Alistair McGowan

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Alistair McGowan (born November 24, 1964) is a British impressionist and actor.

McGowan was born in the small village of Badsey, Worcestershire, [1] just outside the town of Evesham. He attended Simon de Montfort middle school and took lead roles in school productions. He went on to attend Evesham High School, and took a lead part in the musical West Side Story. This is also where he started to make impressions of different people at school including teachers.[2] he went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he graduated in 1989. McGowan found work as a stand-up comedian, and did some of the voices for the ITV television series Spitting Image. He also appeared as the recycling man in the BBC show Think about Science. Later he took over from Stephen Tompkinson playing Spock in the Tim Firth comedy drama, Preston Front. In his early career, McGowan had minor roles in shows such as Children's Ward, and more recently, in Jonathan Creek. He starred in the first series of Dead Ringers. McGowan is best known for his work with Ronni Ancona on Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression).

Key characters in Big Impression:

He made a return to dramatic acting in 2005, appearing in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House. In 2006 he starred in the detective series Mayo. He also presented an episode of Have I Got News For You on October 20, 2006.

[edit] Environment

McGowen serves as an ambassador to the World Wildlife Fund and campaigns on a number of environmental issues. On August 2, 2006, he appeared on BBC Radio 2 on Steve Wright's show to appeal to listeners to be more energy aware.