Marcus Brigstocke

In 1996 at his first Edinburgh Festival Marcus won the BBC New Comedian of the year. Stand Up has remained the backbone of his work but he’s continued to act on stage and screen as well as writing scripts for sitcoms, films & sketch shows.
In 2025 his tour show ‘Vitruvian Mango’ sold out and was extended. Marcus performs his festival show ‘Cheese & Whine’ all over the UK.
His stand up special ‘Devil May Care’ is on Amazon Prime Video.
With his wife Rachel Parris - Marcus releases a twice weekly Podcast ‘How Was It For You?’ reviewing anything at all from tinned fish to France, weddings, Christmas markets and mice.
Alongside his comedy career he has played King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot, PT Barnum in Barnum, Mr Perks in the Railway Children and Ali Hakim in Oklahoma at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms.
In film he has appeared in Love Actually, Magic Mike III - The Last Dance, Blinded by the Light, & Beyond the Sea.
On TV Marcus played Adam Savage in The Savages alongside Geoffrey Palmer and Victoria Hamilton. He played King Stupid in ‘Stupid’ and made 3 series’ of I’m Sorry I’ve Got No Head.
He’s hosted HIGNFY, been a panellist on QI, Mock The Week and WILTY. He hosted his own show The Late Edition on BBC 4 and made it to the final (before breaking his leg) on Channel 4’s The Jump and was a semi finalist on Celebrity MasterChef 2023.
On Radio he’s the creator of the award winning Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The Brig Society & I’ve Never Seen Star Wars and appears regularly on ISIHAC, The Unbelievable Truth, Just A Minute, The Now Show and the 99p Challenge.
His sitcom ‘The Wilson’s Save The World’ starring Kerry Godliman has recently completed its third series.
The radio 4 broadcast of his play ‘The Red’ won the Audio Drama award in 2018.
His book ‘God Collar’ - based on his award winning stand up show of the same name addresses religion, faith and atheism. 
Marcus is a ‘Level One Cheesemaster’ & judges at the World Cheese Awards.
He also hosts ‘Jazz Family Trees’ on Jazz FM.