Kevin Eldon
| Kevin Eldon | |
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| Born | 3 October 1960 Chatham, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian |
Kevin Eldon (born 3 October 1960) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in critically acclaimed British comedy television shows of the 1990s, notably Fist of Fun, I'm Alan Partridge, Big Train, Brass Eye and Jam. He also appeared as Sgt. Tony Fisher in Hot Fuzz.
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[edit] Early career and Lee & Herring
Eldon was born in Chatham, Kent, England. He started on the stand-up circuit in the early '90s performing an act in character as the political poet Paul Hamilton, but has also done stand-up as himself on occasions. On the circuit, Eldon formed a friendship with the stand-up comedian Stewart Lee, which would later lead to an invitation to work with Lee on the radio series Lee & Herring's Fist of Fun with Lee's comedy partner Richard Herring. Lee and Herring would usually refer to him as "The Actor Kevin Eldon", in reference to his claim to be an actor, rather than a comedian.
Eldon's work sat well with that of Lee & Herring, and he continued to work with them on all their projects, including The Lee & Herring Radio Show, Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy, providing a multitude of characters, most notably: the jelly-obsessed False Rod Hull; and Simon Quinlank, the self-proclaimed "king of hobbies", who would always be accompanied by a flask of "weak lemon drink". He also played a version of himself, as The Actor Kevin Eldon. In addition to his Lee & Herring collaborations, he has worked closely with Simon Munnery and Julia Davis.
[edit] Stage and screen
Eldon has featured in several other comedy projects including Brass Eye, Smack the Pony, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look Around You, Packing Them In, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, The Sunday Show, Comedy Nation, Cows, Jam, I Am Not an Animal, I'm Alan Partridge, The Sofa of Time, Attention Scum!, Nighty Night, Green Wing, Jammin', Nathan Barley, Hyperdrive, Saxondale, and as a panel guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He also had a brief role in the 2005 film version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, playing "Man with Dog" alongside Mark Heap.
Eldon has appeared onstage performing as a spoof member of the German band Kraftwerk for the recorded version of Bill Bailey's Part Troll comedy tour, along with two others (John Moloney and Martin Trenaman). He played the same role in Bailey's 2007 Tinselworm tour and Channel 4's Comedy Gala. He also played the same role in Bailey's 2010 Dandelion Mind tour.
In late 2006 Eldon helped organise and produce a short tour and a West End run of Pinter's People at the Theatre Royal, London. The show was a collection of sketches written by Harold Pinter. The show also starred Geraldine McNulty, Bill Bailey and Sally Philips.
Eldon played the role of Pete in the David Shrigley and Chris Shepherd animation Who I Am And What I Want, and appeared in Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's comedy film Hot Fuzz as Sergeant Tony Fisher.
Eldon played Mick McManus in Tim Plester's short film World of Wrestling in 2007.
In October 2008 he played housemate Joplin in Charlie Brooker's five-part horror thriller for E4 Dead Set.
Eldon co-authored the theme tune, and is script editor for, the children's series Genie in the House.[1]
In 2009 he played the lead role of Arthur in a stereoscopic 3D film for the BFI directed by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.[2] Eldon starred alongside Caroline Catz, Terrence Hardiman and Fenella Fielding.
From March 2009, Eldon appeared in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle in a number of the show's sketches.
In 2010, Eldon took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
In February 2010, alongside Alice Lowe, Isabel Fay, Steve Furst, David Bussell and Matthew Stott, Eldon appeared in the pilot for a 'sort-of-sketch-show' called Missing Scene. The pilot was written by David Bussell, Matthew Stott and Ben Ricketts and script edited by Alice Lowe.
Eldon appeared as a police sniper in the 2010 film Four Lions.
On the 19th of June 2010 Eldon appeared onstage with Bill Bailey at Bristol Ashton Gate.
In July 2010, he previewed his first one-man stage show, entitled 'Kevin Eldon Is Titting About'. This was released on DVD by independent label Go Faster Stripe in early 2011.
In 2011 he appeared in sketches throughout 'How TV Ruined Your Life'.
[edit] Radio
Eldon made a guest appearance in a special webcast version of Doctor Who in a story called Death Comes to Time, in which he played Antimony, a companion of the Doctor.
Eldon has also written and starred in a series of monologues, collectively entitled Speakers, broadcast on the London art radio station, Resonance FM.[3] The podcasts are available on the station's website. Eldon also features on a CERN podcast and YouTube video with Simon Munnery.
In 2008, Eldon presented Poets' Tree, a four-part 'poetry type programme' for Radio 4, in the character of Paul Hamilton. The series was co-written and edited by Stewart Lee.
Since 2009, Eldon has appeared in two roles in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series ElvenQuest.
In April 2010, Kevin Eldon appeared as a guest actor on Radio 4's Fags, Mags and Bags.
In August 2011, Kevin Eldon appeared in the BBC Radio 4 series, Chain Reaction.
In December 2011, Eldon is scheduled to appear in the BBC Radio 4 series, North by Northamptonshire, alongside Sheila Hancock, Geoffrey Palmer, Mackenzie Crook and Jessica Henwick.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253126/filmoyear
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | RADIO-MANIA (1923)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/436074. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ "Index of /audio/speakers". Resonancearchive1.org.uk. http://www.resonancearchive1.org.uk/audio/speakers. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
[edit] External links
- Kevin Eldon's agent
- Kevin Eldon at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC Hyperdrive website
- CERN Podcast - Kevin Eldon and Simon Munnery visit CERN
- Poet's Tree - Downloads of Kevin's 2008 Radio Series
- Speakers - Downloads of Kevin's Resonance FM Monologues
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