This is a list of former Footlights sketch comedy troupe members who have achieved notability after graduating from the University of Cambridge. The careers of many prominent figures in the world of entertainment began in Footlights, while prominent figures in other industries also took part in the troupe. They include:
| Name[1] | Birth | Career | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comedy writer, known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |||
| Poker player, comedian | |||
| Comedian, writer | |||
| Writer, playwright | |||
| Comedian, writer, playwright and musical comedian | |||
| Actress, comedian, member of Britney comedy-duo | |||
| Comedian, television presenter, barrister | |||
| Comedian, actor, member of The Hollow Men | |||
| Comedian, television presenter, singer, half of Armstrong and Miller | |||
| Singer-songwriter, radio producer, known for This Sceptred Isle | |||
| Comedian, actor, director, co-creator of Garth Marenghi | |||
| Comedian, actress, writer | |||
| Adrian Gray | Comedian, writer, creator of the Forgotten History series on Youtube | ||
| Writer, director | |||
| Ahir Shah | Comedian | ||
| Comedian, actor, writer | |||
| Comedian, novelist, television presenter, half of Newman and Baddiel | |||
| Comedian, actress | |||
| Comedy executive, producer of I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again | |||
| Diplomat, popular blogger | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, singer-songwriter, member of Cowards | |||
| Actor | |||
| Photographer, interior designer, stage and costume designer | |||
| Actor, comedian, writer | |||
| Television producer and agent, co-founder of Tiger Aspect and Comic Relief | |||
| Producer, writer, director | |||
| Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune | |||
| Comedian, actor, known for The Inbetweeners | |||
| Cartoonist | |||
| Comedian | |||
| Journalist, author, founding editor of Private Eye | |||
| Lyricist, composer, playwright, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | |||
| Actress, writer | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, member of The Goodies | |||
| Comedian, actor, half of Laurence and Gus | |||
| Comedian | |||
| Comedian, writer, television presenter, columnist, physician | |||
| Psychologist, actor, comedian, writer, known for Twice a Fortnight | |||
| Composer, arranger, conductor, musician | |||
| Comedy scriptwriter, principal writer for Lenny Henry | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python | |||
| Charles III[2] | King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms | ||
| Comedian, actor, writer, member of Monty Python | |||
| Actress, comedian | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, proprietor of Private Eye, member of Beyond the Fringe | |||
| Novelist, musician, known for the Jimmy Coates series | |||
| Journalist, broadcaster, presenter of Brain of Britain | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, satirist, voice-over artist, half of Punt and Dennis | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, metallurgist | |||
| Comedy actor, writer, star of Take It from Here and Whack-O! | |||
| Milo Edwards | Comedian, podcaster, writer | ||
| Comedian, actor, writer | |||
| Screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, known for Gosford Park and Downton Abbey | |||
| Composer | |||
| Television producer and executive, Director of Television at ITV | |||
| Comedy writer and performer | |||
| Actor, comedian | |||
| Comedian, actor, satirist, member of Bremner, Bird and Fortune | |||
| Playwright, novelist, known for Noises Off and Copenhagen | |||
| Playwright, scriptwriter, songwriter | |||
| Television presenter, interviewer, satirist, star of The Frost Report | |||
| Comedian, writer, actor, novelist, half of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster and presenter of QI | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, illustrator, member of The Goodies | |||
| Television presenter, author, known for hosting University Challenge | |||
| Actress, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue | |||
| Comedian, writer, director, member of Cowards | |||
| Composer for stage, film and television, known for Doctor Who | |||
| Chair of Creative Technology Innovation/Full Professor/Director SMARTlab/author, broadcaster-television & virtual reality | |||
| Comedian, writer, actor | |||
| Writer, broadcaster, academic | |||
| Actor, playwright | |||
| Actor | |||
| Comedian, actor, television presenter, known for Room 101 | |||
| Fashion designer | |||
| Broadcasting manager, producer of Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | |||
| Comedian, writer | |||
| Comedian, musician[3] known as Jazz Emu | |||
| Satirist, writer, creator of Spitting Image | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, half of Kit and The Widow | |||
| Actor, co-creator and star of Rev. | |||
| Comedian, co-creator of Garth Marenghi | |||
| Comedian, creator and co-host of Taskmaster | |||
| Comedian, businessman, star of Round the Horne | |||
| Comic actor | |||
| Actor | |||
| Politician, historian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, songwriter, member of Monty Python | |||
| Writer, poet, critic | |||
| Comedy producer, theatre manager | |||
| Actor | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, member of Dutch Elm Conservatoire | |||
| Actor | |||
| Actress | |||
| Comedian, actor, poet, member of Cowards | |||
| Comedy director, known for The Mighty Boosh | |||
| Comedian | |||
| Politician, business executive | |||
| Actor, toymaker | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, musician, half of Fry and Laurie, Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster and star of House | |||
| Comedy producer and writer, creator of Have I Got News for You and QI | |||
| Satirist, travel writer, owner of Private Eye, co-founder of The Establishment | |||
| Comedy writer, actor, director, creator of Yes Minister | |||
| Actress | |||
| Cricket broadcaster and writer | |||
| Actor, singer | |||
| Comedian, producer, screenwriter, known for work with Sacha Baron Cohen | |||
| Actor, writer, director, founder of Complicité | |||
| Writer, designer, television presenter | |||
| Comedy actor | |||
| Comedian, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions | |||
| Comedian, director, actor, half of Armstrong and Miller | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer | |||
| Comedian, actress, writer | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, founding member of The Comedy Store Players | |||
| Comedian, writer, television presenter, co-founder of Hat Trick Productions | |||
| Comedian | |||
| Comic actor | |||
| Comedy producer, creator of The Unbelievable Truth, producer of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, half of Parsons and Naylor | |||
| Comedy writer, creator of the Reggie Perrin series | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer | |||
| Television presenter, burlesque performer, musician, lyricist | |||
| Comedian, actor, musician, naturalist, television presenter, member of The Goodies | |||
| Journalist, author, broadcaster, physician | |||
| Comedian, host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, former correspondent of The Daily Show | |||
| Producer, Creative Director of Endemol UK, co-presenter of Pointless, writer | |||
| Comedian, comedy writer, half of Parsons and Naylor | |||
| Comedian, actress, writer, television presenter, half of Mel and Sue | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, half of Punt and Dennis | |||
| Actress, impressionist | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, co-founder of Talkback, half of Alas Smith and Jones | |||
| Actor, director, writer | |||
| Comedy writer and performer, known for Spats | |||
| Salman Rushdie[4] | Booker Prize-winning novelist | ||
| Film producer, former Head of the Development Fund at the UK Film Council and British Film Institute | |||
| Playwright, known for Equus and Amadeus | |||
| Actor, director, writer, known for The White Lotus | |||
| Actor | |||
| Actor, writer | |||
| Actor | |||
| Pianist, composer, half of Kit and The Widow | |||
| Musical theatre composer, known for Salad Days | |||
| Comedian, actor | |||
| Novelist, short story writer, journalist, known for Hotel World | |||
| Novelist, screenwriter, short story writer | |||
| Voice-over artist, writer, director | |||
| Writer, actress | |||
| Actor | |||
| Songwriter, lyricist, musician | |||
| Novelist | |||
| Comedian, writer | |||
| Comedy writer, radio producer, creator of The Men from the Ministry | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, known for The Inbetweeners | |||
| Comedian, actress, screenwriter | |||
| Comedian, writer, former presenter of The News Quiz, presenter of QI | |||
| composer, Precentor of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Lecturer in Music, University of Cambridge | |||
| TV and radio producer (aka David Meek) | |||
| Comedian, actor, musician, founding member of The Comedy Store Players | |||
| Actress, known for Spooks and Unforgotten | |||
| Opera singer, actor, broadcaster | |||
| Comedian, novelist, radio presenter | |||
| Comedian | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, half of Mitchell and Webb | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer | |||
| Comedian, actor, writer, director | |||
| Actor, writer, musical comedian | |||
| Actor, director | |||
| Actress | |||
| Scriptwriter, creator of Spooks | |||
| Character actor | |||
| Broadway and Film Composer/lyricist, musicologist, known for Nine, Titanic, Grand Hotel | |||
| Television reporter, interviewer, co-creator of Rough Justice |