Rich Keeble is a British actor and voiceover artist.[1] He is known for appearances in TV series including Brian Hetherington in Rivals, Mr Arnold in Good Omens, two series of The Emily Atack Show as well as appearances in Ghosts, The Change, and Meet the Richardsons. His voice acting for video games includes playing The Mouth of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Frank Fairburne in Strange Brigade, and various characters in the Total War: Warhammer series.
Education
editKeeble attended Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames in the 1990s.
Career
editTelevision, film and online
editBetween 2010 and 2015, Keeble appeared as various characters in sketches for Lee Nelson's Well Good Show, Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular, Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular, hidden camera show Fool Britannia (starring Dom Joly), and had small roles in sitcoms Birds of a Feather and The Delivery Man. In 2013, he appeared in a recurring ident on the BBC directed by Victoria Pile, playing the character of Gary whose living room is invaded by a panda played by Steve Marsh.[citation needed]
In 2015 he portrayed Dr. Williams in the drama thriller film Survivors.[2]
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,[3] and later won "Best British Web Series" at the 2017 Pilot Light TV Festival,[4] and "Best Supporting Actor (comedy)" (for co-star Sam Legassick) at the Indie Series Awards.[5] It was also nominated for "Best UK Series" and "Best Writing"[6] 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 Viasat Nature, directed by Nick Mavroidakis (Rude Tube).[7][8] In March 2017 he appeared in Comedy Central's Bad Snappers[9] and Channel 4's The Last Leg, appearing as a journalist in a sketch with Mr Blobby, and in another episode as an archaeologist discovering the remains of hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker. He appeared in an episode of The Rebel with Simon Callow in November 2017.[10]
He provided the voice of the radio DJ on the Halloween special live episode of Inside No.9 broadcast on BBC Two on 28 October 2018.[11] He was 'Richard the lawyer' in the 2018 Christmas special of Through the Keyhole, with Keith Lemon and Christopher Biggins.[12]
In March 2019, he portrayed PC Mortimer in Series 2 of Porters (Dave). He also played three characters in the BBC1 sitcom Warren - Shop Assistant and two other voice roles (Radio Presenter and Taxi Operator).[13] Keeble stars as William in the film Criminal Audition, which premiered at London FrightFest 2019. He has received a positive critical reception for his performance.[14][15][16] In December 2019, he appeared as Mark Waddington in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[17]
In 2022 he appeared as Toby in the fourth series of Ghosts.[18] That year he also appeared as Tom Taylor the tree surgeon in Not Going Out, group leader Jared in Trying on Apple TV, and as a priest marrying Johnny Vegas 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 Matthew Macfadyen in ITV drama, Stonehouse, and in an episode of The Beaker Girls on CBBC, playing Scott, a disgruntled cafe owner who gets Tracey Beaker arrested.[19] Later that year he appeared as a room service waiter in Not Going Out, as Trevor in The Change, and as Mr Arnold in Series 2 of Good Omens.
In 2024 he appeared in Truelove opposite Phil Davis and Lindsay Duncan, Meet the Richardsons playing Jon Richardson's dentist, Kaos, and Rivals playing TV director Brian Hetherington.
Voice work
editHe played the character Frank Fairburne in Strange Brigade, released 28 August 2018.[citation needed]
In 2023 he portrayed the Mouth of Sauron in The Lords of the Rings: Gollum video game.
Stage
editIn January 2011 he starred as British double agent Donald MacLean in A Morning with Guy Burgess at the Courtyard Theatre, London,[1][20][21][22] written by John Morrison and based on the life of Guy Burgess.[23] The play was featured on The Review Show on BBC Two.[24] In 2014 he appeared in the comedy sketch show Kaile, Keeble & Kuntz with Luke Kaile at the Edinburgh Fringe.[25]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | West Ham Supporter | |
| 2011 | scAIRcrows | Ben | Short |
| A Life, Unfulfilled | Michael Raznik | Short | |
| 2012 | Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Short | |
| A Slightly Exaggerated Reenactment of a Voicemail I Never Actually Left for Tom Lenk | Short | ||
| Amina | Job Seeker | ||
| 2013 | Eva's Diamond | Oregano | |
| You're a Vision | Simon | Short | |
| Rehab | TV Executive | ||
| 2014 | Tunstall | Dr. Samuel Johnson | Voice |
| M.O.N.E.Y | Frankie | ||
| 2015 | Cato Street to Newgate | Judge | Voice |
| Survivors | Dr. Williams | ||
| 2016 | The Dependents | The Harvester | Short |
| R.U.I. | Newsreader / RUI Baby Boy | ||
| 2017 | Finding Fatimah | Additional Voices | |
| 2018 | King of Thieves | Security Operative | scenes deleted |
| Rob & Beth | Rob | Short | |
| 2019 | Dovetail | Harry | |
| Criminal Audition | William | ||
| 2021 | The Southampton DNA: The New 21/22 Kit | Scientist | Short |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding | Rich Setting Candles |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Lee Nelson's Well Good Show | Telegraph Reporter / Reporter / General Medical Council Member | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Losing the Plot | Redders | TV movie |
| 2012-2013 | All in the Method | Rich / Voiceover / Speaking clock / Pablo | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2 | Runner | |
| Muzzle the Pig Presents... | Rupert Marigolds / Billy | 2 episodes | |
| Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular | Rich - Paramedic | ||
| 2013-2014 | The Kaile & Keeble/Keeble & Kaile Show | 4 episodes | |
| 2013 | Fool Britannia | Hannibal Lecter / Chugger / Riot Policeman | 2 episodes |
| Hunka Wunda | Narrator / Joshua / Doctor | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Birds of a Feather | Bookshop Manager | Episode: "Gimme Shelter" |
| Against the Clock | Rob | 2 episodes | |
| The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night | Man accosted by Angelos Epithemiou | ||
| Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular | Officer Steve | ||
| 2015-2016 | Rich Keeble Vanity Project | Rich Keeble | 13 episodes |
| 2015 | The Delivery Man | Photographer | Episode: "Celebrity" |
| Rules of Life | Stan | 5 episodes | |
| Alan Carr's New Year Specstacular | Nicole's Date | ||
| 2016 | Animal Antics | Himself | 13 episodes |
| The Unusual Suspects | Police Chief / Voiceover | 4 episodes | |
| Drek Steele: Space Pirate | Drek Steele / Ship computer | Voice | |
| Sam Delaney's News Thing | Simon | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Bad Snappers | Vicar | 2 episodes |
| The Last Leg | Archaeologist / Terrence Penfence - Journalist | 2 episodes | |
| Last Leg: The Correspondents | Hand Sanitiser Man | Episode: "Sanitising Period Poverty" | |
| The Rebel | Ticket Inspector | Episode: "Death" | |
| 2018 | Tits Up | Business Man | Episode: "A Problem" |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Driving Examiner | 1 episode | |
| Joe Lycett's Got Your Back | Phil - Satanist | Episode: "Non-TX pilot" | |
| 100mph Tales | Narrator / Various | Voice. 6 episodes | |
| Inside No. 9 | Radio DJ | Voice. Episode: "Dead Line" | |
| Through the Keyhole | Richard the Lawyer | Episode: "Through the Christmas Keyhole" | |
| 2019 | Porters | PC Mortimer | Episode: "Halloween" |
| Warren | Shop Assistant / Taxi Operator / Radio Presenter | 2 episodes | |
| Doctors | Mark 'Masculus' Waddington | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | The Trouble with Maggie Cole | Radio DJ / Telephone caller | Voice. 2 episodes |
| In the Long Run[26] | Parent | 1 episode | |
| The Duchess | Ted | 1 episode (scene deleted)[27] | |
| Rich Keeble Zoom Chats | Rich Keeble | 3 episodes | |
| 2020-21 | The Emily Atack Show | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Goldie's Oldies | Celebrity Shark Bait Announcer / Tim | 2 episodes |
| Ted Lasso | Clive Winkleman | Episode "Rainbow" | |
| 2022 | Bloods | Paramedic | 1 episode |
| Not Going Out | Tom Taylor | Episode: "Tent" | |
| Here We Go | Dog owner | 1 episode | |
| Red Flag | Ritchie Porter | Channel 4 Blap | |
| Trying | Jared | 1 episode | |
| Ghosts | Toby | Episode "Gone Gone" | |
| Murder, They Hope | Priest | Episode "A Midsummer Night's Scream" | |
| It's What She Would Have Wanted | Gary | ||
| 2023 | Stonehouse | Producer | 1 episode |
| The Beaker Girls | Scott | Episode "The Last Straw"[28] | |
| The Change | Trevor | 2 episodes | |
| Good Omens | Mr Arnold | Episode "The Ball" | |
| 2024 | Truelove | Estate Agent | 1 episode |
| Meet the Richardsons | Rich - Jon's Dentist | 2 episodes | |
| Kaos | Man in Booth | 2 episodes | |
| Rivals | Brian Hetherington[29] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Elite Dangerous: Horizons | Anarchic Flight Control / USA Crew / Audio Logs | |
| 2016 | Eve: Valkyrie | US Captain / Pilots / Crew | |
| 2017 | Total War: Warhammer | Ungrol Stoneheart | Call of the Beastmen DLC |
| Crimson Saga: Dragonore | |||
| 2018 | Battle Boom | Various | |
| Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | The Blightreaper | Shadows Over Bögenhafen DLC | |
| League of Angels III | King of Darkness / Lightning Ghost / Blood Prince | ||
| Strange Brigade | Frank Fairburne | ||
| 2019 | Ancestors Legacy | Crusader Knight / Crusader Sergeant / Spy / Hassassin / Balian | Saladin's Conquest DLC |
| Astrologaster | Robert Devereux | ||
| War Song | Horton / Gatlin / Bangar / Robin | English version | |
| Don't Even Think | DET-i CEO | ||
| Rise of Kingdoms | Julius Caesar | English version | |
| Game of Survival | |||
| 2020 | Warhammer: Vermintide 2 | Nurgloth The Eternal | |
| Old Gods Rising | Professor Martin Lewis | ||
| Spellforce 3: Fallen God | The Fial Darg | ||
| 2021 | Dead Man's Phone | Home Secretary | |
| Coffin Valley | Judge / Priest / Brute | ||
| Georgiana Bones and the Hapless Heist | Narrator / The Guardian | ||
| Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat | Griffon / Phantom / Lucifer | English version | |
| 2022 | Total War: Warhammer III | Bloodthirster | |
| 2023 | The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | The Mouth of Sauron | |
| 2024 | New World: Aeternum | Marcel Dupont[30] | |
| 2025 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | TBA[31] |
Discography
edit- 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)
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- ^ "New World: Aeternum Credits". Official New World: Aeternum Website. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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