James Acaster

James Acaster

Acting
Born 1985-01-09 Kettering, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
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...
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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.

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The Celebrity Traitors poster
The Celebrity Traitors
as Self - Contestant
2025-10-08
Question Team poster
Question Team
as Self - Contestant
2021-10-12
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist
2021-09-21
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
as Self - Guest
2021-01-12
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson poster
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson
as Self - Guest
2020-10-20
Hypothetical poster
Hypothetical
as Self - Host
2019-02-06
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier poster
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
as Self - Guest
2018-05-16
James Acaster: Repertoire poster
James Acaster: Repertoire
as Self - Comedian
2018-03-27

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