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Jesse Armstrong

Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 13, 1970 (53 years)
Jesse David Armstrong (born December 13, 1970) is a British author, screenwriter, and producer. He is a co-creator of the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show (2003–2015) and Fresh Meat (2011–2016), and the creator of the HBO satirical comedy-drama series Succession (2018–present).

Armstrong has received many nominations and awards, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the film In the Loop (2009), and three wins for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for writing the season finales of the first, second and third seasons of Succession.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Peep Show
  • Fresh Meat
Known For
  • Succession
  • Peep Show
  • Black Mirror
  • In the Loop
  • Four Lions
  • The Thick of It
  • Fresh Meat
  • That Mitchell and Webb Look
  • Downhill
  • Dead Pixels
  • Magicians
  • Babylon (2014)
  • The Day Shall Come
  • My Parents Are Aliens
  • Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
  • Back
  • Smack the Pony
  • The Story of Tracy Beaker
  • The Old Guys
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
  • 2DTV
  • Seriously Weird

Filmography

2020
Downhill · as Screenplay
2019
2018
Succession (TV Series)
2014
Babylon (2014) (TV Series)
2012
2011
Black Mirror (TV Series)
2011
2010
2009
In the Loop · as Screenplay
2009
The Old Guys (TV Series)
2007
2006
2005
The Thick of It (TV Series)
2003
Peep Show (TV Series)
2002
Seriously Weird (TV Series)
2002
2001
2DTV (TV Series)
2000
TV to Go (TV Series)
1999
1999
Days Like These (TV Series)
1995
The Queen's Nose (TV Series)

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