Karl Theobald

Karl Julian Theobald (born 5 August 1969) is an English actor, comedian and musician. His band Grifter Kid and the Midnight Raiders have 5 albums released on their own label. Karl has played 'Landlord' in Plebs and Martin Dear in Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing. He has three children and is married to artist and musician Rowan Lambourne-Gibbs.

Early life Theobald was born in Lowestoft, to Wendy Theobald. He grew up in Lowestoft, for seventeen years, where he studied at The Denes High School and went to dance school at an early age. He graduated from the Drama Centre London in 1998, to work with Theatre de Complicite.

Career Theobald is the one-time comedy partner of Russell Brand; they formed a double act during the 1990s called Theobald and Brand on Ice. This has been mentioned by Brand on his BBC Radio show and in his autobiography, My Booky Wook. As well as appearing in Green Wing, Theobald has written comedy for the television programmes The Sketch Show and Smack the Pony. He also appeared in the radio sitcom The Exterminating Angels.

In 2008, Theobald joined the cast of ITV science fiction series Primeval as Oliver Leek. He appeared in the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek, alongside Brand, playing his assistant. In 2014, he starred in the independent British feature film Downhill, with Ned Dennehy, Jeremy Swift and Richard Lumsden, which is a comedy about four men attempting Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. The film is directed by James Rouse and the screenplay was written by Torben Betts.

Film and television

Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Truth Spud 2007 Buying Porn JackShort film Nora Argite (voice) 2009 I Am Ruthie Segal, Hear Me Roar N/A Nativity! Parent 2010 Get Him to the Greek Duffy Servant Dude Common Film Ground Karl Short film 2011 Rekindled Tim Stevens 2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Greg Frampton 2014 Downhill Keith 2015 Mortdecai Gardener Brand: A Second Coming Himself Documentary film Pawel the Polish Mouse Goes to the Moon Pawel the Polish MouseShort film2016 Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle Joel Maidment Swing Away Thomas 2017 Carnage: Swallowing the Past Daddy 2019 Yesterday Terry 2022 Legs Doctor Crisswell Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 AD/BC: A Rock Opera Shepherd TV film 2004–2006 Green Wing Dr. Martin Dear Main role 2006 The Virgin Queen Alsop TV mini-seriesEpisode #1.4 2007 Moonmonkeys Nigel TV film Doc Martin Anthony Oakwood Episode: "City Slickers" 2008 Primeval Oliver Leek 7 episodes Clive Hole Tatum Wilkinson TV film The Weakest Link Himself (Contestant) "999 Emergency Services Special" 2011–2012 Twenty Twelve Graham Hitchins Main role 2012 Skins David Henley Episode: "Alex" 2012–2013 Pramface Jeremy Episode: "Pregnant Rapist""Knocked Up and Homeless""Optimum Conditions" 2012 National Theatre Live Itzak Episode: "Travelling Light"2013 Common Ground Klive Richards TV mini-seriesEpisode: "Patricia" Jo Oliver Episode #1.6 2013–2022 Plebs Landlord Main role 2013 Doll & Em Oliver Episode #1.6 2016 Trollied Phil Smith Episode #6.2 2017–2019 GameFace Graham the Therapist Main role 2017–2018 Sick Note Michael Serasau Main role 2017 Midsomer Murders Doug Vaughan Episode: "Death by Persuasion" 2018 Hang Ups Pete Thompson Main role 2018 The Queen and I Governor Windett TV film 2018 Upstart Crow Scratchit Episode: "A Crow Christmas Carol" 2019 Jerk Shaun Episode: #1.1 2019 Death in Paradise David Molyneux Episode: #8.82020 Life Dominic 3 episodes2022 The Witchfinder Fake Stearne Episode: #1.5

Radio

Year Title Role Notes 2007 The Exterminating Angels Steve Angel Main role 2007 Edge Falls Phil Episode: #1.4 2008 Potting On Dave Main role 2012 Vital Statistics Agent Y Main role 2017 Ed Reardon's Week Jack Episode: #12.4 2019 We've Got a Pill for That N/A

Stage

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 2015 Talking Heads Graham Whittaker Bath Theatre Royal

Comedy Year Title Role Notes 2019 Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour Himself 2019 Edinburgh Fringe

Other media

Music videos Year Title Artists Notes 2008 "More News from Nowhere" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Video games Year Title Role 2010 Fable III Mortimer Pain / Driftwood Settlers