Mark Simmons
Stand-up comedian

Mark Simmons

Who Mark Simmons is

Mark Simmons is a UK stand-up comedian celebrated as a master of the one-liner, mixing crafted gags with jokes made up on the spot from audience suggestions. His joke about sailing in the world's smallest ship was voted Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe in 2024, he was named Best Act in the UK Comics' Comic awards for 2022, and he has appeared on Mock the Week.

A So You Think You're Funny finalist in 2009 and third in the Bath Comedy Festival's new act competition in 2010, he staged A Show for Gareth Richards with Danny Ward, which won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Panel Prize in 2023 and the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Panel Prize in 2023 and again in 2025. His debut tour ran for more than 200 dates across the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and he hosts the podcast Jokes With Mark Simmons. His Jest to Impress tour was on the 2026 Machynlleth Comedy Festival lineup.

At a glance

Podcasts
Jokes With Mark Simmons
On screen
Mock the Week and One for the Road
Official site
marksimmons.co.uk ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: marksimmons.co.uk ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Mark Simmons

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →

Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →

Questions and answers

Where is Mark Simmons performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: marksimmons.co.uk ↗.

What podcast do they host?

Jokes With Mark Simmons.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Mock the Week and One for the Road.

Who are some comedians like them?

Alasdair Beckett-King (also in Mock The Week), Ed Byrne (also in Mock The Week), Josh Pugh (also in Mock The Week), Larry Dean (also in Mock The Week) and Russell Howard (also in Mock The Week).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 6 October 2026