Colin Hoult

Acting

Colin Hoult

Born

1979-01-01 (47)

Place of birth

England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Colin is a character actor probably best known for working with Ricky Gervais on Afterlife (Netflix) as dodgy showbiz agent Ken Otley - his improvised 'Taxi Driver the Musical' going viral online. He also worked with Gervais on Netflix's Derek as obnoxious handyman Geoff and in Life's Too Short (BBC2) as camp spiritual guru Bryan, also written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Branching out into more dramatic roles, Colin has recently appeared in Amazon drama A Very Royal Scandal alongside Micheal Sheen, in ITV's Code of Silence, and is soon to appear in Brassic, Amadeus and the latest series of Slow Horses. Colin is known for his many regular and guest television roles in Ghosts, the…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Hot Flash poster
NR

Geri, a skint Yorkshire mum in peri-menopausal chaos, goes viral after a wine-fuelled rant about her menopause app idea. Betrayed by friends and terrified of public speaking, she must conquer her fears, pitch big, and finally back herself.

Hot Flash

2026

Birdsong poster
9.0

A short film by Uncle Shortbread about the dangers of sleep deprivation, the brutality of the music industry and the power of Iggy Pop’s hip thrust.

Birdsong

2023

A Family Affair poster
NR

A cash-strapped hotel manager is forced to stave off interest from wealthy buyers at a public auction whilst hosting his in-laws on their wedding anniversary.

A Family Affair

2024

My Eyes Are Up Here poster
3.3

Sonya is a super-busy, sought-after model and dating doesn’t really fit her lifestyle. However, a one-night stand with a clumsy but considerate man changes her perspective.

My Eyes Are Up Here

2022

Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann poster
NR

After five incredibly long years, Anna Mann returns to enchant us with the tales, tribulations, and epic saga of her fabulous life in the arts, as she faces... her final moments. As the title suggests, this will quite literally be Colin's final Anna Mann show as he puts this character to rest. "Don't you dare cry!" - Anna Mann.

Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann

2023

Next of Kim poster
NR

Despite his disembodied companion housed in a red rotary phone Kim is in for a lonely Christmas until a chance knock at his door on a cold Christmas eve might just change all that…

Next of Kim

2025

Anna Mann - How We Stop The Fascists poster
NR

Having effectively cured all depression in her previous show, flamboyant Actress and Political Theatre doyen Anna Mann returns to single handedly take on the rise of fascism. There’s audience interaction aplenty and quirky characters abound in this joyful hour hosted by Colin Hoult’s vivaciously awful alter ego. Clever character comedy and barbed thespian banter at it’s best.

Anna Mann - How We Stop The Fascists

2020

2010s · 4 titles

Still Life poster
7.5

A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.

Still Life

2013

Derek Special poster
8.2

Pregnant again, Hannah is back with Tom, now working on the bins, and they are shortly to marry, with Derek giving the bride away. Derek himself spends the night in the home's caravan with girlfriend Tracey though it is unclear whether they did anything except sleep. Days before the wedding Hannah gets so annoyed with Kev that she throws him out and he is next discovered in hospital, suffering from alcohol poisoning. However, at Derek's request, she lets him back in on condition he gives up the drink and allows him to give her away at the wedding instead of Derek. Despite a bizarre speech from Kev the day goes well and some months later Hannah gives Derek her new-born baby to hold.

Derek Special

2015

Tits poster
5.0

Despite assurances that his condition is common and will pass, thirteen year old Sam is horrified to find he has grown a pair of breasts. His terror intensifies when the resident school bully (the only person to have discovered his secret) sets in motion a tense game of cat and mouse, as he subtly threatens to expose Sam to the school, building inexorably towards a confrontation that neither of them could ever have imagined...

Tits

2013

Anna Mann - A Sketch Show for Depressives poster
NR

Colin Hoult is the delightful luvvie Ms Anna Mann in a show designed to put down your black dog at last…or at least chuck him a bone. In this series of tightly-written sketches centred around a therapy group we meet a wound-up PE teacher, a German documentary filmmaker, and a hopeful yet hapless local government candidate.

Anna Mann - A Sketch Show for Depressives

2016

Series credits

Slow Horses poster
8.1

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Slow Horses

2022

Red Dwarf poster
8.1

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

Red Dwarf

1988

Ghosts poster
7.9

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Ghosts

2019

Benidorm poster
7.6

Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.

Benidorm

2007

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin poster
6.4

Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws—and tasked with outwitting utterly corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde.

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

2024

Being Human poster
7.1

Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.

Being Human

2009

After Life poster
7.9

Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.

After Life

2019

Cuckoo poster
6.7

Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.

Cuckoo

2012

The Russell Howard Hour poster
8.0

Russell Howard offers his unique take on the week's news and current affairs, picking through the biggest UK and international stories, and offering a wise and worldly view on the globe's news. Along the way, he'll welcome celebrity guests and leading experts, as well as hear from fledgling global correspondents. Plus, there will be stand-up, too, as Russell showcases some of the comedy scene's finest and most exciting stars.

The Russell Howard Hour

2017

Code of Silence poster
6.7

A deaf catering worker who is struggling to make ends meet is called upon by a police detective superintendent to lip-read the conversations of criminals.

Code of Silence

2025

A Young Doctor's Notebook poster
7.1

A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.

A Young Doctor's Notebook

2012

Zapped poster
6.5

Brian Weaver, an online data marketing assistant (even he doesn't know what that is), finds himself abruptly transported to a parallel world, a place of bizarre creatures, magical forces and psychopathic fairies.

Zapped

2016

The Reluctant Vampire poster
7.2

A young vampire finds out he is not in fact a vampire at all, and has to live a double life.

The Reluctant Vampire

2026

The Reluctant Vampire poster
7.2

A young vampire finds out he is not in fact a vampire at all, and has to live a double life.

The Reluctant Vampire

2026

The Flatshare poster
6.8

Tiffany and Leon are two cash-strapped twenty somethings who share a bed, but have never met. The question is, can you fall in love with someone you've never set eyes on?

The Flatshare

2022

Derek poster
7.4

Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.

Derek

2013

This Time with Alan Partridge poster
7.8

Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?

This Time with Alan Partridge

2019

Black Ops poster
5.9

Dom and Kay join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community, but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep cover infiltration as they become part of a powerful criminal enterprise. But for Dom and Kay it quickly becomes more of a fiasco than Donnie Brasco…

Black Ops

2023

Avoidance poster
5.8

Jonathan's life revolves around his nine year-old son Spencer, and he's always deferred the big and small decisions to his partner Claire. So when Claire asks him to leave, Jonathan realises he has no home, no friends and no ambition. Except one: to try to preserve his son's happiness in the face of his parents' break-up.

Avoidance

2022

Life's Too Short poster
7.2

Life's Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as described by Gervais, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf".

Life's Too Short

2011

Almost Never poster
7.0

The experiences and rivalries of boy band The Wonderland and girls group Girls Here First after their appearances on a reality television competition.

Almost Never

2019

The Job Lot poster
7.3

The daily troubles of the people who work in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and the people who don’t work there, or anywhere else for that matter.

The Job Lot

2013

On the Edge poster
3.0

Drama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain.

On the Edge

2018

London Irish poster
7.6

Old enough to know better… Young enough to do it anyway. Conor, his older sister Bronagh, best friend Packy and Niamh have just moved from Ireland to London, ready to shake this drunken haze and start life afresh with a clear head. The days of forgotten nights out, regrettable bedfellows and alcohol fueled bad decisions are over. Cheers to the adult life! Which starts now… soon… just as soon as they shake this hangover.

London Irish

2013

Romesh Presents poster
8.0

A series of comedy shorts, curated by Romesh Ranganathan and varying from studio clip shows to comedic entertainment documentaries as well as everything in between.

Romesh Presents

2019

Murder in Successville poster
6.3

Each week Successville's loveable detective, D.I Sleet, enlists the help of a celebrity sidekick to solve the latest high-profile murder in this improvised comedy murder mystery series.

Murder in Successville

2015

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NR

It’s New Year’s Day 1981 and teenage Adrian Mole starts his uniquely funny diary about family life and being a teenager before the advent of mobile phones and social media.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

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NR

Glitchy is a fast-paced, sketch prank hybrid featuring Ryan Sampson that parodies much-loved and recognisable television shows, throwing them into a surreal and parallel television world. All the television shows are fake but the unsuspecting members of the public believe them to be real. Ryan plays a multitude of characters offering his twisted take on the shows we know and love. The members of the public who participate in each sketch are unknowingly the stars of their very own show.

Glitchy

2015

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NR

Planet Earth is under attack from an extraterrestrial menace intent on sucking out our brains - protect your brains. Always wear a hat. Warning: contains actual brain sucking.

The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!

2013

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6.0

Paul Whitehouse stars in Nurse, a poignant character comedy drama for BBC Two. Whitehouse plays eight different characters whose lives are connected by Liz, an overstretched Community Mental Health Nurse played by Esther Coles.

Nurse

2015