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My Take
David Mitchell is comedy for people who think too much, and I mean that as praise. Out of Salisbury and best known opposite Robert Webb, his Mark Corrigan in Peep Show earned him a BAFTA in 2009, and you can see why: he weaponizes pedantry. His humor is rapid, logical, faintly exasperated with the world, the laugh arriving precisely when his airtight reasoning collides with reality. I tend to prefer wit over slapstick, and Mitchell delivers the purest strain of it, a man whose sheer cleverness is the act itself. He is endlessly rewatchable for anyone who likes their jokes argued rather than thrown.
Overview
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor, and writer. He rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Mitchell
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ミッチェル
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・みっちぇる
- Born
- July 14, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / television presenter / radio personality / autobiographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- New College School
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.