Rich Keeble is a British actor and voiceover artist. He has appeared as a regular on two series of ''

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'' and in television series such as ''

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,'' '' Trying,

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'', ''

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'', '' The Rebel'' and '' Birds of a Feather,'' as well as voice acting for video games including '' The Lord of the Rings: Gollum,'' ''

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'', '' Total War: Warhammer'' and ''

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''.

Education

Keeble attended

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in the 1990s.

Career

Television, film and online

Between 2010 and 2015, Keeble appeared as various characters in sketches for ''

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'', '' Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular'', ''

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'', hidden camera show ''

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'' (starring

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), and had small roles in sitcoms '' Birds of a Feather'' and ''

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.'' In 2013, he appeared in a recurring ident on the

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directed by

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, playing the character of Gary whose living room is invaded by a panda played by Steve Marsh. In 2015 he portrayed Dr. Williams in the drama thriller film '' Survivors''. Keeble co-writes and stars in the comedy web series ''Rich Keeble Vanity Project'' which won the "Best UK Series" award at UK Web Fest, and later won "Best British Web Series" at the 2017 Pilot Light TV Festival, and "Best Supporting Actor (comedy)" (for co-star Sam Legassick) at the

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. It was also nominated for "Best UK Series" and "Best Writing" in the web series competition of the 24th Raindance Film Festival. In November 2016 he regularly appeared on the entertainment television series ''Animal Antics'' on

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, directed by Nick Mavroidakis (

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). In March 2017 he appeared in Comedy Central's ''Bad Snappers'' and Channel 4's ''

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,'' appearing as a journalist in a sketch with

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, and in another episode as an archaeologist discovering the remains of hosts Adam Hills,

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and Alex Brooker. He appeared in an episode of '' The Rebel'' with

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in November 2017. He provided the voice of the radio DJ on the Halloween special live episode of '' Inside No.9'' broadcast on

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on 28 October 2018. He was 'Richard the lawyer' in the 2018 Christmas special of

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, with

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and

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. In March 2019, he portrayed PC Mortimer in Series 2 of ''

'' (

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). He also played three characters in the

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sitcom ''

'' - Shop Assistant and two other voice roles (Radio Presenter and Taxi Operator). Keeble stars as William in the film ''

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'', which premiered at London FrightFest 2019. He has received a positive critical reception for his performance. In December 2019, he appeared as Mark Waddington in the BBC soap opera ''

''. In 2022 he appeared as Toby in the fourth series of ''

.'' That year he also appeared as Tom Taylor the tree surgeon in ''

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'', group leader Jared in ''Trying'' on

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, and as a priest marrying

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and Sian Gibson's characters in '' Murder, They Hope.'' He also appeared in Kiell Smith-Bynoe's Channel 4 Blap, ''Red Flag.'' In 2023 he appeared opposite

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drama, '' Stonehouse'', and in an episode of ''

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'' on

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, playing Scott, a disgruntled cafe owner who gets

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arrested. Later that year he appeared as a room service waiter in ''

,'' as Trevor in '' The Change,'' and as Mr Arnold in Series 2 of ''

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.''

Voice work

He played the character Frank Fairburne in ''

'', released 28 August 2018. In 2023 he portrayed the

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in '' The Lords of the Rings: Gollum'' video game.

Stage

In January 2011 he starred as British double agent Donald MacLean in ''A Morning with Guy Burgess'' at the

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, written by John Morrison and based on the life of

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. The play was featured on ''

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'' on

. In 2014 he appeared in the comedy sketch show ''Kaile, Keeble & Kuntz'' with Luke Kaile at the

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

* ''Rich Keeble & The More Accomplished Musicians (2017)'' * ''In The Bath (2018)'' * ''Lazy (2018)'' * ''I Hope Every Special Day You Have Is Ruined in Some Way (2020)''

References

External links

Official Site
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Agent's Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keeble, Rich Living people English male film actors English male stage actors Year of birth missing (living people)