Hugh Dennis

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Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962) is an English comedian, presenter, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist, best known for being one half of Punt and Dennis with comedy partner Steve Punt. He played Pete Brockman, the father in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered and, since 2014, has played Toby in the long-running sitcom Not Going Out.

While an impressionist, Dennis did voices for Spitting Image and appeared with Punt as resident support comics on two BBC TV series hosted by Jasper Carrott.

Dennis has starred in a number of sitcoms, including My Hero, in which he played obnoxious GP Piers Crispin. From 2007 to 2014, he starred in Outnumbered, a semi-improvised sitcom based around family life, and won a BAFTA nomination in the comedy category for the 2009 Christmas special. On Radio 4 he also featured in the sitcom Revolting People which, like Outnumbered, was co-written by Andy Hamilton.

Since 2005, Dennis has been a regular panellist on the BBC Two satirical comedy show Mock the Week. He is a regular guest on various BBC-broadcast comedy panel game shows such as They Think It’s All Over, Would I Lie To You?, and QI, and he has guest hosted Have I Got News for You. In 2011, Dennis hosted the short-lived improvisational comedy series Fast and Loose.

In 2016 Dennis appeared as the Bank Manager in the acclaimed BBC Three series Fleabag, acting alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge in the first and final episodes of series 1.

In February 2021 Dennis started presenting The Great British Dig on More 4.

[Source: Wikipedia, 28/02/2021.]