Harry Hill

Harry Hill (born 1 October 1964), born Matthew Keith Hall, is an English comedian, presenter and writer. He pursued a career in stand-up after years working as a medical doctor, developing an offbeat, energetic performance style that fused surrealism, observational comedy, slapstick, satire and music. When performing, he usually wears browline glasses and a dress shirt with a distinctive oversized collar and cuffs.

Hill was born in Woking, Surrey, and grew up in Staplehurst, Kent. He was educated at Cranbrook School and St George's Hospital Medical School, receiving his MBBS medical degree from the University of London in 1988, and worked as a urologist at Doncaster Royal Infirmary before quitting medicine. He won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the 1992 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then began his broadcasting career with the BBC Radio 4 series Harry Hill's Fruit Corner (1993-1997). His television breakthrough came in 1994 with the BBC2 black-and-white silent comedy series Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies.

He hosted his own Channel 4 series Harry Hill (1997-2003) and Harry Hill's TV Burp (2001-2012), and narrated You've Been Framed! from 2004 to 2022. His other projects include The Harry Hill Movie, released in 2013. He later competed on the seventh series of The Masked Singer as "Red Panda", and was unmasked on the sixth episode. His Channel 4 show featured recurring characters such as his big brother Alan, played by Al Murray, and Stouffer the Cat.