Alastair Roberts (1993) is an English comedian and actor. He is part of the comedy trio "Sheeps" with Daran Johnson and Liam Williams. He is known for his TV roles including as Al in Stath Lets Flats (2018âÂÂ23) and Elder Abijah in Everyone Else Burns (2023âÂÂ24).
Roberts attended the University of Cambridge from 2006 to 2009. He was part of the Footlights, alongside future collaborator Liam Williams and Daran Johnson. He was Membership Secretary from 2006 to 2007, a General Member of the committee from 2007 to 2008, and President from 2008 to 2009. He played in the Footlights 125th anniversary tour show Devils (alongside Johnson) in 2008 and the 2009 tour show Wishful Thinking (alongside Johnson and Williams). Devils received a three-star review from The Skinny, who described Roberts' performance as "hilariously mannered and beautifully timed".
Roberts is part of comedy trio Sheeps, with Daran Johnson and Liam Williams. They have played shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024 and 2025.
In 2015, Roberts starred in BBC Two comedy sketch show The Javone Prince Show.
In 2015, Roberts starred in Comedy Feeds: People Time, a pilot on BBC Three. He starred alongside Jamie Demetriou, Natasia Demetriou, Daran Johnson, Claudia O'Doherty, Ellie White and Liam Williams (who had first met at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010). The Guardian urged the BBC to make a series, saying "The material on display here makes me suddenly and unexpectedly excited for the future of the sketch show...they make each subject new and weird, yet accessible and silly." Chortle described it as "this decade's Big Train" and that "If it can find it's way onto the telly, People Time would be a near-guaranteed cult hit." Despite its positive reception, the BBC decided not to commission a series. With the same cast (apart from O'Doherty), Roberts starred in the comedy web series 2016: Year Friends. The series is about a group of friends who get together to set some new years resolutions, and also find out that Al is dying and Tash is pregnant. Each member of the group wrote an episode for the series.
From 2018 to 2023, Roberts starred as Al in Stath Lets Flats. Jamie Demetriou, who co-wrote the show with Robert Popper, wrote the part for Al, after seeing him in Sheeps. He gave him lines in Japanese, as Roberts is fluent in the language.
In 2019, Roberts starred in one of Channel 4's Comedy Blaps, Sam Campbell: Get Real Dude. Produced by Blink Industries, it combined a mix of puppetry, 2D and 3D animation. Roberts starred alongside Sam Campbell, Jamie Demetriou, David O'Doherty, Charlotte Ritchie, Neil Edmond, Tanya Moodie, Rob Carter, Arnab Chanda, Shivani Thussu, Terry Bird, Carole Street, Mark Silcox and Aaron Chen.
Comedian Abi Tedder cites Roberts as an influence and "probably the funniest man I've ever seen on a stage".
Sheeps lived together for a period of time.