Gabriel Bisset-Smith

· Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Gabriel Bisset-Smith is a BAFTA-nominated British writer, actor, director, and comedian from London, raised on a council estate with a mixed-race mother from Jamaica and a father from Manchester. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Court, Young Vic, York Theatre Royal, and Lyric Hammersmith. He is best known for directing and co-creating the BBC's multi-platform murder mystery The Last Hours of Laura K, which earned him a BAFTA nomination for Digital Creativity, Best Visual Experience at SXSW, and a Gold and Audience Award at the Lovies. His debut short film Thrush won the 2010 Vimeo Best Narrative Award, and he was named a Dazed Visionary by Dazed & Confused magazine, which commissioned his award-winning film Toilets. His play The Charming Man was nominated for the Off West End Most Promising Playwright Award, and his latest play Whitewash (co-produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones's company Drywrite) opened to rave reviews and a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre. He was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2018, and his satirical online sketches have amassed over a million views, earning a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award nomination.

His filmography spans acting, writing, directing, and producing across film, television, and digital media. Notable acting credits include …