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DAVIDS BIO
David Walliams was born David Williams ("I had to change it for Equity") on 20th August 1971 and is 35. He describes himself as "6' 2" and far too hairy", claims he's a "little bit Welsh" and is left handed. He used to be vegatarian, but he gave it up when he couldn't resist parma ham .
He grew up in the suburbs and went to a Reigate Grammar School in Surrey where he first stated acting. He took English, History and Business Studies at 'A' Level. At this time, David's dad worked for London Underground and his mum was a lab technician in a school.
David went on to study at Bristol University and he was in the year below Simon Pegg. You can read all about David's early collaboration with Jason Bradbury here.David appeared in numerous stage productions with the National Youth Theatre including Surrender Dorothy and The Tempest.After moving to London, one of David's earliest television jobs was in BTV, which was part of 'Gamesworld' on Sky One (broadcast at 6pm sometime around '94-95) where he appeared in various roles each week.He also used to present a children's programme called 'Incredible Games' (BBC 2, 1995). He played the second incarnation of the Lift. You can find some screenshots here and some more information here.Finally, David was a scriptwriter for 'Ant and Dec' and 'Run the Risk' (both for BBC 1). David also appeared on 'The Sunday Show' (BBC 2, 1995).
Matt Lucas and David Walliams met in 1990 at the National Youth Theatre and were brought together by their shared love of Reeves and Mortimer. When Matt began university, they went their separate ways but remained friends. In 1995 they teamed up to take their Sir Bernard Chumley and Friends show to the Edinburgh Festival, returning with new Chumley shows in 1996 and 1997. Following this success, they embarked on a sell-out UK tour throughout 1997 and appeared in 1999 at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada. They also appeared on Paramount's live comedy show Mondo Jest in 1996.
Matt and David appeared together as "Mash and Peas", both at the Edinburgh Festival and also as a TV series on the Paramount comedy channel called 'Spoofovision'. They also appeared in Channel 4's Sit Com weekend.David has co-written and appeared with Matt in
'You Are Here: Whatever happened to baby Jo?' (C4, '97) where David played Murray Moffatt.
Wrath (C4, '97) a spoof drama starring Paul Kaye where David played guitar player Gavin.
'Barking' (C4, '98) the comedy sketch series (TV Tome Guide, BBCi Guide), where David first played his Royal Watcher, Peter Andre, who would later appear in Little Britain.
'The Apocalypse Tube' (C4/Sky One, '99).
'The Crazy Jonathans' (?,BBV TV) A sitcom pilot costarring Nick Frost of Spaced and Reece Shearsmith of the League of Gentlemen.
It was directed by Gareth Carravick/John Birkin and produced by Mash and Peas' Myfanwy Moore. Matt said in the interview with BBC Three: " There's a sitcom that we piloted a few years called 'Crazy Jonathan's' which didn't really work but I'm still quite proud of some of the writing we did on that, actually."
He has appeared alongside Matt in Shooting Stars (BBC 2), with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, where Matt plays the characer George Dawes. David was in the episode with Clare Grogan in Series 2 (Episode 21), plays Soft Alan ("The biggest fruit of them all") in Series 3 (1997) as well as appearing in the the 2002 series (Episode 1) in other roles. David also starred in the Shooting Stars Special (BBC Choice, 2002), where DJ Sara Cox stood in for an absent Ulrika. Both Matt and David wrote sketches for and appeared in the spin-off 'It's Ulrika' (TV Tome Guide, BBCi Guide) (1997).'Bang! Bang! It's Reeves and Mortimer' (BBC 2, '99), Vic and Bob's long-awaited return to sketch comedy, featured Matt and Dave in several sketches which included the Labour Party rock band, Toulouse-Lautrec and a hostage situation involving Frank Butcher and Laurance Llewelyn BowanMore recently they appeared in two series of 'Rock Profile' as well as various Rock Profile specials.Their latest project was to transfer the radio series 'Little Britain' (written and performed by Matt and David) with a TV Pilot shown in February 2003, and a full, eight episode TV series shown on BBC Three in September/October 2003. Matt and David have since made two more series and two "specials" of this show .David and Matt also made an "All-Star Comedy Show" (ITV1, 2004) along with many other of Britain's top comedians.Both David and Matt appeared in the sixth series of French and Saunders (BBC One, 2004).
MATTS BIO
Matt was born on 5 March 1974 and made his debut on the London stand-up comedy circuit at the age of eighteen in October ‘92 as Sir Bernard Chumley, legendary actor and raconteur.
In 1994 he appeared at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival, returning with his longtime collaborator David Walliams in 1995, 1996 (Assembly Rooms) and 1997 (Pleasance). The pair embarked on a sell-out UK tour throughout 1997 and appeared in 1999 at the Brixton Academy for ‘Comic Relief’ and at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada
Sir Bernard’s numerous television appearances have included ‘Comedy Club’ (ITV, ‘93), ‘London Comedy Festival’ (ITV, ‘94), ‘Edinburgh Nights’ (BBC, ‘95), ‘Barrymore’ (ITV, ‘96), and ‘Sir Bernard’s Stately Homes’, a six-part series (BBC2, ‘98). Most recently, he was seen in ‘Drop The Debt!’ (BBC, ‘99) and ‘Jack Dee’s Full Mountie’ (BBC, 2000), and was heard on ‘The Now Show’ (BBC R4, 2000).Matt’s association with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer began in 1992, five weeks after Matt’s first gig, when he was spotted by Bob. Two years later, Matt appeared in ‘The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer’. The second series of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer featured Matt in several sketches including the pub landlord of Bob's organ/pub, the very generous mayor of Aldington-on-Sea and John Stott
He then embarked on four series of the BAFTA award-winning ‘Shooting Stars’ (BBC2, ‘95-97, ‘01). A live ‘Shooting Stars’ stage show toured the UK in 1996 and was followed by a record-breaking thirty nights at the Hammersmith Apollo on a double bill with ‘The Fast Show’ in 1998.
Matt has also worked with Vic and Bob on ‘It’s Ulrika’ (BBC2,‘97), ‘Bang Bang It’s Reeves And Mortimer’ (BBC2, ‘98) and ‘Randall And Hopkirk Deceased’ (BBC/Working Title, ’01).On television, Matt’s credits include ‘Harry Enfield’s Christmas Special’ (Tiger Aspect ’99), ‘Sunnyside Farm’ (BBC2, 97) and (with David Walliams) he has co-written and appeared in Mash and Peas ‘Spoofovision’, (Paramount, ‘96), ‘You Are Here’ (C4, ‘97), ‘Barking’ (C4, ’98), ‘The Apocalypse Tube’ (C4/Sky One, ‘99) and, most recently, two series of ‘Rock Profile’(UK Play, ‘99, ‘2000), the second of which was nominated for both a Broadcast and a Cable Guide award in 2001. A six-part compilation series of ‘Rock Profile’ was subsequently broadcast on BBC2, and was accompanied by appearances on ‘Comic Relief’, ‘Top Of The Pops’, ‘The Priory’, ‘Top 100 TV Treats of 2001’ and a BBC Licence Fee commercial as well as ‘Rock The Blind : A Rock Profile Special’, which premiered on PlayUK in 2001 and is shortly to be seen on BBC2.As a writer for television, Matt’s recent credits include ‘Da Ali G Show’ (C4, 2000), two series as Script Editor on ‘The Lenny Beige Variety Pack’ (BBC Choice, ‘99, 2000), as well as writing for Paul Kaye. Alongside David Walliams, he also co-created ‘Boyz Unlimited’ (C4, ‘98).He has written for The Guardian, The Independent On Sunday, Scotland On Sunday, Attitude, Total Football and Hotdog magazine.Matt’s film appearances include ‘Jilting Joe’ (BBC,‘97), ‘Plunkett and Macleane’ (Working Title, ‘98) and ‘Surrealissimo’ (BBC,’01)Pop fans may have spotted Matt’s cameo in Blur’s ‘Country House’ video (‘95) and endured him as the support act on the band’s ‘Great Escape’ Seaside Tour that same year.
You may also have seen Matt (with David) in the videos for Fat Les’ ‘Vindaloo’ and ‘Naughty Woman’ (‘98) and ‘Jerusalem’ (2000). In 1999 he performed at the Almeida Theatre with The Divine Comedy and co-wrote and recorded a track - ‘Armageddon Outta Here’- with The Bluetones, as well as appearing in the video for their single ‘Mudslide’.In 2000 Matt make his straight-acting debut as the fool Thersites in The Oxford Stage Company’s production of ‘Troilus And Cressida’, on tour and at the Old Vic.
Shortly before Christmas 2000, he appeared as Leigh Bowery in the workshop production of ‘Taboo’, the musical with music and lyrics by Boy George
2001 saw the recording of a new series of ‘Shooting Stars’ (after a four year gap) and the broadcast of ‘Little Britain’, a comedy sketch series for Radio Four written by and starring Matt and David.Matt has also has cameos in several Doctor Who audio stories such as The One Doctor (2001) (where he played both the Cylinder and the Gelloid. Oh yeah and Adam Buxton was one of the Smash Robots).Matt also read Jez Alborough's audio book of Captain Duck.2002 included the broadcast of a second series of ‘Little Britain’ for R4 (and a Sony Award nomination for the first) as well as a fourteen-week stint as Leigh Bowery in ‘Taboo’. Following Matt’s spell in the show, he will rejoin Dave in the summer to film a TV pilot of ‘Little Britain’ for the BBC, as well as a fifth series of ‘Shooting Stars’.Matt and Vic Reeves appeared on 'Celebrity Who wants to be a Millionaire' (ITV1, 2003) and raised £125,000 for charity.Matt's charity was Karen Morris Memorial Trust.
Matt has finished filming the Simon Pegg film 'Shaun of the Dead', which opens on 9th April. This is a quote from Simon Pegg (from here) about Matt's appearance:"It's made explicit in Shaun of the Dead when he and his friends, on the run from a zombie plague, bump into a gang who are their mirror image. With the likes of Frost and The Office's Lucy Davis in Pegg's posse, the other outfit, led by Stevenson, includes Martin Freeman (The Office), Julia Deakin (Spaced), Matt Lucas (Little Britain), Tamsin Greig (Black Books) and Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen). "I would count them all as friends, but I really admire them all as writers and actors," says Pegg. "It's nice to be able to draw on that pool."Here's a still from the film. Matt spends most of his 5 minute cameo texting on his mobile phone! Matt was also at the premier on 31st March 2004 and was photographed with Harry Enfield.
He's also shooting a horrror film in Cornwall called 'Cold and Dark' which stars Luke Goss (singer with Bros). He plays a detective of the paranormal called Dr Elgin. He says "It's a bit of hokum - it's horror but it's a bit of fun. Like most films it'll be out in about seven years I should think".Matt used to do a lot of adverts and voiceovers through his old agent Earache Voices (although he is no longer with them) including:MacDonalds, Batchelor's Cuppa Soup (Airline announcer).
the voice for Steve the Trouble TV hamster
A"Little Britain" style advert for Supernoodles playing on Virgin radio , starting with Matt doing a silly voice saying sommat about Pot Noodles and then Sir Tom Baker comes in with more details.
Matt did a doodle for National Doodle Day which was put up for auction on ebay.Matt has been approached to play Benny Hill in a new TV play about his life. See Chortle for more details.Matt is currently voicing a new cartoon series along with Rik Mayall called "King Arthur's Disasters", to be shown later in the year.Matt was in the first episode of a new Radio 4 show called Chain Reaction. This was recorded on 17th November. Some fans went to see it. Read their reviews here.This year My Favourite Film in association with Time Out presented Matt Lucas introducing 'Oliver!' (songsheets provided!) on December 5 at 1pm, Curzon Soho.Matt will star alongside Julia Davis and Julian Barrat in a soft rock version of the Nativity on BBC Three this Christmas, called AD/BC: The Rock Opera. Casting is - Matt Lucas is to play God, Nighty Night's Julia Davis the innkeeper and The Boosh's Julian Barrat will be Tony Iscarriot.Matt could be seen in the audience of the Ivor Novello tribute to Sir Elton John on 28th November 2004 - fuelling rumours that Elton is the "mystery guest star" in next year's Comic Relief Little Britain special.From the Brighton Argus, 28th January 2004
Matt Lucas celebrated his civil partnership to Kevin McGee on 17th December 2006. Read about it on the Times website. Matt went as Aladin and Kevin as Adam Ant (Prince Charming). David dressed as a portly Christopher Biggins. You can see photos on the Sky Website. There are some nice photos of the pre-fancy dress couple on WireImage.
