| Will Hislop | |
| Birth Name: | William David Hislop |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Parents: | Ian Hislop Victoria Hislop |
| Occupation: | Actor, writer, comedian |
| Education: | Tonbridge School |
| Alma Mater: | Jesus College, Oxford |
William David Hislop (born 1993) is a British actor, writer, and stand-up comedian.
William David Hislop was born in 1993 in London, England, the son of Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and his wife Victoria.[1]
He attended Tonbridge School for his secondary education. He then studied history at Jesus College, Oxford,[2] and alongside Barney Fishwick formed a comedy double act called Giants.[3]
Hislop is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian.[4]
He was cast in the 2020 TV series Gangs of London, and played Lewis in the 2023 A24 / BBC series Dreaming Whilst Black.[5]
He also features in a number of videos, such as "When you pretend you're not posh", featuring Hislop as a privately-educated individual downplaying his privileged upbringing (reverse snobbery), and "Sexy guy", which is filmed at the Radcliffe Camera at Oxford.[3]
In 2017 he won the UK's Musical Comedy Awards.[6] [7]
In 2020, Hislop's "your aunt on the NHS clap" tweet went viral, gaining 4.2 million views on the platform.[3]