Rufus Hound is an award-winning actor, presenter and comedian.
Theatre credits include: One Man Two Guv’nors (National Theatre, West End & UK Tour); Wind In The Willows (London Palladium & UK Tour, Winner Best Actor in a Visiting Production, MEN Theatre Awards); The Boy in the Dress, The Provoked Wife, Don Quixote, (RSC/The Garrick); Neville’s Island; Present Laughter (Chichester Festival Theatre); What The Butler Saw (Leicester Curve); It’s Headed Straight Towards Us (Park Theatre -“Best Actor” Offie nominated); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum (Lido 2, Paris).
As an actor, Rufus has appeared in Doctor Who (BBC); Cucumber (Channel 4); Zapped (Dave); Trollied (Sky); A Touch of Cloth (Sky) and Hounded (CBBC). His film career includes parts in Lost on the Road (2026); Preschool (2025), Lore (2024); Beautiful Devils (2020); My Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2017) and The Wedding Video (2012).
As himself, Rufus’ TV credits include Celebrity Juice (ITV2), Argumental (Dave), Mad Mad World (ITV), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2), Lip Synch Battle (Channel 5), Countdown (Channel 4), Richard and Judy (Channel 4), Top of The Pops (BBC Two), Glastonbury (BBC), Let’s Dance for Comic Relief (BBC1, winner, 1m+ views on YouTube), Strictly Come Dancing at Christmas (winner), Dancing on Ice (ITV1), Famous & Fearless (Channel 4), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1), Pointless Celebrities (BBC1), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC2), Countdown (Channel 4), Tipping Point (ITV), and The Weakest Link (BBC2).
An accomplished voice artist, his voice actor credits include Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Studio Ghibli); Sadie Sparks (Disney); Doctor Who Audio Adventures (Big Finish); Waffle the Wonderdog (Cbeebies). He also provided voiceover for Extreme Cakemakers (Channel 4), SEAT, KFC, and Mythbusters (BBC)
Rufus also hosted My Teenage Diaries for 15 series on Radio 4, winning a silver Sony award.
