Karl Pilkington is an English author, comedian, former radio producer, actor, voice actor and television presenter.
Karl Pilkington was born in 1972 in Manchester. However, Karl Pilkington grew up in Racecourse Estate in Sale along with his siblings. Karl Pilkington attended Ashton-on-Mersey School on Cecil Avenue, Sale.
Karl Pilkington moved to London to work with XFM as a producer and he was later promoted to the head of production. While at XFM, Karl Pilkington criticized the performance of Gail Porter, causing the latter to leave the station in tears.
After several years, Karl Pilkington gained prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s radio programme, The Ricky Gervais Show.
Karl Pilkington TV Shows
Karl Pilkington has also appeared as a guest on the shows; Flipside TV and The Culture Show. As part of the Channel 4 project, 3 Minute Wonders, Karl Pilkington has also appeared in several short films.
Karl Pilkington appeared in an interview on Gervais’s live standup comedy DVD Politics. Karl Pilkington was also given a small role in the final episode of Extras. In September 2010, Karl Pilkington starred in An Idiot Abroad, a light-hearted travel documentary series produced by Gervais and Merchant in which he visits the New7Wondersofthe world. The second series, subtitled The Bucket List, debuted on 23 September 2011 and featured Karl Pilkington partaking in ultimate experiences from a list selected for him. The third series of the show, An Idiot Abroad: The Short Way Round, premiered in November 2012 and showed Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis travelling the Marco Polo route.
Karl Pilkington made his acting debut on 12 April 2012 in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Derek, where he portrayed caretaker and bus driver Dougie. From 2013 to 2015, Karl Pilkington starred in a two-series Sky 1 documentary titled The Moaning of Life. From 2018 to 2020, Karl Pilkington co-wrote and starred in a Sky 1 scripted sitcom called Sick of It.
Karl Pilkington Net Worth
Karl Pilkington has a net worth of $3 million.
Karl Pilkington Wife
Karl Pilkington is married to Suzzane Whiston, a well-known Journalist broadly known for her work for BBC Network, particularly for the most popular football show “Match of the Day”.
Karl Pilkington Quotes
Karl Pilkington is known for some funny quotes such as;
Karl Pilkington House
Karl Pilkington splashed 2 million pounds on a four-bedroom home with a state-of-the-art cinema room, located in Sandbanks and making him neighbors with multi-millionaire football managers Harry Redknapp, Tony Pulis and pundit Graeme Souness.