Robert Llewellyn

Robert Llewellyn is a British actor and comedian, born in 1956. He is perhaps best known for his role as the mechanoid Kryten in the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf. He was also the presenter of Scrapheap Challenge up until 2009. He is also the star of two web series which he has created, named 'Wet Liberal Weekly' and 'Carpool'. The former series mainly comprises Llewellyn talking to the camera about recent events whilst the latter is more of a talk show, released every week with a different guest. In these series he reveals many of his opinions and beliefs, such as a strong support for hybrid cars. He is sometimes affectionately referred to as 'Bobby Llew', a name he uses for his youtube and twitter accounts.

Red Dwarf
Llewellyn had been a comedian for many years prior, but his fame truly came with being cast in the role of Kryten in Red Dwarf. He joined the series for 1989's series three, taking up the character which had previously been played by David Ross for a single episode. He has appeared in every single episode of Red Dwarf since, spanning six series and a three-part special, a total of 43 episodes. Over the years the Kryten makeup has changed, as has the time that Robert needs to spend having it applied. During the making of series three, makeup application could take as much as nine hours; by 2009's Back to Earth, this had come down to almost two.