mastermind
    3/27/98
  - S 1: Ep 5 Cockney Music
    3/20/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 Scottish Time Travel
    3/13/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 Glastonbury
    3/6/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 Cartoon Music
    2/27/98
  - + 1 More Credits

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Bill enjoys artists such as David Bowie, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Dandy Warhols, Talking Heads, The Clash, Beck and Elvis Costello.
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- Bill has been described as, "a hobbit with a wicked sense of humour".
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- Over 12,000 people are campaigning for Bill to be Britain's 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry. The campaign was started on Facebook and a email has been sent to Bill to persuade him.
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Quotes
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- Bill Bailey: I'm a postmodern vegetarian. I eat meat ironically.
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- Bill Bailey: It's true. Hitler was a vegetarian. Just goes to show, vegetarianism, not always a good thing. Can in some extreme cases lead to genocide.
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- Bill Bailey: A lot of people say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. I don't think there's a fine line, I actually think there's a yawning gulf. You see some poor bugger scuffling up the road with balloons tied to his ears, he's not going home to invent a rocket, is he?
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