- 20th August via Chortle: Simon Bird considers a return to stand-up
- 6th July: Sandylands to return for Series 2
Simon Bird is an English actor and comedian best known for playing Will McKenzie in the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners, alongside its two films (2011 and 2014), and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner. President of the Footlights whilst an Undergraduate student at Cambridge, he later set up the sketch comedy group The House Of Windsor with Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet. In 2019 he released his first feature film as director, Days Of Bagnold Summer.
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- England
- BAFTA Television Awards 2010 - Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2009 - Best TV Comedy Actor: Winner
- British Comedy Awards 2008 - Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Winner
- Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2008 - Main Prize: Runner-up
- Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2006 - Main Prize: Nominee
- Born
- Sunday 19th August 1984 (36 years-old)
Awards
Known for
Friday Night Dinner - Adam
Chickens - Cecil
The Inbetweeners - Will Mackenzie
The King Is Dead - Creator
Credits
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sandylands - Series 2 Announced | Nathan Wild |
| 2020 | Days Of The Bagnold Summer | Director |
| 2020 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 6 | Adam |
| 2020 | Sandylands - Series 1 | Nathan Wild |
| 2019 | How Europe Stole My Mum | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited | Guest |
| 2018 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 5 | Adam |
| 2018 | You, Me And Him | Ben Miller |
| 2017 | James Acaster's Xmas | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Last Leg - Series 10
|
Guest |
| 2017 | Drunk History - Series 3
|
Bruce Reynolds |
| 2017 | Mr. Swallow's Valentine | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Matt Holness's Horror: Smutch | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Jayde Adams's Horror: Bloody Tracy | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | The Darkest Universe | Adrian |
| 2016 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 4 | Adam |
| 2016 | Drunk History - Series 2
|
Winston Churchill |
| 2015 | Crackanory - Series 3 | Host / Presenter |
| 2015 | Drunk History - Series 1
|
D.I. Charles Buggy |
| 2014 | The British Comedy Awards | Self |
| 2014 | The Inbetweeners 2 | Will MacKenzie |
| 2014 | The Inbetweeners Go Global | Self |
| 2014 | The Last Leg - Series 4
|
Guest |
| 2014 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 12
|
Guest |
| 2014 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 3 | Adam |
| 2013 | The Harry Hill Movie | Vet |
| 2013 | Chickens - Series 1
|
Associate Producer |
| 2013 | Chickens - Series 1 | Cecil |
| 2013 | Chickens - Series 1 | Writer |
| 2013 | The Look Of Love | Jonathan Hodge |
| 2012 | Ronna & Beverly
|
Guest |
| 2012 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 2 | Adam |
| 2012 | Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows | Self |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 1 | Guest |
| 2011 | Chickens - Pilot | Cecil |
| 2011 | Chickens - Pilot | Writer |
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Movie | Will MacKenzie |
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Rude Road Trip | Self |
| 2011 | Friday Night Dinner - Series 1 | Adam |
| 2010 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 5 | Guest |
| 2010 | The Inbetweeners - Series 3 | Will Mackenzie |
| 2010 | The King Is Dead | Host / Presenter |
| 2010 | The King Is Dead | Writer |
| 2010 | The King Is Dead | Creator |
| 2009 | We Need Answers - Series 2
|
Guest |
| 2009 | Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 23
|
Guest |
| 2009 | The Inbetweeners - Series 2 | Will Mackenzie |
| 2008 | Clone | Lazy Pete |
| 2008 | The Inbetweeners - Series 1 | Will Mackenzie |
| 2004 | The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year - Series 1 | Self |
Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Simon Bird on IMDb