Tom Basden
Tom Basden (b. England, 1980) is a British actor and comedy writer, and a member of the British four man sketch group Cowards. He has written and performed extensively for comedy shows on the BBC and Channel 4 and often collaborates in two-man shows with fellow Cowards member Tim Key.
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[edit] Education
Basden was educated at King's College School, an independent school for boys in Wimbledon in South West London (in the same year group as actors Khalid Abdalla and Ben Barnes), followed by Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he was Vice President of the Cambridge Footlights.
[edit] Life and career
Basden's one man show at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Tom Basden Won't Say Anything won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer.[1] He also starred with Tim Key in the short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, which won the UK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short Film.[2]
Basden replaced Tim Minchin as the resident musician for the second series of Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better where he appears along with Tim Key and Mark Watson.
He was a guest panellist on the BBC Two programme "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" on Wednesday, 4 November 2009.
| Preceded by Josie Long |
Edinburgh Fringe Best Comedy Newcomer 2007 |
Succeeded by Sarah Millican |
In 2011 he wrote There Is A War starring himself and Phoebe Fox for the National Theatre's Double Feature.
[edit] References
- ^ if.comedy - 2007 winners
- ^ [1] Edinburgh International Film Festival Awards History
