Alistair McGowan

Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, BAFTA award winning comic, actor, pianist, poet, and writer. He starred in The Big Impression (formerly Alistair McGowan's Big Impression). He has also worked in theatre and appeared in the West End (for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 2008. He also provided voices for the original Spitting Image.

In 2017, he released an album of classical piano music called The Piano Album. In 2024, he published his poetry collection named Not What We Were Expecting.

In 2012, McGowan hosted the ITV comedy series You Cannot Be Serious!, in which his impressions included Roy Hodgson, Jedward, Harry Hill, and David Beckham.

He has written and starred in three plays for BBC Radio 4 about Erik Satie (Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear), John Field (The Peregrinations of a Most Musical Irishman) and George Bernard Shaw (The 'B' Word). He devised stage shows showcasing the music and verse of Noël Coward (Sincerely Noel), and the music and writings of Erik Satie (Erik Satie's-faction). He wrote the stage play Timing which was nominated as Best New Comedy at the 2009 whatsonstage.com awards.