Simon Day (born 7 June 1962) is a British comedian most famous for his roles in the sketch show The Fast Show, sitcom Grass and a series of comedic adverts for Powergen. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E He has appeared on the 2004 Christmas episode of EastEnders as a taxi driver. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 He has also appeared in Run Fatboy Run as a wicked man in the card playing scene. Run Fat Boy Run is a 2007 Romantic comedy directed by David Schwimmer, written by Michael Ian Black and Simon Pegg
Simon rose to fame as a stand up comic, winning the Time Out new act of the year in 1991 with his legendary music hall character Tommy Cockles. Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine He then appeared on the BBC One show Paramount City as a weekly guest. He continued working live all over England before joining up with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for two tours and two series of Big Night Out. Vic Reeves (b 24 January 1959 as James "Jim" Roderick Moir) is an English Comedian, best known for his Double act with Bob Mortimer Robert "Bob" Renwick Mortimer (born 23 May, 1959 in Middlesbrough, England) is a British Comedian and Actor Vic Reeves Big Night Out was a Cult British Comedy stage show and later TV series which ran on Channel 4 for He continued to work with Vic Reeves throughout the Nineties.
In 1994 he appeared as a cast regular in Saturday Zoo, Channel 4's Saturday night extravaganza where he appeared as his groundbreaking white rapper Ice Pick. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began
TV credits include Heartbeat, Jonathan Creek, Sensitive Skin, Love Soup and Driving School. Heartbeat is a long-running British TV police drama series set in 1960s Yorkshire. Jonathan Creek is a British mystery Television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Sensitive Skin is an English Black comedy / Drama, produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Two. Love Soup is a British Television Comedy-drama, produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005 Driving School was a Docusoap that was broadcast on BBC One in 1997, which followed a group of learner drivers around Bristol and
Film credits include Shakespeare in Love, which garnered eight oscars, in which he played a ferryman on the Thames. Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright
He collaborated with The Transit Kings in 2005/2006 on their soaring ambient track "The Last Lighthouse Keeper" which appears on their debut album Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God. The Transit Kings are a British Electronic music group consisting of Alex Paterson, Guy Pratt and Dom Beken Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God is the debut album by the Transit Kings.
He is also well known for playing Geoff, an alcoholic car salesman in the TV sitcom: Swiss Toni, also starring Charlie Higson and Rhys Thomas as his colleagues. Swiss Toni is a fictional used-car dealer played by Charlie Higson, and also the title of a Sitcom in which he is the main character Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) more commonly known as Charlie Higson, is an English Actor and Comedian. Rhys Thomas (born 12 December 1978 in Essex) is an English Comedian and Actor.
After failing to pass his driving test for charity during the 2003 Comic Relief Programme, Simon later went on to gain an automatic driving licence with Nippers School Of Motoring.
Fast Show roles
- Antonios Gubba, from Chanel 9
- Billy Bleach
- Carl Hooper
- Competitive Dad
- Dave Angel, Eco-Warrior
- John Actor, who plays Inspector Monkfish
- Tommy Cockles
- Gideon Soames, architecture expert
A lot more very funny people in other sketches. Chanel 9 was a recurring sketch in the British Sketch comedy TV show The Fast Show. Chanel 9 was a recurring sketch in the British Sketch comedy TV show The Fast Show. Billy Bleach is a fictional character in the BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show, played by Simon Day. Dave Angel Eco-Warrior was one of the many characters brought to life by comedian Simon Day as part of the long-running comedy sketch show The Fast Show
External links
- Simon Day at the Internet Movie Database
- Japanese site with pictures of characters he plays
- Site containing complete scripts for Day's Gideon Soames sketches
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