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Paul Whitehouse

Highest Rated: 100% The Tiger Who Came to Tea (2019)

Lowest Rated: 12% Mortdecai (2015)

Birthday: May 17, 1958

Birthplace: Stanleytown, Wales, UK

Welsh comedian Paul Whitehouse is best known for his work on British television, particularly as a cast member of the popular sketch comedy show "The Fast Show," on which he played a wide array of wild characters. Whitehouse loved to mimic from an early age and was always fascinated by accents. In his early twenties, he was making ends meet as a tradesman and discovered that he and two of his clients, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, had a similarly absurd sense of humor. The three began to write together, leading to Whitehouse's first TV gig, as a writer on the Channel 4 sketch comedy show "Saturday Live." He wrote for a number of comedy series, including "Harry Enfield's Television Programme," on which he also played various characters. "The Fast Show" debuted in 1994 and proved popular for its rapid-fire jokes and zany sense of humor. After three seasons, the show spawned a stage tour before eventually returning to television in 2000. Since then, Whitehouse has reprised various characters from the show in the 2003 TV special "The Fast Show Farewell Tour" and the 2011 revival "The Fast Show Faster." In 2004, Whitehouse appeared opposite American megastar Johnny Depp in the J.M. Barrie biopic "Finding Neverland." Depp, an avid "The Fast Show" fan, has said he believes Whitehouse to be "the greatest actor of all time." Since then, Whitehouse has appeared in two more Depp features, the creepy animated romance "Corpse Bride" and the whimsical adventure "Alice in Wonderland."

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% The Tiger Who Came to Tea
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95% 79% The Death of Stalin Watchlist
90% 86% Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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88% 80% Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
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85% 59% Ghost Stories Watchlist
84% 77% Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
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82% 87% Finding Neverland
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50% 55% Alice in Wonderland
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31% 30% King of Thieves Watchlist
17% 71% Kevin & Perry Go Large
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Filmography

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100% 100% The Tiger Who Came to Tea Unknown (Voice) - 2019
31% 30% King of Thieves Carl Wood (Character) - 2018
88% 80% Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires The Wise One / Gussman / Barney (Voice) - 2018
85% 59% Ghost Stories Tony Matthews (Character) $132.9K 2017
95% 79% The Death of Stalin Mikoyan (Character) $8.0M 2017
12% 31% Mortdecai Spinoza (Character) $7.7M 2015
50% 55% Alice in Wonderland The March Hare (Voice) $334.2M 2010
84% 77% Tim Burton's Corpse Bride William Van Dort/Mayhew/Paul The Head Waiter (Voice) $53.4M 2005
82% 87% Finding Neverland Stage manager (Character) $51.7M 2004
90% 86% Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Sir Cadogan (Character) $249.4M 2004
17% 71% Kevin & Perry Go Large Bouncer 1 (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ted and Ralph Unknown (Character),
Writer,
Executive Producer
- 1998

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Host 2018 2024
92% 100% The Change Tony (Character) 2023
100% 75% Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Landlord (Character) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kathy Burke: Money Talks Host 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2015 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry & Paul Unknown (Character) 2012
No Score Yet 88% The Catherine Tate Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fast Show Unlucky Alf / Chris the Crafty Cockney / Poutremos Poutra-Poutremos / Brilliant Kid / Ken / 'Anyone fancy a pint?' / Ron Manager / Ted / Lyndsay / Rowley Birkin Q.C. / Various Roles (Character),
Producer,
Writer
1994 1996-1997 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry Enfield and Chums End credits only (Character),
Writer
1994 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry Enfield's Television Programme Mike Smash / Alf Git / Lance (Character),
Writer
1990 1992 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bit of Fry & Laurie Man - Bottom Fondled in Audience (Character) 1990