Actor and comedian Alistair Barrie has been performing professionally for nearly an entire century (this one). Much in demand as both a headline act and MC across the international circuit, he has played all over the UK and Ireland, as well as further afield in the States, Australia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Prague, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Norway, Hong Kong, Macau, Malta, Singapore, Bahrain, Indonesia and the middle of the North Sea.

In the last year, Alistair performed Obviously, his third solo show at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as appearing in Breaker Morant alongside triple Perrier nominee Adam Hills and if.comeddie winner Brendon Burns. He then flew straight to South Africa to compere the Main Arena and Best of the Fest at The Capetown Comedy Festival. Alistair also regularly appears at Reading, Leeds, Guilfest, The Big Chill and Latitude Festivals amongst many others, and has headlined James Campbell's Comedy Club 4 Kids at both The Arts Theatre in London's West End and The Soho Theatre where he additionally appeared alongside Andy Zaltzman in Political Animal.

In tandem with his frequent, and frankly ostentatious globetrotting, Alistair is also a regular team member of The Cutting Edge - the weekly satirical and topical show at London's Comedy Store, as well as having appeared frequently on both television and radio. Recent credits include The World Stands Up (Paramount / BBC America), Champagne Comedy (Channel 12 Australia) Richard and Judy (Ch 4), The Blame Game (BBC Ulster & Radio Ulster), Loose Ends (Radio 4), Spanking New on 7 with Robin Ince (BBC 7), The Sandi Toksvig Show (LBC), No Signal (Sky 1), Good Morning South Africa (SABC1), Nuts TV, Flipside TV and some E4 idents he's never seen. In addition, Alistair has worked as a newspaper summarizer pundit type thing for BBC News 24 and as warm up for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Shoot The Messenger.

He also spent two years training at the highly respected Poor School, where he once played a "Slow Loris" (a type of lemury type thing that moves in much the same way that Cliff Thorburn played snooker) and "Laertes". So he can act too. So there. That's why he was in Breaker Morant. As well as directing a number of plays on the London Fringe, Alistair has appeared in The Knock (BBC2) Green Wing (Channel 4) Absolutely True (Channel 4) Spindrift (Indica Films/BFI) and A Little Rain Must Fall (Mynfel Films). All of this pales into insignificance in comparison to the fact that he was also in the Queen Vic when Tiffany found out Grant was shagging her mum.

Throughout 2002/3 Alistair was the face of telecom giant Avaya throughout Europe and Asia, but he doesn't like to talk about that any more since the cheques stopped. Despite this hiccup, Alistair continues to be in great demand on the corporate circuit as both an MC and comedian. Recent highlights include his first ever performance at a rugby club (he survived) and a trip to Norway to perform in front of a huge screen with him on it. Which was nice. Have a look on the photos page to redefine the term big-headed.