Alexander Armstrong
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Alexander Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is a British comedian and actor. He has made 10 appearances as guest host on the BBC's satirical panel game Have I Got News for You as of Series 34. He was also the first host of the National Movie Awards in 2007.
Early career
He studied at Durham School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was a member of the college choir. In 1992, at Cambridge, he met Ben Miller, where both were in the Cambridge Footlights, and they formed the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. Armstrong decided not to pursue a career as a professional bass singer, and developed a career in acting.
Comedy career
He starred as a misanthropic, animal-hating vet in the sitcom Beast. He is also the star of a series of TV commercials for Pimm's.
In 1999 he starred as Prince Charming in ITV's Christmas pantomime. He starred alongside his friend Ben Miller, and with Samantha Janus, Paul Merton, Harry Hill, Frank Skinner and Ronnie Corbett.
He is the chairman of the comedy panel show Best of the Worst that also features team captains David Mitchell and Johnny Vaughan. The first show aired on 1 September 2006 on Channel 4 in the UK.
On BBC Radio 4, he plays the part of John Weak in the office sit-com Weak at the Top by Guy Browning.
He presents the ITV1 comedy quiz series Don't Call Me Stupid, in which mismatched celebrities teach each other a subject they are passionate about, before each facing a studio quiz on their new topic. The series features pairings including Brian Sewell with Phil Tufnell, George Galloway with Lady Victoria Hervey, James Whitaker with Bez, Germaine Greer with Shane Lynch, and Michael Howard with Wayne Sleep.
Armstrong renewed his partnership with Ben Miller for The Armstrong and Miller Show in 2007.
Dramas
He also co-starred with Caroline Quentin on all three series of ITV1 drama Life Begins.
He voices Mr Smith, an alien computer, in The Sarah Jane Adventures, (2007).
He also appeared as David Cameron in the satirical fictional documentary The Trial of Tony Blair.
In 2006 (repeated in 2007) he was a guest on Private Passions, the weekly music discussion programme hosted by Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3.[1]
He played a sex-addicted guest in Hotel Babylon in 2007.