Justin Edwards

Justin Matthew Edwards (born 21 July 1972) is an English actor and writer. Screen career His television work includes the role of Ben Swain in political comedy The Thick of It, the lead role in Channel 5 sitcom Respectable, roles in Black Books, Endeavour, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, The Old Guys, Skins, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Trip, [[Veep (TV series)|Veep]], Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, and Black Mirror amongst many others. He won an RTS Award in 2014 for Best Male Actor for his performance in Father Brown ("The Daughters of Jerusalem"). He has played Jeremy Clarkson three times for television, twice for Harry & Paul, and once for Murder in Successville. In 2016 he played Mr Rumbold in the BBC remake of Are You Being Served?His film work includes the role of Charles Vernon in Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship, Spartak Sokolov in The Death of Stalin, John Forster in The Man Who Invented Christmas, Inept Policemen in both Paddington and Thor 2, a fop in The Duchess, Leo in Yesterday, and as Giant Haystacks and Gan in Tim Plester's short films World of Wrestling and Blakes Junction Seven. Radio Edwards is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4, having appeared on The News Quiz, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, Cabin Pressure, The Odd Half Hour, Kevin Eldon Will See You Now, Double Science, Mr Blue Sky and Listen Against amongst many others. He hosted five series of Newsjack, the topical sketch show on Radio 4 Extra and wrote and performed in Miles Jupp's radio sitcom In and Out of the Kitchen. In 2016 he played Anthony Trollope in Trollope And The Labours of Hercules. In 2017, he headed up the cast of Rum Bunch, with Mel Giedroyc and Dave Mounfield, and starred alongside Meera Syal in Mrs Sidhu Investigates.