Introduction
Gavin Mitchell is a Scottish actor and comedian, best known for playing Bobby, the barman, in the sitcom Still Game.
Life and career
Mitchell had a recurring role as Callum McIntyre in the drama series Monarch of the Glen, played various roles in sketch show Velvet Soup, and has appeared in sitcoms Empty, Happy Hollidays and You Instead. He played a recurring character in crime drama The Field of Blood. He appeared in two episodes of series 7 of the children's adventure series M.I. High, in which he also voiced The Mastermind, taking over from Brian Cox. He can currently be seen playing Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in Netflix's The Last Czars.
On stage, Mitchell has played the male lead in Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut, a spoof of the Humphrey Bogart film Casablanca, which has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe. He toured Britain, Paris and Barbados.
Mitchell is a fan of David Bowie: in March 2016 he accepted Bowie's posthumous induction into Glasgow's Barrowland Hall of Fame.
In June 2019, Mitchell won 'Best Actor' at 'The Scottish Comedy Awards' and in July 2019 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Glasgow Caledonian University.