Robert Webb (actor)
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| Born | Robert Webb 29 September 1972 Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Spouse(s) | Abigail Burdess (2007-) | ||||||||||
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Robert Webb (born 29 September 1972) is an English comedian, actor and writer, and one half of Mitchell and Webb double act, alongside David Mitchell.
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[edit] Early life
Originally from the village of Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, Webb's father was a coal merchant, and separated from his mother when Webb was five, and his mother re-married. As a child Webb was "hugely spoilt".[1] He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle.[2] His older brothers went to a local secondary modern school, and became a bus fitter and potato wholesaler.[1] When in the lower sixth-form preparing for his A-levels, his mother died of breast cancer, and Webb moved in with his father and re-sat his A-levels. He went to Robinson College, Cambridge at the age of 20 where he studied English and was a member of the Footlights.[3] He met Mitchell during a Footlights production of Cinderella in 1993.[1] After university, he stayed in Cambridge and did part-time work as a theatre usher at the Lyric Hammersmith, waiting for Mitchell to graduate a year later.
[edit] Career
With Mitchell, he has appeared as Jeremy Usbourne in five series of the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. He has written and starred in an episode of BBC Three's Twisted Tales (2005); the single series of Play UK's The Mitchell and Webb Situation (2001); three series of the Radio 4 sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound (2003, 2005 & 2007); two series of That Mitchell and Webb Look, a sketch show with, among others, David Mitchell, Olivia Colman and James Bachman (2006 & 2008); starred in the film Magicians; and put on a number of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Both also wrote for and appeared in the BBC sketch show Bruiser, Armstrong and Miller, and series two of Big Train. They often appear with Olivia Colman, who was in Peep Show, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and Bruiser. He played 'Mac' in the UK version of Apple's 'Get a Mac' adverts.
Webb has also appeared in two series of the BBC Three sitcom The Smoking Room (2004) and the Radio 4 sketch show Concrete Cow. In 2005 he appeared in the Ben Elton-scripted BBC One sitcom Blessed as Ardal O'Hanlon's 'perfect' counterpart.
He and Olivia Colman also featured as a naturist couple in Confetti, a 2006 film about a competition for the most original wedding. Webb has since publicly criticised the film, saying "I had a miserable time making it and I think the finished film is an underwhelming mess."
A fifth series of Peep Show began on the 2nd May 2008 and is currently being broadcast on Channel 4, with a sixth series currently in the making. In the same year he will make his stage debut in the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig.
[edit] Personal life
Webb married fellow comedy performer Abigail Burdess in 2007.[1] They live in Kilburn (as does Mitchell).
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