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{{short description|Welsh actor and comedian (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Rob Brydon
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|size=100%}}
| image              = Brydon.jpg
| caption            = Brydon in 2009
| birth_name         = Robert Brydon Jones
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|3|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Baglan, Neath Port Talbot|Baglan]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales
| education          = [[Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|impressionist|presenter|singer|writer}}
| years_active       = 1985–present
| known for          = [[Rob Brydon#Filmography|Full list]]
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Martina Fitchie|1992|2000|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Clare Holland|2006}}}}
| children           = 5
| website            = {{url|robbrydon.com}}
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'''Robert Brydon Jones''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|aɪ|d|ən}}; born 3 May 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, presenter, singer and writer. He gained prominence for his roles in film, television and radio. He was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s Birthday Honours in 2013 for services to comedy and broadcasting, and for charitable services.

Brydon gained fame for his roles in the black comedy series ''[[Human Remains (TV series)|Human Remains]]'' (2000), the [[mockumentary]] series ''[[Marion and Geoff]]'' (2000–2003), the chat show spoof ''[[The Keith Barret Show]]'' (2004–2005), and the comedy series ''[[Supernova (British TV series)|Supernova]]'' (2005–2006). From 2007 to 2024, he played [[List of Gavin & Stacey characters#Bryn West|Bryn West]] in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'' for which he received a [[British Academy Television Awards|BAFTA Award]] nomination for Best Comedy Performance.

He has acted in a number of films with [[Steve Coogan]] for director [[Michael Winterbottom]], starting with ''[[24 Hour Party People]]'' (2002) and ''[[A Cock and Bull Story]]'' (2005). Brydon and Coogan then starred in  ''[[The Trip (2010 TV series)|The Trip]]'' (2010) followed by ''[[The Trip to Italy]]'' (2014), ''[[The Trip to Spain]]'' (2017), and ''[[The Trip to Greece]]'' (2020). He has also acted in the films ''[[Cinderella (2015 American film)|Cinderella]]'' (2015), ''[[The Huntsman: Winter's War]]'' (2016), ''[[Holmes & Watson]]'' (2019) and ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' (2023).

Since 2009, Brydon has presented the [[BBC One]] comedy panel show ''[[Would I Lie to You?]]'' after previously playing himself as host of a fictional panel show in ''[[Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive]]'', which ran on [[BBC Three]] from 2006 until 2007. In addition to presenting his own late-night chat show, ''[[The Rob Brydon Show]]'' for two years, he hosted the 2014 Saturday-night game show ''[[The Guess List]]'' for [[BBC One]].