James Acaster

Known for ActingBorn 1985-01-09 (age 41)Kettering, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Grave New World

Taskmaster

The Celebrity Traitors

James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999

Chess Ham

James Acaster: Repertoire

Sweet Home Ketteringa

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

QI

Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish

Would I Lie to You?

Big Fat Quiz

Drunk History

James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Live at the Apollo

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

8 Out of 10 Cats

Taskmasterclass

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

Absolutely Fine

Virtually Famous

Have I Got News for You

Mock the Week

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Insert Name Here

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Cinderella

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage

Question Team

Room 101

Hypothetical

Richard Osman's House of Games

A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh

Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

The Last Leg

Seize Them!

The Unofficial Science of Home Alone

Celebrity Hunted

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

The Jonathan Ross Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Sweat the Small Stuff

Big Brother's Bit on the Side