Lloyd Griffith

Lloyd Griffith is a working class actor, comedian and presenter from Grimsby.

As an actor Lloyd’s screen credits include starring as series lead 'Colin Cartwright' in spin off series 'Return to Paradise' (ABC/BBC). He also appears in all three series of Emmy Award winning ‘Ted Lasso’ (Apple), Russell T Davies’ new series ‘Nolly’ in which he plays much loved ‘Benny’ aka ‘Paul Henry’ from Crossroads, opposite Helena Bonham Carter (ITV), Bad Education’ (BBC Three), ‘Everyone Else Burns’ (C4), ‘It’s a Sin’ (C4), ‘Not Going Out’ (BBC One) and feature film ‘Infinite’.

Lloyd was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award Honours for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso Series 2.

Lloyd is a regular host on Classic FM and co-hosted ‘Soccer AM’ live every Saturday morning for 2 years on Sky One alongside John Fendley and Jimmy Bullard. He also co-hosted comedy action game show ‘Flinch’ alongside Desiree Burch and Seann Walsh for Netflix. A sporting fan he presented the critically acclaimed BBC documentary ‘Can You Beat The Bookies?’ where he embarked on an experiment to find out if he could uncover the secrets of gambling success (4 stars, The Guardian).

As a comedian Lloyd’s TV appearances are many and varied, including 'Live At The Apollo' (BBC), ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ (E4), ‘Richard Osman’s House of Games’ (BBC), ‘Comedy Games Night’ (CC), ‘Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV1) ‘Stand Up Sketch Show’ (ITV), ‘Pointless Celebrities’ (BBC One), ‘Roast Battle’ (Comedy Central), ‘Comedy Central at the Comedy Store’ (Comedy Central), ‘CelebAbility’(ITV), ‘Nick Helm’s Comfort Eating’ (Dave), ‘Song of Praise’ and ‘BBC Proms 2022’ (BBC Two).

Lloyd has supported Jack Whitehall on both his 2017, 2019/2020 and 2023 tours playing iconic UK venues including Liverpool Echo, Newcastle Metro, Manchester, Leeds, London O2 and Wembley Arenas. Lloyd has embarked on four of his own nationwide solo tours, his most recent show ‘One Tonne of Fun’ was recorded as a comedy special and is currently available to watch on ITVX.

‘This is a warm, relatable and hilarious show. Lloyd bounces off the audience and has everyone laughing along with him. An hour of uplifting stand-up that’ll have you smiling for days.’ ★★★★ Sunday Post

‘Punchy gags and jaw-dropping voice.’ Bruce Dessau - Evening Standard

‘Disarmingly good.’ Dominic Maxwell - The Times

A showreel of Lloyd’s recent work as a comedian can be found here (p/w: united)