Personal Info
Birth date
1968-10-18 (56 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Also known as
-Rhod Gilbert
Biography
Rhodri "Rhod" Gilbert, (born 18 October 1968) is a Welsh comedian who was nominated in 2005 for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In 2008, he was nominated for the main if.comedy (as the Edinburgh Comedy Awards were then branded). He appears on television and radio panel shows, has performed stand-up on the Royal Variety Performance and hosts a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales.
Filmography
The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.The One Show
4.6
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Have I Got News for You
7.1
Overview:
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.Taskmaster
8.2
Overview:
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?QI
8
Overview:
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.Would I Lie to You?
7.733
Overview:
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Have I Got a Bit More News for You
7
Overview:
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.8 Out of 10 Cats
7.1
Overview:
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
7.3
Overview:
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.Room 101
6.3
Overview:
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.Save the Cinema
6.2
Overview:
The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
6.4
Overview:
British comedian Richard Ayoade (later taken over by Joe Lycett), accompanied by a celebrity guest, takes a ruthlessly efficient approach to travel, covering everything top tourist destinations have to offer in just 48 hours.The Apprentice: You're Fired!
5
Overview:
The Apprentice: You're Fired!, sometimes named You're Fired!, The Apprentice: You're Hired! or You're Hired!, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at Riverside Studios as a spin-off from the reality TV hit The Apprentice. It was hosted by Adrian Chiles from 2006 to 2009, and Dara Ó Briain took over as host in 2010 after Chiles' move to ITV. The programme airs in a 30 minute slot after each episode of The Apprentice finishes. It was originally shown on BBC Three, but moved to BBC Two in 2007. Its format is similar to that of Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. The final episode of each series is renamed "The Apprentice: You're Hired!" and involves interviews with the winner, the runner-up and Lord Sugar himself, and a reunion with all of the former candidates.Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness
9
Overview:
Stand-up comedian Rhod Gilbert presents a documentary in which he confronts his painful shyness, looking at why he suffers from it and what can be done.Duck Quacks Don't Echo
5.7
Overview:
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
7.5
Overview:
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
7
Overview:
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains involves celebrity guests revisiting their teenage years. Each celebrity will take a trip down memory lane; competing across fashion, pop culture, retro gadgets, first loves, school reports and more to get their teenage years recognised as the most embarrassing by comedian Rhod Gilbert. With mystery guests popping up along the way, offering up further revelations the show celebrates those ultimate embarrassing teenage moments, and it's down to Rhod to judge which celebrity should be crowned 'winner'.Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
8
Overview:
A host of great comic talents, on stage and in sketches, gather together at London's O2 Arena to play to an audience of 16,000 in aid of the charity Great Ormond Street Hospital.Ask Rhod Gilbert
6.8
Overview:
Ask Rhod Gilbert is a British comedy panel show produced by Green Inc for the BBC. It began on 27 September 2010 and ended on 9 November 2011 on BBC One, it is presented by Rhod Gilbert with Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford as regular panelists.Let's Dance for Sport Relief
NYR
Overview:
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.World's Most Dangerous Roads
7.1
Overview:
Celebrities drive on some of the most dangerous roads around the world, tackling impossible conditions to reach their goals.Rhod Gilbert and The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
5.7
Overview:
Following his top-selling debut DVD release in 2009 and sensational performances on Live At The Apollo, and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert is back! Here, Rhod brings us his unique brand of observational comedy focussing on life’s minor exasperations. Stung by accusations that he over-reacts, Rhod sets out on an emotional rollercoaster of a journey to discover the truth. Is he, as he believes, a visionary in a sea of closed minds, or has he, as everyone else believes, got anger-management problems?Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
7
Overview:
Following comedian Rhod Gilbert as he tries out different jobs across WalesRhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C
9.5
Overview:
In June 2022, comedian Rhod Gilbert was diagnosed with a little-known form of head and neck cancer. This is the story of his intimate, inspiring and humorous journey through treatment.Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV
9.5
Overview:
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 circuitTake a Hike
NYR
Overview:
We travel to a different part of Britain each week as five hikers go head-to-head to showcase the jaw-dropping countryside walks. Each week five people from all walks of life across the UK compete against each to see which of them can lead the best walk. They will be judged by the other hikers on the quality of the route, the picnic, the views and the entertainment. At the end of the week, the winner will walk off with a £500 voucher for outdoor gear and the coveted golden walking stick.Rhod Gilbert vs Kilimanjaro
5
Overview:
In 2013 Velindre Cancer Care asked Rhod to lead an expedition to climb Kilimanjaro, the 19,341 ft high volcano in Africa. Rhod assumed they were 'taking the piss' but gave it a go anyway. He got together with some friends and tried to get fit before setting off for the peak.Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie
5.4
Overview:
Following two sell-out UK tours, multi-award winning Welsh wonder Rhod Gilbert presents his eagerly awaited debut stand-up DVD. One of the UK’s hottest comedians, Rhod takes observational humour to a whole new level with his fantastical ranting on life’s minor irritations.Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John
5.8
Overview:
Filmed live from the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, 'The Book of John' is the sold-out, highly anticipated new show from Rhod Gilbert, which critics have called 'uproariously funny' - The Guardian. Raw, personal and brutally honest like never before, Rhod takes us on a non-nonsense journey into finding the homour when you've hit rock bottom.Acting
TBAHave I Got a Bit More News for You (4 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2023Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C as Self
2022Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John as Himself
2022Save the Cinema as Mr. Powell
2021Take a Hike (15 Episodes) as Self - Narrator
2021Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility as Self
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (50 Episodes) as Self - Host
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2018Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness as Unknown
2015Taskmaster (10 Episodes) as Self
2015Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2014Rhod Gilbert vs Kilimanjaro as Unknown
2014Duck Quacks Don't Echo (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2013Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013 as Self
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (4, 7 Episode) as Self - Contestant, Self
2012Rhod Gilbert: The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo as Rhod Gilbert
2011World's Most Dangerous Roads (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Self
2010Rhod Gilbert and The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rhod Gilbert
2010Ask Rhod Gilbert (16 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2010A Concert for Heroes as Self
2010Let's Dance for Sport Relief (1 Episode) as Self - Judge
2010Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience (34 Episodes) as Presenter
2009Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie as Rhod Gilbert
2007Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? (9 Episodes) as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show (4 Episodes) as Self
2006The One Show (2 Episodes) as Self
2006The Apprentice: You're Fired! (36 Episodes) as Self - Host
20058 Out of 10 Cats (4 Episodes) as Self
2003QI (7 Episodes) as Self
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (14, 1, 1 Episode) as Self - Presenter, Self - Host, Self
1994Room 101 (1 Episode) as Self
1990Have I Got News for You (4 Episodes) as Self - Host
Writing
2023Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C ... Writer
2022Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John ... Writer
2021Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility ... Writer
2018Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness ... Writer
2012Rhod Gilbert: The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo ... Writer
2010Rhod Gilbert and The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst ... Writer
2009Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie ... Writer
Production
2021Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility ... Executive Producer
Crew
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (8 Episodes) ... Presenter
Creator
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains ... Creator
Directing
2012Rhod Gilbert: The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo ... Director