Kevin Bishop

Kevin Bishop (born 18 June 1980) is an English actor and comedian, best known for his own programme, The Kevin Bishop Show, which he co-wrote with Lee Hupfield, "Star Stories" and the role of Jim Hawkins in Muppet Treasure Island. --- Bishop's first role was in Grange Hill. He gained his second television role aged 16 playing young London ruffian Ben Quayle in the hit crime/forensic drama Silent Witness. He also played Stupid Brian in My Family; he appeared in 3 episodes. He also starred in Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins. In 2002 he played the lead character of Dick in the pantomime Dick Whittington. In 2005 he played comedian Dudley Moore on stage in Pete and Dud: Come Again, a drama charting Moore's turbulent relationship with Peter Cook, which debuted at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to The Venue in London's West End in March 2006. That same year, he could be seen in the Channel 4 British Comedy Awards 2006 winning comedy Star Stories. Bishop also worked for channel 4 on the satirical spoof documentary Being Tom Cruise from the series Star Stories first aired on Channel 4 on 2 August 2007, in which he portrays Tom Cruise.