---
name: "Karl Pilkington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-pilkington"
fi1m_id: "karl-pilkington"
imdb_id: "nm1797453"
tmdb_id: 91300
wikidata_id: "Q23811"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 September 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T19:50:16.451916+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karl Pilkington

## Identity

Karl Pilkington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karl-pilkington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karl-pilkington
- **IMDb ID:** nm1797453
- **TMDB ID:** 91300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23811
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1797453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91300

Actor. Born 23 September 1972 in Sale, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1972, Sale, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 61 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1797453/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91300

## Coming up

- *Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint* (2026-11-06), as Colin Barrow

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe*](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karl Pilkington is an English presenter, actor and author. He began his career as a radio producer at Xfm, where he worked on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's programme before becoming a regular contributor to their show and podcasts.

He has presented the Sky travel series *An Idiot Abroad* (2010–2013) and *The Moaning of Life* (2013–2015). His acting roles include Dougie in the comedy-drama *Derek* (2012–2014) and the lead in *Sick of It* (2018–2020), which he co-created. In 2022 he made his drama debut as DC Phil Bayley in the ITV series *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thesun.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ludwig* (2024), Fi1m 76, as DI Matt Neville — [page](https://film.one/tv/ludwig.md)
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), Fi1m 75, as DC Phil Bayley — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), Fi1m 61, as Toupee Man — [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint* (2026), as Colin Barrow
- *Bury Your Nephew* (2025), as Toby
- *Ludwig* (2024), series, as DI Matt Neville — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/ludwig.md)
- *Rain Dogs* (2023), series, as Simon
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), series, as DC Phil Bayley — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *Sick of It* (2018), series, as Karl · Creator
- *The Moaning of Life* (2013), series, as Karl Pilkington
- *Derek* (2013), series, as Dougie
- *Learn English with Ricky Gervais* (2012), as Bald Fucking Orange · Writer
- *Chingari* (2012), as English Journalist
- *Cemetery Junction* (2010), as Toupee Man — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/cemetery-junction.md)
- *The Ricky Gervais Show* (2010), series, Producer
- *Prequel: The Dawn of Lying* (2009), as Caveman
- *Fame: I'm Gonna Live Forever* (2007), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool* (2007), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Karl Pilkington](https://film.one/media/person/1014151/gallery-6ccd236c2610.jpg) Karl Pilkington — Karl_Pilkington_2008.jpg: Rick Walker from Scotland
derivative work: RanZag (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Karl_Pilkington_2008_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karl Pilkington BBC Culture show The Hayward Southbank Centre London (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/1014151/gallery-6f8a110f7f61.jpg) Karl Pilkington BBC Culture show The Hayward Southbank Centre London (2008) — Rick Walker from Scotland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Karl_Pilkington_2008-02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karl Pilkington](https://film.one/media/person/1014151/gallery-34ad82a65eb4.jpg) Karl Pilkington — Image via TMDB

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