Karl Pilkington

Formerly an employee of XFM radio station, Pilkington's celebrity grew after becoming friendly with Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant on air on their XFM show. Gervais and Merchant were fascinated by Pilkington's worldview, opinions and childhood that they became friends.

Karl found popularity worldwide when The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts and audiobooks became top-selling shows.

Moving to even larger audiences, Pilkington is the star of the comedy-travelogue series An Idiot Abroad and the main draw for the HBO animated comedy, based on the podcasts, The Ricky Gervais Show.

Occupation:

TV personality, radio producer

Nationality:

British

Born:

September 23, 1972 (40)

Mar 28 2012, 20:43
Ricky Gervais on 'mong' scandal: 'I never meant to insult anyone'
Mar 28 2012, 12:39
Ricky Gervais confirms Karl Pilkington for 'Idiot Abroad' spinoff
Mar 28 2012, 12:10
Blog: 'Derek': What is Ricky Gervais's new comedy pilot like? - Preview
Mar 21 2012, 07:10
Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2011: The winners in full
Mar 19 2012, 19:07
Ricky Gervais's Derek Noakes sitcom pilot to air on Channel 4 in April
Jan 30 2012, 21:43
Ricky Gervais gives 'Idiot Abroad 3', 'Ricky Gervais Show' updates
Jan 17 2012, 12:55
Dynamo voted 'Britain's Coolest Man' in Zoo poll
Dec 24 2011, 09:00
Blog: Tube Talk's Best of the Rest 2011
Dec 21 2011, 22:52
Ricky Gervais confirms 'Life's Too Short' renewal, 'Idiot' special
Dec 21 2011, 10:52
Ricky Gervais for Channel 4 after 'Life's Too Short' 'disappointment'?
Dec 06 2011, 22:19
Karl Pilkington song 'unlikely to be released for Christmas'
Dec 06 2011, 19:28
Nirvana to re-release 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' for Christmas campaign
Dec 06 2011, 15:20
Blog: Christmas number one chart battles
Nov 30 2011, 22:05
Karl Pilkington Christmas number one campaign launched
Nov 30 2011, 20:49
'Life's Too Short' HBO airdate confirmed
Nov 25 2011, 10:37
Ricky Gervais 'planning Sean Connery retirement home comedy'
Nov 16 2011, 00:01
Warwick Davis confirms Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais project plans
Nov 09 2011, 12:00
'An Idiot Abroad' unlikely to return, says Stephen Merchant
Sep 24 2011, 16:02
Ricky Gervais's 'An Idiot Abroad' tops 'X Factor' USA
Sep 13 2011, 09:00
Interview: Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant chat 'An Idiot Abroad' - video
Sep 12 2011, 19:15
Ricky Gervais: 'Van Halen loathe Karl Pilkington cover'
Sep 12 2011, 09:00
Interview: Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant give Digital Spy the 'Idiot Abroad' treatment
Aug 30 2011, 18:47
'An Idiot Abroad 2': Karl Pilkington's Bucket List - video trailer
Jun 30 2011, 11:25
Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington's 'An Idiot Abroad' series two confirmed by Sky
Jun 28 2011, 15:52
Ricky Gervais to speak at Edinburgh TV Festival
Apr 08 2011, 12:26
'Ricky Gervais Show' lands third series
Mar 09 2011, 09:00
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant ('The Ricky Gervais Show')
Mar 04 2011, 15:38
Pilkington offered 'I'm A Celeb'
Feb 01 2011, 19:39
Pilkington confirms more 'Idiot Abroad'
Nov 30 2010, 00:02
Mitchell, Pilkington head LAFTAS 2011
Nov 12 2010, 12:24
'An Idiot Abroad' bows out to 1m
Oct 20 2010, 11:09
Gervais wants more 'An Idiot Abroad'
Oct 09 2010, 14:28
'An Idiot Abroad' soars past 1m
Sep 29 2010, 14:45
Virgin Media to launch Sky1 HD
Sep 24 2010, 11:54
'An Idiot Abroad' debuts to 820k
Sep 20 2010, 06:00
Interview: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais ('An Idiot Abroad')
Sep 01 2010, 17:29
Gervais: 'Idiot Abroad not a comedy show'
Jul 01 2010, 17:34
Gervais reveals Pilkington show title
Apr 19 2010, 09:34
Gervais 'doesn't care if show flops'
Apr 18 2010, 18:10
Gervais: 'Pilkington is an idiot savant'