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name: "Mark Silcox"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-silcox"
fi1m_id: "mark-silcox"
imdb_id: "nm7735920"
tmdb_id: 2357013
wikidata_id: "Q66829684"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T19:02:53.185642+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."
---

# Mark Silcox

## Identity

Mark Silcox

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-silcox
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-silcox
- **IMDb ID:** nm7735920
- **TMDB ID:** 2357013
- **Wikidata ID:** Q66829684
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Silcox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66829684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7735920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2357013

Actor. Born in India (Madhya Pradesh).

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Silcox, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66829684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7735920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2357013

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Man Like Mobeen*](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md) (70)

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

## Fi1m on Mark Silcox

> Mark Silcox makes deadpan comedy work by giving absurd lines time to register, without asking for approval. His Uncle Shady is a reason to watch *Man Like Mobeen*, though the programme sometimes tests that goodwill.

Mark Silcox delivers a line as Uncle Shady in *Man Like Mobeen* (2017) and leaves it alone. His face stays impassive; he does not add an expression to make sure we have caught the joke. We laughed hardest at him in the fifth series because he gives a line time to become ridiculous without pressing for a response. That restraint makes him the programme’s clearest reason to stay. We can enjoy him without having to share its enthusiasm for tangled crime plotting or adolescent jokes.

The method predates the screen work: he began stand-up in 2008 and continues to perform it alongside acting. His stage delivery is flat and often deliberately over-literal, with long digressions that resist the expected rhythm of a joke. The move into recurring television work gave that manner a useful setting among other performers. Uncle Shady puts him inside Guz Khan’s comedy, where his lack of fuss offers relief from the busier writing. It is a good use of an actor who does not need to look pleased with his own material.

Other screen work has used him in smaller parts. In Diane Morgan’s *Mandy* (2019), his roles include a lawyer, a hardware shop owner and a registrar. He is Joe Lycett’s sidekick in *Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back* (2019), bringing the same straight-faced commitment to consumer-rights tasks. These jobs make sense for a performer willing to stay solemn while the circumstances grow absurd.

The risk with his stand-up manner is plain: a long, literal monologue can exhaust an audience waiting for a conventional punchline. There is no reason to assume a flat voice makes every line worth the wait. In *Man Like Mobeen*, though, the tiresome repetition belongs chiefly to the broader jokes around him. His quiet delivery makes those passages feel more laboured, but he supplies enough laughs to make them tolerable. Start there, provided deadpan humour matters more to the evening than a tidy crime story.

## Biography

Mark Silcox is a British comedian and actor. Born in India, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1990 and completed a PhD in analytical chemistry at Imperial College London. He began performing stand-up comedy in 2008 after attending a course at City Lit, became a BBC New Comedy Award finalist in 2013, and has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2014.

Silcox is known for playing Uncle Shady (Mohammed Shah "Shady" Shaheed) in the BBC Three series *Man Like Mobeen* (2017–2025). He has appeared as Joe Lycett's sidekick on Channel 4's *Joe Lycett's Got Your Back* (2019–present) and in various roles in *Mandy* (2019–present). Other television credits include *Big Boys* (2022) as Dhru 'Ru' Pal, *The Big Asian Stand-Up*, *Sick of It* and *Rovers*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Big Boys* (2022), Fi1m 81, as Dhru 'Ru' Pal — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-boys.md)
- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Uncle Shady — [page](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Proper Ladies* (2026), as Mr. Khan
- *Dating Mark Silcox* (2025), as Mark Silcox
- *Mango* (2025), as Man on Bus
- *Outnumbered Christmas Special* (2024), as Delivery Man
- *Swede Caroline* (2024), as Veg Judge
- *Quiet Life* (2024), as Gardener
- *Paint Dry* (2024), as Mark
- *Forever Young* (2023), as Brian
- *A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou* (2023), as Hugo
- *Sneakerhead* (2022), series, as Edgars
- *Big Boys* (2022), series, as Dhru 'Ru' Pal — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-boys.md)
- *Caesar* (2021), series, as Mark
- *We Wish You a Mandy Christmas* (2021), as Phone Operator
- *Mandy* (2020), series, as Guard 2, Lawyer, Hardware Shop Owner · Line Manager, Registrar, News Reporter, Abu
- *Get Real Dude* (2019), Actor
- *Jerk* (2019), series, as Ken
- *Sick of It* (2018), series, as Chemist
- *The Luke McQueen Pilots* (2018), series, as Dad
- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), series, as Uncle Shady — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md)
- *An Immigrant's Guide to Britain* (2016), series, Actor
- *Burger Van Man*, as Al
- *PTSDick*, Actor

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