Simon Amstell

Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979) is an English comedian, writer and director. Born in east London to a Jewish family, he started performing on the comedy circuit in his early teens and became the youngest finalist to appear in the BBC New Comedy Awards. From 2000 to 2006 he presented Popworld on Channel 4 with Miquita Oliver, developing a highly ironic, surreal style, and he later hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks from 2006 to 2009, for which he won a British Comedy Award. In 2009 BBC Two commissioned the series Grandma's House, which he wrote and starred in. He also performs as a stand-up comedian, with shows including Numb, To Be Free and the Netflix special Set Free, and he wrote and directed the films Carnage (2017) and Benjamin (2018). His first book, Help, a collection of annotated stand-up scripts, was published in 2017.