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Name: Bob Mortimer  
   
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Date of Birth: 23rd May 1959
   
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, Teesside, England, UK
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Robert Renwick Mortimer (born May 23, 1959 in Middlesbrough), is a British comedian and actor, best known for his double act with Vic Reeves (see Vic and Bob).

Bob's father died when he was very young, and as a result, he and his three brothers were brought up by their mother, Eunice. He trialed for the Middlesbrough F.C. youth team, later leaving school with three A-levels and going on to study law at the University of Sussex. Here he became involved in the punk movement and other political causes. After leaving University, he moved to London and became a solicitor.

One fateful afternoon, Bob arrived home to find his girlfriend in bed with a Hells Angel. In an attempt to drown his sorrows, he and a friend went to Goldsmith's Tavern see a performance by the comedian Vic Reeves (real name, Jim Moir). Bob was impressed by the performance, and was subsequently introduced to Vic/Jim by a mutual acquaintance. They became good friends, even forming a band called The Potter's Wheel. Bob was soon invited to perform on Vic's stage show, "Vic Reeves Big Night Out", creating such characters as the Singing Lawyer, Graham Lister, Judge Nutmeg and The Man With The Stick.

The show became very successful in south London and eventually outgrew Goldsmith's Tavern, moving in 1988 to the Albany Empire in Deptford. Although it was still the Vic Reeves Show, Bob became more integral in setting up the performance, providing him with a weekly break from the legal work which had begun to disillusion him.

A television pilot was filmed in late 1989 and the two soon began filming the first series of Vic Reeves' Big Night Out, which remained true to the variety show format of the live shows. Off-screen, Jim and Bob were now an equal partnership, but didn't become known as ‘Reeves & Mortimer’ until their move to the BBC in 1993.

Mortimer represented Jarvis Cocker at the police station following the Pulp singer's arrest at the Brit awards in 1997 (after he pretended to flash his bottom in protest at Michael Jackson's performance at the ceremony).

Mortimer played the part of Randall in the remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). The part of Hopkirk was played by Jim Moir.

In July 2002 he fought - and defeated - Les Dennis in the BBC's first "Celebrity Boxing" match.

Mortimer suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis which he controls using steroids.

He is a keen amateur birdwatcher.

In 2003, he and Vic were listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he and Vic were voted the 9th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

In 2005, he hosted his first major TV series without Jim Moir, a comedy panel game for BBC One, called 29 Minutes of Fame.

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