Mark Watson

Acting

Mark Watson

Born 1980-02-13 · Bristol, England, UK

Mark Andrew Watson (born 13 February 1980) is a British comedian and novelist. Watson was born in Bristol to a Welsh mother and English father. He has younger twin sisters called Emma and Lucy and a brother, Paul. He attended Henleaze Junior school and then Bristol Grammar School, an independent day school where he won the prize of 'Gabbler of the Year', before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied English, graduating with first class honours. At university he was a member of the Footlights and contemporary of Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Dan Stevens. He was part of the revue which was nominated for the Best Newcomer category in the Perrier Comedy Awards at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and also co-directed a revue with Key. Although not born in Wales, Watson used to deliver his act with a common Welsh accent which is not quite his own. He adopted it when he started stand-up comedy saying that it made him "more comfortable to be talking in a voice that I didn't quite recognise as my own". He has since reverted to his own accent. (Wikipedia)

Acting credits

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Christmas special featuring comedians and other recognisable faces as they discuss their yuletide grievances.

The Great Xmas Rant

2017

Mark Watson: The Infinite Show poster
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Inspired by the mostly alarming state of the world his children are growing up in, and a genuine, urgent desire to do something about it, this show is about empathy. 99 percent of the world's population is made up of other people: why can't we understand them? As scrawny and impassioned as ever, one of the UK's most beloved and thinnest acts offers some suggestions, with his usual notoriously high joke- and-rant-per-minute rate.

Mark Watson: The Infinite Show

2022

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV poster
9.5

Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit

Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV

2007

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala poster
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The 25th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2011. Hosted by Josh Thomas.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

2011

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2 poster
9.5

Produced exclusively for DVD, three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. MOCK THE WEEK TOO HOT FOR TV 2 is the sharpest, rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far, delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and a host of Britain s finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before

Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2

2009

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Hosted by Adam Hills, the 2015 Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow will also feature; Alex Edelman, Andrew Saunders, Cal Wilson, Chris Taylor & Andrew Hansen, Claire Hooper, Dane Baptiste, Greg Behrendt, Jen Kirkman, Jimeoin, Katherine Ryan, Luke McGregor, Mark Watson, Milton Jones, Nick Cody, Nina Conti, Sam Simmons, Sarah Kendall, Sara Pascoe, Steen Raskopoulos, Stephen K Amos, Tom Gleeson, Tripod, Wil Anderson and Wyatt Cenac.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Allstars Supershow 2015

2015

Mark Watson's YES, HOW CAN I HELP? Live! poster
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After over a year of helping the world with their constant problems, we took it to you. Some of you at least. REAL PEOPLE. Stay tuned for sea shanties, gaming the lottery, tearing down big tech and trying to get a monkey into a barrel. And of course, some good old walking backwards.

Mark Watson's YES, HOW CAN I HELP? Live!

2025

Mark Watson: Search poster
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Mark Watson's 12-year-old son just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star, multiple award-winner and Fringe legend returns to consider the search for meaning that we're all on, with or without Google. There will be a lot of jokes.

Mark Watson: Search

2023

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The darkest, funniest and most critically-acclaimed show of Watson's career, Flaws takes in a huge range of subjects from alcoholism to post office etiquette, includes a terrifying bit with balloons, and comes to a feel good conclusion which will convince you that for all our flaws, humans still have quite a lot to offer.

Mark Watson: Flaws

2015

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Mark used a life expectancy app and discovered that he's halfway through his time on earth. There's never been a better time to join him as he brings his chaotic comedy to a meditation on the fragility of life.

Mark Watson: This Can't Be It

2022

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British comic Mark Watson takes to the stage for this stand-up performance, recorded at the Bristol Hippodrome in July 2011. Mark has made guest appearances on various TV panel shows including 'Mock the Week' and 'Have I Got News for You' and also hosted his own radio show 'Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better'.

Mark Watson Live

2011

Behind the camera