David Walliams

David Edward Williams OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, author and television personality. He is best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Rock Profile (1999–2000, 2009), Little Britain (2003–2007) and Come Fly With Me (2010-2011). Since 2012, Walliams has been a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. He is also a writer of children's books, having sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. Walliams played the role of Greville White in the Stephen Poliakoff film Capturing Mary (2007). He wrote and starred in two series of the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014), playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. In 2015, Walliams starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC series Partners in Crime, and wrote and starred in his own sketch comedy series Walliams & Friend (BBC One).

Walliams began writing children's novels in 2008 after securing a contract with the publisher HarperCollins. His books have been translated into 53 languages, and he has been described as "the fastest growing children's author in the UK", with a literary style compared to that of Roald Dahl. Some of his books have been adapted into television films. Walliams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts. His charity work includes swimming the English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar and River Thames, raising millions of pounds for the BBC charity Sport Relief. David Walliams currently voices the Voice Trumpets in the CBeebies reboot of Teletubbies in 2017.

Television and Film Roles, Books

As a Actor

• Incredible Games (1994) - The Talking Lift (CBBC)

• Rock Profile (1999-2009) various roles (UK Play, BBC Two, Funny or Die UK)

• Casualty (2003) - Jon Fielding (BBC One)

• EastEnders (2003) - Ray (BBC One)

• Little Britain (2003-2007) various roles (BBC Three and BBC One)

• French and Saunders (2004) - various roles (BBC One)

• Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004) - George Bartlett (ITV)

• Neighbours (2007) - Lou Todd (Network 10)

• Capturing Mary (2007) - Greville White (BBC Two)

• Little Britain USA (2008) various roles (HBO)

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) - Bugly Bear

• Come Fly with Me (2010-2011) various roles (BBC One)

• Marmaduke (2010) - Anton Harrison

• Mr. Stink (TV Movie) (2012) - Prime Minister (BBC One)

• Room on the Broom (TV Movie) (2012) - Frog (BBC One)

• Doctor Who (2012) - Gibbis (BBC One)

• Gangsta Granny (2013) - Mike (BBC One)

• Big School (2013-2014) - Keith Church (BBC One)

• The Boy in the Dress (TV Movie) (2014) - Referee (BBC One)

• Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014) - Pudsey

• Partners in Crime (2015) - Tommy Beresford (BBC One)

• Walliams & Friend (2015-2016) - Himself (BBC One)

• Billionaire Boy (TV Movie) (2016) - Mrs. Trafe (BBC One)

• Ratburger (TV Movie) (2017) - Burt (Sky One)

• Teletubbies (reboot) (2017-present) - Male Voice of the Voice Trumpets (CBeebies)

• Play School Story Time (2017) - Himself (ABC Kids (Australia))

• Grandpa's Great Escape (TV Movie) (2018) - Barry (BBC One)
• Advice To My 12 Year Old Self (2018) - Himself (ABC ME)

• The Midnight Gang (TV Movie) (2018) - Headmaster (BBC One)
• Superfan! (2018) - Himself (ABC ME)

• Missing Link (2019) - Mr. Lemuel Lint
• Teletubbies: Songtime At The Cinema! (movie) (2019) - Male Voice of the Voice Trumpets
• Author Talk: David Walliams (2020) - Himself (ABC ME)

As a Personality/Presenter

• Celebrity Juice (2011) Guest Panelist (Lauren Laverne's team) (ITV2)

• Wall of Fame (2011) - Host (Sky1)

• Top Dog Model (2012) - Narrator (ITV2)

• Sport Relief (2012-2016) - Co-host (BBC One and BBC Two)

• David Walliams: The Genius of Dahl (2012) - Presenter (ITV, STV, UTV)

• Britain's Got Talent (2012-present) - Judge (ITV)

• Comic Relief (2013-2015) - Co-host (BBC One and BBC Two)
• When Phillip Met Prince Philip: 60 Years of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (2016) — Himself (tv documentary movie) (ITV)
• The Masked Dancer UK (2021) — Guest panelist (ITV)
• Australia's Got Talent (2022-present) (Seven Network)

Books

Children's Novels

• The Boy in a Dress (2008) - Author

• Mr. Stink (2009) - Author

• Billionaire Boy (2010) - Author

• Gangsta Granny (2011) - Author

• Ratburger (2012) - Author

• Demon Dentist (2013) - Author

• Awful Auntie (2014) - Author

• Grandpa's Great Escape (2015) - Author

• The Midnight Gang (2016) - Author

• Bad Dad (2017) - Author

• The Ice Monster (2018) - Author

• Fing (2019) - Author

• The Beast of Buckingham Palace (2019) - Author

• Slime (2020) - Author

Picture Books

• The Slightly Annoying Elephant (2013) - Author

• The First Hippo on the Moon (2014) - Author

• The Queen's Orang-utan (2015) - Author

• The Bear Who Went Boo! (2015) - Author

• There's a Snake in My School! (2016) - Author

• Boogie Bear (2018) - Author

• Geronimo (2018) - Author

Short story Collections

• The World's Worst Children (2016) - Author

• The World's Worst Children 2 (2017) - Author

• The World's Worst Children 3 (2018) - Author

• The World's Worst Teachers (2019) - Author

• The World's Worst Parents (2020) - Author