David Mitchell

David Mitchell is an English comedian, actor and writer. He met Robert Webb at Cambridge, where he was president of the Footlights, and the pair went on to make Peep Show, in which Mitchell played Mark Corrigan, and the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look.

He is a team captain on Would I Lie to You? and wrote and starred in Upstart Crow and Ludwig. His books include the memoir Back Story, collections of his Observer columns such as Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse and Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy, and Unruly, a comic history of England's monarchs.