Roderick "Rory" Keith Ogilvy Bremner, FKC (born 6 April 1961) is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures. He is also known for his work on Mock the Week as a panellist (for Series 1 and 2), award-winning show Rory Bremner...Who Else? and sketch comedy series Bremner, Bird and Fortune, which featured veteran comedians John Bird and John Fortune.
Tessa Campbell (m. 1999), Susan Shackelton (m. 1987–1995)
Children
Ava Bremner, Lila Bremner
Movies
Frost on Satire
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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Just heard Jimmy Savile has died at 84. A nation's impressionists mourn. Quite a character. RIP.
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How can you do satire when Blair (Tony Blair) is Middle East peace envoy, when Boris Johnson's running for London mayor and John Prescott's world ambassador for Weight Watchers? And I only made one of those up.
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I think Cliff Richard tells Blair (Tony Blair) what God is thinking. If the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope have telephone lines to God, then Blair thinks Cliff has got broadband. (On the friendship of Tony Blair and Cliff Richard)
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I remember when Tony Blair came into office and there was a sense I was thinking 'well, what on earth am I going to do now?', until I realized that's exactly what he was thinking.
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I think if there is a God it's very important that he has a sense of humour - otherwise you are in for a very miserable afterlife.
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"I can't look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself." (Speaking in 1998 about the British Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, respectively)
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Fact
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Educated at Clifton Hall School, Edinburgh.
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A cricket fan, in 1984 he released a popular single, "19 (not out)", spoofing Paul Hardcastle's number one single "19" to the news of England's 4-0 defeat in the four match Test cricket home series to the West Indies that year.
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He does impressions of various celebrities, especially the British Royal Family.
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He was referred to as the "serial impressionist" and "the man of a thousand voices" by host Clive Anderson on one episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988).
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His show, with John Bird and John Fortune, performed at the Albery Theatre in London in 2002, was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Entertainment.
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British impressionist who provides political satire on Channel Four.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
TV Movie
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
TV Series
Various
Headcases
2008
TV Series
Nick Clegg
Steven Gerrard
Countdown
2007
TV Series
Gordon Brown
Kingdom
2007
TV Series
Vicar
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999-2007
TV Series
Various Characters
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: A Bunch of Counts
2005
TV Movie
Various
Don't Watch That, Watch This
2005
TV Series
Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister
2003
TV Movie
Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
TV Movie
Various
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
TV Movie
Various
Believe Nothing
2002
TV Series
George W. Shrub
Big Impression
2001
TV Series
Tony Blair
Music and Moonlight
2001
TV Movie voice
My Government and I
2000
TV Movie
Various Roles
The Vicar of Dibley
1999
TV Series
Celebrity Impressions
The Alternative Christmas Message
1996
TV Short
Princess Diana
Screen Two
1995
TV Series
Narrator
The Best of Rory Bremner
1995
Video
Further Abroad
1994
TV Series documentary
Robogolfer
Rory Bremner, Who Else?
1993
TV Series
Various
You, Me and It
1993
TV Mini-Series
Kevin Beesely
Bottom
1992
TV Series
Mr Brough
Victoria Wood
1989
TV Series
Rory Bremner
1989
TV Series
Various
The Rory Bremner Show
1988
TV Series
Various
Spitting Image
1987
TV Series
Prince Charles
Ronald Reagan
Norman Fowler
...
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1986
TV Series
Now, Something Else
1986
TV Series
Various (1986-1987)
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
1985
TV Movie
Bob Geldof
Bliss
1985
TV Series
Not Himself
Cabaret
1985
TV Series
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rory Bremner's Election Report
2015
TV Movie written by
Rory Bremner's Coalition Report
2015
TV Movie written by
2014: The Rory Review
2014
TV Movie written by
Rory Goes to Holyrood
2013
TV Movie documentary
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Silly Money
2008
TV Series writer
The Ultimate 'West Wing' Challenge
2006
TV Movie
Rory Bremner: Beneath Iraq and a Hard Place
2006
TV Movie documentary
Bremner, Bird and Fortune: A Bunch of Counts
2005
TV Movie
Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister
2003
TV Movie
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003
2003
TV Movie documentary
Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
TV Movie
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
2003
TV Movie
Bremner, Bird and Fortune
1999
TV Series writer
The Alternative Christmas Message
1996
TV Short
The Best of Rory Bremner
1995
Video
Rory Bremner, Who Else?
1993
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Rory Bremner
1989
TV Series writer
The Rory Bremner Show
1988
TV Series writer
Now, Something Else
1986
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brexit: The Big Debate Live
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Comedian and Impressionist
Victoria Derbyshire
2016
TV Series
Himself
Channel 4 News
2016
TV Series
Himself
Rory Bremner's Election Report
2015
TV Movie
Himself / David Cameron / Huw Edwards / ...
Sixty Years of Swing
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Impressionist
The Agenda with Tom Bradby
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Rory Bremner's Coalition Report
2015
TV Movie
Himself
David Cameron
Michael Howard
...
2014: The Rory Review
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
The Great British Break-Up? The Live Debate
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Writer and Comedian
Newsnight
2014
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Impressionist and Comedian
This Week
2005-2013
TV Series
Himself / Gordon Brown / Guest Reporter
Rory Goes to Holyrood
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Rory Bremner's Great British Views
2013
TV Series
Himself
Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Strictly Come Dancing
2011
TV Series
Himself - Contestant / Himself
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
The One Show
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Breakfast
2010-2011
TV Series
Himself - Impressionist
Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Frost on Satire
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Ronald Reagan
Tony Blair
Formula 1: BBC Sport
2010
TV Series
Himself
First Time Voters' Question Time
2010
TV Series
Himself
Dear Diary
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
The F Word
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Guest
BBC Proms
2009
TV Series
Himself
Who Do You Think You Are?
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Richard & Judy's New Position
2009
TV Series
Himself
Sunday AM
2005-2008
TV Series
Himself
A Taste of My Life
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2006-2008
TV Series
Himself
Parkinson
2000-2007
TV Series
Himself
Channel 4 at 25
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Face the Music 2007
2007
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
School's Out
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
2007
TV Series
Himself
Tony Blair: My Part in His Downfall
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Annually Retentive
2007
TV Series
Himself
Election Night
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Children in Need
2006
TV Series
Himself
QI
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Ultimate 'West Wing' Challenge
2006
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Mock the Week
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself
Rory Bremner: Beneath Iraq and a Hard Place
2006
TV Movie documentary
Various
Viva Zapatero!
2005
Documentary
Himself
HARDtalk Extra
2005
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2001-2005
TV Series
Himself
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2004
2004
TV Special
Himself - Host
Horsetails
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Morning
1999-2004
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2004
TV Series
Himself
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2004
TV Series
Himself
Who Did You Do?
2003
TV Movie documentary
Top Gear
2003
TV Series
Himself
The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
TV Series
Himself
Heroes of Comedy
1997-2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
A Question of Sport
2001
TV Series
Himself
Night of a Thousand Faces
2001
TV Special
Himself / Various
Patrick Kielty... Almost Live!
2001
TV Series
Himself
The BAFTA TV Awards 2001
2001
TV Special documentary
Himself
Clarkson
2000
TV Series
Himself
Pass the Mic
2000
TV Series
Himself
Dear John: A Tribute to John Wells
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Big Breakfast
1998
TV Series
The 50th British Academy Film Awards
1998
TV Special
Himself - Host
Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
1997
TV Series
Himself
Richard and Judy Exclusive
1997
TV Series
Himself
Light Lunch
1997
TV Series
Himself
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988-1997
TV Series
Himself
Without Walls
1993-1996
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Presenter / Melvyn Bragg / ...