Jesse Armstrong

Jesse Armstrong is a British author, screenwriter, and producer.

Jesse was born and educated in Oswestry, Shropshire, and attended Manchester University where he studied American Studies as an undergraduate and American History for his Masters, after which he worked as a researcher for a Member of Parliament.

With Sam Bain he co-created and co-wrote 9 seasons of Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning comedy Peep Show. He also co-wrote The Thick of It and Fresh Meat for TV and In the Loop and Four Lions for theatrical release.  

Working as a solo writer, Jesse wrote The Entire History of You for Black Mirror and the final episode of the first season of HBO’s Veep.

In 2016 Jonathan Cape published his novel set against the background of the Bosnian War, Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals. The New York Times said, ‘Armstrong proves to be just as maniacally funny here as he is on the screen.’

He was the creator and show-runner of the HBO TV show Succession, and the writer and director of the recent television movie, Mountainhead.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing In the Loop and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for each of Succession’s four seasons.