Bishop was born in Kent, UK, on 18th of June 1980. After appearing on the television series, Grange Hill, he was cast as "Jim Hawkins" in the 1996 Muppet version of Treasure Island, Muppet Treasure Island. He subsequently appeared in several British television series, including Pie in the Sky, Love Soup, My Family, Peep Show and Spoons (TV series). He also played the title role in the 2002 television film, Dick Whittington, as well as the lead role in the 2002 film, Food of Love. He also appeared in the 2004 film, Suzie Gold, starring Summer Phoenix. In 2005 he played comedian Dudley Moore on stage in Pete and Dud: Come Again, a drama charting Moore's turbulent relationship with Peter Cook, which debut ed at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to The Venue in London's West End in March 2006. He could recently be seen in the Channel 4 British Comedy Award s 2006 winning comedy Star Stories. He is now appearing in the UK adverts for the bank NatWest, and his own pilot sketch show 'Comedy Showcase - Kevin Bishop' for channel 4, which has also been commissioned as six part series for autumn 2007.

Is the eldest of five siblings whose father is a banker.Targets of the actor-comedian's various TV parodies have included Simon Cowell , Michael Douglas , Stephen Hawking , Justin Timberlake , Alex Ferguson , Andrew Lloyd Webber , George Michael , etc.Attended Ravens Wood School for boys in Bromley Kent.