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James Acaster

James Acaster

Born: 1985-01-09 • Kettering, England, UK

James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.

Filmography
James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome poster
James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome
2026
Clash of the Comics poster
Clash of the Comics
2025 • Self
Chess Ham poster
Chess Ham
2025 • Self
James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome poster
James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome
2024 • Self
Seize Them! poster
Seize Them!
2024 • Felix the Ironmonger
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 • Lars
Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer poster
Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer
2023 • Self (archival)
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone poster
The Unofficial Science of Home Alone
2022 • Self – Presenter
Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage poster
Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage
2022 • Self
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
2021 • John
James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow poster
James Acaster: Make a New Tomorrow
2021 • Self - Comedian
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 poster
James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999
2020 • Self - Comedian
A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh poster
A1: The Long Road to Edinburgh
2018 • Self