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Robert Darren Popper is a British comedy producer, writer, actor, and author, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary Look Around You, and creator of Channel 4's sitcom Friday Night Dinner. He also wrote the books The Timewaster Letters, Return of The Timewaster Letters and The Timewaster Diaries under the pseudonym Robin Cooper.
Birth Name
Robert Darren Popper
Born
Thursday, 23 November 1967
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| Giant Sloth | Roman | 2015 |
| Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows | Self | 2012 |
| Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce | Chris Beale | 2012 |
| Hot Fuzz | 'Not' Janine | 2007 |
| Screenwipe | Self | 2006 |
| Shaun of the Dead | News Reporter | 2004 |
| The Alchemists of Sound | Self | 2003 |
| Peep Show | Annoying Man | 2003 |
| Look Around You | Jack Morgan | 2002 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| Giant Sloth | Roman | 2015 |
| Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows | Self | 2012 |
| Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce | Chris Beale | 2012 |
| Hot Fuzz | 'Not' Janine | 2007 |
| Screenwipe | Self | 2006 |
| Shaun of the Dead | News Reporter | 2004 |
| The Alchemists of Sound | Self | 2003 |
| Peep Show | Annoying Man | 2003 |
| Look Around You | Jack Morgan | 2002 |
| Spaced | Bookshop Customer | 1999 |
| The 11 O'Clock Show | Simon Michael Simon / Self | 1998 |
| A Shocking Accident | Jerome (aged 13) | 1982 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Friday Night Dinner | 2011 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Dinner with the Parents | 2024 |
| Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel | 2021 |
| Stath Lets Flats | 2018 |
| Give Out Girls | 2013 |
| Watson & Oliver | 2012 |
| Friday Night Dinner | 2011 |
| Peep Show | 2003 |
| Look Around You | 2002 |
