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Rob Brydon

Robert Brydon Jones (; born 3 May 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He gained prominence for his roles in film, television and radio. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting, and for charitable services.

Brydon gained fame for his roles in the black comedy series ''Human Remains'' (2000), the mockumentary series ''Marion and Geoff'' (2000–2003), the chat show spoof ''The Keith Barret Show'' (2004–2005), and the comedy series ''Supernova'' (2005–2006). From 2007 to 2024 he played Bryn West in the BBC sitcom ''Gavin & Stacey'' for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance.

He has acted in a number of shows for the BBC with Steve Coogan starting with ''24 Hour Party People'' (2002) and ''A Cock and Bull Story'' (2005). Brydon and Coogan then starred in ''The Trip'' (2010) followed by ''The Trip to Italy'' (2014), ''The Trip to Spain'' (2017), and ''The Trip to Greece'' (2020). He has also acted in the films ''Cinderella'' (2015), ''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' (2016), ''Holmes & Watson'' (2019) and ''Barbie'' (2023).

Since 2009, Brydon has presented the BBC One comedy panel show ''Would I Lie to You?'' after previously playing himself as host of a fictional panel show in ''Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive'', which ran on BBC Three from 2006 until 2007. In addition to presenting his own late-night chat show, ''The Rob Brydon Show'' for two years, he hosted the 2014 Saturday-night game show ''The Guess List'' for BBC One. Provided by Wikipedia