Alfie Brown

Alfie Brown is an English stand-up comedian. In 2022, he was nominated for the main prize of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He is the son of comedian Jan Ravens and writer Steve Brown.

Career Below is a list of key moments in his career:

2007 - Appeared on the second series of The Grumpy Guide To..., appearing in the episode "Teenagers". 2010 - Performed Alfie Brown and Ivo Graham. 2011 - Performed The Love You Take at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 2012 - Performed Soul For Sale. 2013 - Performed The Revolting Youth. 2014 - Performed Divorced from Reality (and My Wife). 2015 - Performed -ism. 2016 - Performed Scissor and appeared on The Funny Thing About.... 2017 - Performed Whatever Works and appeared in the comedy series GameFace and Brexit Stage Left. 2018 - Performed Lunatic and appeared on Roast Battle. 2019 - Performed Imagination and appeared on GameFace, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Harry Hill's ClubNite and Life Lessons, for which he also wrote and presented an episode. 2020 - Presented Alfie Brown's School Of Wrong and contributed additional writing to Alex Edelman's Peer Group. 2021 - Performed Sensitive Man, serving as both performer and writer. He also appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show and contributed additional material to Alex Edelman's Peer Group. 2022 - Performed Sensitive Man, which won the Chortle Award for Best Full-Length Solo Show. He also appeared on The Now Show, Guessable? and the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee Gala. 2023 - Appeared on Live at the Apollo and performed at the Vault Festival. 2024 - Performed Open Hearted Human Enquiry and appeared with Jessie Cave in Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown Share a Work in Progress. 2025 - Appeared as a guest on Fighting Talk. 2026 - Performed The Entertainer and appeared on Before We Break Up Again with Jessie Cave, as well as at the Brighton Dome Comedy Festival and Leicester Comedy Festival.

Awards Alfie Brown has won and been nominated for several notable comedy awards for his stand-up shows.

Chortle Best Show Award (2022): Won for his critically acclaimed show The Entertainer. Edinburgh Comedy Awards: Nominated for the main prize at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022 for The Entertainer and again nominated in 2024 for Open Hearted Human Enquiry. The List Festival Awards (2026): Shortlisted for a comedy award for his work at the Edinburgh Fringe. Past Wins: Previously won Best Show at the Chortle Awards for his show Sensitive Man

Controversies In 2023, Brown attracted controversy following the resurfacing of footage from an earlier stand-up routine containing a racial slur. Other footage of controversial material concerning the Grenfell Tower fire also resurfaced.

Brown subsequently incorporated his experience of public criticism and the consequences for his career into his comedy. In an interview about his 2024 show, he said that the controversy had caused him to reconsider how he communicated and the language he used in his performances.

Personal life He is in a relationship with the actress Jessie Cave. They have four children: a son born in October 2014, a daughter born in July 2016, a second son born in October 2020, and a third son born in March 2022. In 2018, the couple took part in Comedy Central's Roast Battle.

Brown is the son of Jan Ravens and Steve Brown. He says he can see his humour in his parents' styles and described "a great team spirit" between them.