James Acaster

Acting

James Acaster

Born 1985-01-09 · Kettering, England, UK

James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.

Acting credits

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster
6.4

The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

Cinderella poster
6.3

Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

Cinderella

2021

Bad Fairies poster
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An original musical comedy that follows a delightfully subversive gang of fairies as they shake up their magical world.

Bad Fairies

2027

James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome poster
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Comedian James Acaster unleashes his infectious energy as he explores his love/hate relationship with stand-up - while welcoming a heckle or two. Filmed in Truro, Dublin, and Northampton, we see how this experiment panned out in front of three very different audiences. James Acaster is one of the UK's most exciting and original standup comedians, with sold out UK tours and specials on Netflix (Repertoire series), he has become one of the most well-known faces on the UK comedy scene. He is a best-selling author, actor (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), and a co-host of the hugely popular Off Menu Podcast.

James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome

2026

Clash of the Comics poster
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The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning, total sell-out, global cult sensation is coming to the Eventim Apollo for its biggest and most spectacular show yet. CLASH OF THE COMICS is an epic, jaw-dropping night in which the biggest names in comedy really – yes, really – step into the ring, to take on each other and some of the UK’s biggest and best professional wrestlers

Clash of the Comics

2025

Seize Them! poster
5.6

An arrogant queen becomes a fugitive in her own land after being overthrown by a charismatic revolutionary and must face hardship and danger as she embarks on a voyage to win back her throne.

Seize Them!

2024

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome poster
6.3

James Acaster explores his love/hate relationship with standup by relinquishing control of his set and accepting a healthy dose of audience interference – AKA heckling. With his wiry observational eye and incomparable wit, Acaster shares hilarious on-the-fly meta-analysis of his own material, along with stories from his childhood that spurred him to pursue a career in comedy.

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

2024

Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer poster
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Live registration of Finlay Christie's first show.

Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer

2023

Chess Ham poster
8.0

A documentary recounting Sam Campbell's journey to create Chess Ham, the Chesham Chess Ham.

Chess Ham

2025

James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 poster
8.1

On December 17th 2019, I, James Acaster, filmed my 2019 tour show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 at EartH in Hackney. It was a show about the best year of my life (1999) and the worst year of my life (2017), I wore a very nifty jacket for it and I looked extremely cool.

James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999

2020

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage poster
6.3

Rising to fame amid the 1980s alternative comedy boom, Ian Cognito was one of the UK's most popular comedians. His performances left audiences in hysterics - but behind the laughter was a troubled and often controversial figure. This is the story of the comedy scene that nurtured a comedic genius, and the real life of a man famed for his outlandish sense of humour.

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage

2022

The Unofficial Science of Home Alone poster
5.3

Comedians James Acaster, Guz Khan and Alex Brooker have all been obsessed with the classic 1990 comedy "Home Alone" ever since they were kids. But there's one big burning question that all "Home Alone" fans need answering: would The Wet Bandits have survived Kevin's traps in real life? Well, it's time to find out!

The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

2022

James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow poster
7.4

A forty minute stand-up special consisting of material that was cut from James Acaster's 2019 show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999.

James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow

2021

A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh poster
6.0

From zero experience of stand up comedy to The Edinburgh Festival in just one year - you're having a laugh.

A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh

2018

Behind the camera