# Karl Theobald

Karl Julian Theobald (born 5 August 1969) is an English actor and comedian. He has played 'Landlord' in Plebs and Martin Dear in Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing.

## Early life

Theobald was born in Great Yarmouth, 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 | Jack | Short film |
| 2007 | Nora | Argite (voice) | Short film |
| 2009 | I Am Ruthie Segal, Hear Me Roar | N/A | Short film |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Parent | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Duffy Servant Dude | |
| 2010 | Common Film Ground | Karl | Short film |
| 2011 | Rekindled | Tim Stevens | |
| 2013 | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Greg Frampton | |
| 2014 | Downhill | Keith | |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Gardener | |
| 2015 | Brand: A Second Coming | Himself | Documentary film |
| 2015 | Pawel the Polish Mouse Goes to the Moon | Pawel the Polish Mouse | Short film |
| 2016 | Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle | Joel Maidment | Short film |
| 2016 | 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-series Episode #1.4 |
| 2007 | Moonmonkeys | Nigel | TV film |
| 2007 | Doc Martin | Anthony Oakwood | Episode: "City Slickers" |
| 2008 | Primeval | Oliver Leek | 7 episodes |
| 2008 | Clive Hole | Tatum Wilkinson | TV film |
| 2008 | 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-series Episode: "Patricia" |
| 2013 | 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: #8.8 |
| 2020 | Life | Dominic | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | 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 |

### Stand Up

| 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 |