Robert Brydon Jones MBE ˈbraɪdən born May 3 1965 is a Welsh actor comedian impressionist presenter singer and writer He played Dr Paul Hamilton in the AustralianBritish comedy series Supernova Bryn West in the BBC sitcom Gavin Stacey and Keith Barret in the BBC comedy series Marion and Geoff and its spinoff The Keith Barret Show He has appeared in a number of shows for the BBC with Steve Coogan including The Trip series in 2010 released as a feature film later that year this was followed by The Trip to Italy in 2014 The Trip to Spain in 2017 and The Trip to Greece in 2020 also edited and released as feature films 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 Brydons Annually Retentive which ran on BBC Three from 2006 until 2007 In addition to presenting his own latenight chat show The Rob Brydon Show for two years and hosting the 2014 Saturdaynight game show The Guess List for BBC One Brydon has also appeared in films including Cruise of the Gods The Gruffalo 24 Hour Party People The Huntsman Winters War Holmes Watson and Barbie