Kieran Hodgson | |
|---|---|
 Hodgson in 2012 | |
| Born | c. 1988 Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Known for | Two Doors Down |
Kieran Hodgson (born c. 1988) is a British character comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his role as Gordon in the BBC sitcom Two Doors Down.
Hodgson was born around 1988[1] in Yorkshire and raised in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.[2]
He was educated at Holmfirth High School before going onto Greenhead College in Huddersfield.[citation needed] He studied History and French at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class degree.[3]
Hodgson's first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was French Exchange, which was nominated by The Times as one of the "Top five of the Free Fringe 2014".[4] It retold the story of a GCSE French exchange trip in a comedy storytelling style. That year, he also appeared as an aspiring detective called Ridley in an episode of Jonathan Creek, entitled "The Letters of Septimus Noone".[citation needed]
In 2015 his show Lance, a similarly biographical storytelling piece about his childhood hero, Lance Armstrong,[5] was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Hodgson appeared in an episode of the third series of Drifters. He received the nomination again in 2016 for his show Maestro,[6] which used his interest in classical music and attempt to write a symphony as a metaphor for his life.[7] In 2015 Hodgson appeared as Ian Lavender in the one-off BBC Two drama We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story, which centred on the sitcom of that name.[8]
In 2018 Hodgson launched a new show, 75, at the Fringe. It used the 1975 referendum on Europe as a means of exploring the contemporary Brexit debate, with Hodgson impersonating well-known British politicians of the 1970s.[9] He was nominated for the Comedy Award for a third time, before taking the show on the road from January 2019. This formed the basis for his Channel 4 comedy documentary How Europe Stole My Mum.[citation needed]
Hodgson also starred in The Lentil Sorters on BBC Radio 4, presented Kieran Hodgson's Earworms for Radio 4 in August 2017, and made appearances in Siblings on BBC Three, Count Arthur Strong on BBC Two, and the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.[4]
In 2017 Hodgson joined the regular cast of the BBC Scotland comedy series Two Doors Down as Gordon, the new boyfriend of Ian.[10]
In 2022 Hodgson appeared as Prince Andrew in the Channel 4 programme Prince Andrew: The Musical; he also co-wrote the music and lyrics.[1][11] Also in 2022 he narrated Denise Mina's Three Fires for BBC Radio.[12]
In 2023 he appeared in DC superhero film The Flash, in the role of Sandwich Guy.[13]
Hodgson is a keen musician. He is a fan of romantic music, in particular the music of Gustav Mahler, and this was the topic of his stand-up show Maestro. Hodgson learned both the violin and piano as a child. He played in the North London Sinfonia for eight years, from 2012 to 2020.[14]
Hodgson uses his account on X (formerly called Twitter) to post bad impressions of topical television dramas.[15]