Robin Ince
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Robin Ince (born 1969) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer.
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[edit] Career
While he is known to many as a friend of Ricky Gervais, featuring heavily on his Politics DVD release and as failed interviewee Stuart Foot in The Office, Ince is also a highly regarded live performer and writer. Despite all his comedy work, however, he is probably most widely known as a talking head on clip shows on British television, where he (and other talking heads) appear between clips to reminisce. In 2005 he stopped accepting invitations to appear in these type of shows, as he felt they were harming his credibility as a comic.
His stage style tends towards erudite rambling - often at break-neck speed. Ince is also an adept impressionist, with John Peel, Tommy Vance, Morrissey and Stewart Lee particular favourites.
In 2005, Ince began running the Book Club night in North London, where other acts are encouraged to perform turns of new and experimental material, between which he reads aloud and then humourously criticises the dreadful books the audience and he himself have brought in for the occasion, usually from nearby second hand shops.
The Book Club proved to be so successful that Robin took it on a full UK tour in 2006, the same year he won the Time Out Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.
Ince famously confessed to having a joke about Maxine Carr but the audience wasn't laughing enough at other jokes so he never told it.
He's very interested in otters, rubbish autobiographies, The Smiths, and not having his arm broken again by clumsy comedian Howard Read.
[edit] Live credits
- 2006: Robin Ince Isn't Waving @ The Assembly Rooms
- 2005: Ricky Gervais and Guests @ The Dominion Theatre
- 2005: Robin Ince is as Dumb as You @ Pleasance
- 2005: Book Club @ Underbelly, Lowdown at the Albany
- 2004: The Award Winning Robin Ince - Star Of The Office, Series 1. Episode 5 (First Bit) @ Underbelly
- 2001: Rubbernecker with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Jimmy Carr @ Cafe Royal
[edit] TV credits
- 2006: Stand Up Routine on Edinburgh & Beyond Paramount
- 2006: Panelist / Guest on Mock The Week BBC2
- 2005: Writer The Problem With Anne Robinson BBC2
- 2004: Writer The Late Edition BBC4
- 2004: Writer/performer Celebdaq BBC3
- 2003: Writer/performer The State We're In BBC3
- 2003: Writer/performer The Pilot Show Channel 4
- 2003: John Peel on The 11 0'Clock Show Channel 4
- 2001: "Stuart Foot" (interviewee) on The Office BBC1
- 2000: Writer Meet Ricky Gervais Channel 4
[edit] Radio credits
- 2004/5/6: Performer The Now Show BBC Radio 4
- 2005: Host Serious About Comedy BBC7
- 2005: Writer Dead Ringers BBC Radio 4
- 2003/4: Host Spanking New BBC7
- 2002/3/4: Writer/performer The In Crowd BBC Radio 4
- 2003/4/6: Writer/performer/Morrissey/Satan Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music BBC Radio 4
- 2003/4/5: Writer/performer The Day The Music Died BBC Radio 2
[edit] Film credits
- 2006: Writer, Razzle Dazzle.
