British Comedians

David Mitchell

Quote

"There’s a distinction between putting coffee in milk and putting milk in coffee. It’s like the distinction between having a glass of water and going swimming."

Known For:

That Mitchell and Webb Look
Peep Show
Would I lie to you?

How Americans may know him:

"Peep Show", potentially? It's on Hulu.

Fun Fact

When he was 5 years old, he wrote to a children's television program to suggest to the BBC how they should resolve their union conflict.

Miserable Fact

On the topic of why he appeared on so many television panel shows, he once said, ""I didn't really have a private life at all. People don't like to think that you're on television because you've got nothing else to do, but that was pretty true."