Karl Pilkington
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Years active | 1998–present |
Partner | Suzanne |
Website | karlpilkington |
Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English presenter, actor, voice-artist, producer and author.
After working with
Early life
Pilkington was born on 23 September 1972[1] in Sale, Cheshire (modern day Greater Manchester).[2] He grew up in the Racecourse Estate in Sale, and has an elder sister and brother. He has discussed having a close relationship with his parents, and has shared stories about his mother and father holding multiple jobs. However, he was never close to his siblings, which he attributed to being 10 years younger than them; he once said that it had been "years" since he had last talked to them.[3] He attended Ashton-on-Mersey School in Sale.[4] He said that he never liked school and struggled with the system, at some point losing all interest in it. He has said he attended school only to sell items to his schoolmates, usually video games that he had purchased and made copies of. He said, "I wasn't going to school to learn, I was going to earn." At the age of 15, he dropped out of school to work as a cassette and disk printer through a Youth Training Scheme programme.[5]
Career
Early work
Pilkington moved to
Celebrity
Pilkington's presence on The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts significantly increased his fame. He has often been mentioned in interviews given by Gervais and is often the victim of Gervais's
On 23 November 2010, while appearing live on
Pilkington has worked independently of Gervais and Merchant on several projects. He appeared as a guest on the shows Flipside TV and The Culture Show,[12] and appeared in several short films as part of the Channel 4 project 3 Minute Wonders.[citation needed]
Merchant and Gervais have repeatedly denied claims that Pilkington's persona is their creation. In an on-air response to similar claims made by Chris Campling during a broadcast on Xfm, Merchant stated that he would be "ashamed" if the radio show had been scripted, adding that "I would not have squandered a character that good on this poxy radio station."
Television and DVD
Pilkington appeared in an interview titled Meet Karl Pilkington on Gervais's live standup comedy DVD
In September 2010, Pilkington starred in An Idiot Abroad,
The second series, subtitled The Bucket List, debuted on 23 September 2011 on Sky 1 and features Pilkington partaking in ultimate experiences from a list selected for him.[20] In June 2011, he won the Best Presenter award for An Idiot Abroad at the Factual Entertainment Awards.[21] The third series of the show, An Idiot Abroad: The Short Way Round, premiered in November 2012 and showed Pilkington and Warwick Davis travelling the Marco Polo route.[22][23]
He made his acting debut on 12 April 2012 in the
Charity work
In 2014, Pilkington designed and signed his own card for the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children charity. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK; his card, along with those designed and signed by other celebrities, was auctioned on eBay in May 2014.[27]
Personal life
Pilkington resides in Sandbanks, Dorset.[28] He is in a long-term cohabiting relationship with his partner, Suzanne, whom he frequently mentions in his work.[29][30]
Pilkington supported
Regarding his experience of other religions during the production of An Idiot Abroad, Pilkington commented that "Religion was never a big part of my life. I wasn't christened."[34]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Invention of Lying | Caveman | Cameo, cut from final release. |
2010 | Cemetery Junction | Extra | |
2012 | Chingari | English Reporter |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Flipside TV | Himself | |
2006 | 3 Minute Wonder | Segment: "Some Thoughts by Karl Pilkington" | |
2007 | Comedy Lab | Episode: "Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool"[35] | |
Extras | Autograph Hunter | 1 episode; "2007 Christmas Special" | |
Monkey Lovers (Documentary) | Himself | Voice | |
2010–2012 | The Ricky Gervais Show | ||
An Idiot Abroad | 21 episodes | ||
2012–2014 | Derek | Dougie | 8 episodes |
2013–2015 | The Moaning of Life | Himself | 11 episodes |
2018–2020 | Sick of It | Karl | 12 episodes; also creator and writer |
2022 | The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe | DC Phil Bayley | 2 episodes |
2023 | Rain Dogs | Simon | 2 episodes; series 1 episodes 7 & 8 |
Radio
Year | Title | Role |
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2001–2011 | The Ricky Gervais Show | Himself |
Bibliography
Year | Title | ISBN |
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2006 | The World of Karl Pilkington | 978-0007240272 |
2007 | Happyslapped by a Jellyfish | 978-1405328470 |
2008 | Karlology: What I've Learnt So Far[36] | 978-1405333351 |
2010 | An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington[37] | 978-1847679260 |
2012 | The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad[38] | 978-0857867490 |
2013 | The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington[39] | 978-1782111511 |
2016 | More Moaning: The Enlightened One Returns | 978-1782117315 |
References
- ^ "The Ricky Gervais Show Series 2 Episode 34". The Ricky Gervais Show. 12 April 2003. XFM. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Transcript. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Wayne's World: Karl Pilkington on growing up in Trafford Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Wayne Devlin, Messenger, 31 May 2018
- ^ The Complete Karl Pilkington on Family (A Compilation with Ricky Gervais & Steve Merchant), archived from the original on 17 November 2021, retrieved 18 April 2021
- ^ "Karl Pilkington: Ricky Gervais's extra pair of hands". The Independent. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ #TSP055 - Karl Pilkington Podcast, archived from the original on 29 June 2020, retrieved 25 March 2021
- ^ "Tonight's TV: The Ricky Gervais Show (XFM)". the times.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Karl Pilkington: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Conned Me Into TV Show - On The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show - Video". Absolute Radio. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "July 5, 2003 episode transcript". Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "BBC 6 Music (2005-12)". December 2005.
- ^ "Ricky Gervais... Obviously". Rickygervais.com. August 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Ricky Gervais makes a surprise call to Karl Pilkington". BBC News. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » The Culture Show S08E03 WS PDTV XviD-REMAX". RLSLOG.net. Archived from the original on 4 February 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ Pilkington, K. (Producer) & Merchant, S., Gervais, R. (Presenters). (June 2005)
- ^ "The idiot philosopher". The Daily Telegraph. 17 September 2006. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ White, Cindy (2 December 2009). "Invention of Lying Comes Clean – Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner gracing DVD and Blu-ray". IGN.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Gentry, Alexis (22 January 2010). "DVD Extras Better Than Movie on Invention of Lying Disc". voices.yahoo.com. Yahoo. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Sky1: An Idiot Abroad". Sky1.sky.com. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "An Idiot Abroad Official Site". Sky1.sky.com. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "An Idiot Abroad". London: Waterstones. 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "An Idiot Abroad 2: About the Show – Sky1 HD". Sky1.sky.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Benzine, Adam. ""Deadliest Catch"," Amazing Race" win big at Factual Entertainment Awards » Realscreen". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Idiot Abroad 3 in pre-production". Broadcast. 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
Gervais set up Risk Productions along with Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington to make the second series following the success of the first Mentorn Media-produced series.
- ^ "The 'idiot' is back..." Chortle. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Karl's mid-life crisis". Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ^ Brown, Brigid. "WATCH: 'Idiot Abroad' Star Karl Pilkington Writes and Stars in New Sitcom 'Sick of It'". BBC America. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Mitchell, Bea (21 September 2017). "Karl Pilkington Sky 1 Sitcom Sick of it". digitalspy.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Rebecca Pocklington (6 May 2014). "Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand and more celebrities design and sign cards for UK's first children's charity". Mirror Online. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Dorset neighbourhood sees average house asking price rise by one of the highest in UK". uk.movies.yahoo.com. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ James Robertson (19 September 2013). "Karl Pilkington claims girlfriend won't be upset at being described as "plump" in new show The Moaning of Life". Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ Danielle Paquette (28 January 2011). "'Idiot Abroad' unimpressed by world's wonders". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Premier League predictions: Lawro v comedian Karl Pilkington". BBC Sport. 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Famous fan: Karl Pilkington - Official Manchester United Website". www.manutd.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Karl Pilkington's Best Moanments | Sunday Brunch". YouTube.
- ISBN 978-1-84767-927-7.
- ^ "Comedy Lab - Episode Guide - All 4". www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Pilkington, Karl. "Karlology page at". Waterstones.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington page at". Waterstones.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "The Moaning of Life: The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". Goodreads.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
External links
- Karl Pilkington at IMDb
- Karl Pilkington's Profile on Xfm.co.uk (Archived from the original on 5 August 2012)