Mike Wozniak
Mike Wozniak | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, writer, actor |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Notable work | Man Down |
Mike Wozniak (1979),[1][2] is a British comedian, writer and actor.
He is best known for portraying Brian in the Channel 4 sitcom Man Down and as a member of the team that make Small Scenes for BBC Radio 4.[3][4]
Early life
Woziniak was born in Oxford and raised in Portsmouth.[5] He has Polish and Welsh ancestry.[6]
Career
Wozniak worked doing live sketch comedy starting in the late 1990s, and began trying stand-up comedy in 2007.[7][8]
He won the Amused Moose Laugh-Off contest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008.[9][10] He was nominated for the if.comedy newcomer award the same year.[9][11][12] Wozniak performed at the Adelaide Fringe in 2009.[7] Wozniak was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Comedy Show in 2013 but lost to Bridget Christie.
Television
Wozniak's first major role in television came when he was cast in the series Man Down in 2013 alongside Greg Davies.[13] He played Brian, a friend to Davies' character, and a straight-laced financial adviser.[13]
In 2015, he wrote a physical comedy starring Kim Cattrall and a troupe of acrobats entitled Ruby Robinson for Sky Arts.[14][15]
Wozniak was on series 11 of Taskmaster, which started broadcast in March 2021.
Film
In 2016, Wozniak played the role of Josh in Alice Lowe's Prevenge.[16]
Wozniak made his directorial debut with a short film entitled Sump, released in 2017 and screened at various film festivals.[3][8]
Podcasts
On his St. Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast, Wozniak plays the role of host Malcolm Durridge. The show focuses on the neighbourhood association newsletter of the fictional UK town of St Elwick's, forced through budgetary cuts to change from a printed edition to the "cheapest alternative": a podcast.[17] Wozniak also appears frequently in different roles on the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast.
Radio
Wozniak has appeared frequently in Tim Key's Late-Night Poetry Programme, notably in the episodes "Accountancy" and "Cuisine".
References
- ^ @thevelvetonion (8 November 2016). "Happy birthday to the newest member of our Oniony family, @mrmikewozniak!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Michael James Wozniak, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007". Retrieved 25 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Mike Wozniak". PBJ Management. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mike Wozniak stars as 'Brian' in new series of 'Man Down'". PBJ Management. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Machynlleth special with Mike Wozniak, retrieved 23 April 2021
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/apr/10/comedian-profile-mike-wozniak-titter-feed
- ^ a b "Edinburgh award-winning stand-up Mike Wozniak comes to Up the Creek, Greenwich". News Shopper. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b McMahon, Vanessa (30 December 2018). "Interview with Mike Wozniak for SUMP (2017)". FilmFestivals.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008". Amused Moose Comedy. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Herring, Richard (23 September 2008). "Warming Up". Richard Herring. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Nominees and Winners". If.Comedy. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Arthur, Tim (15 December 2008). "Best comedy gigs of 2008". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Mike Wozniak on Man Down". ATV Today. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ruby Robinson". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Matt Lipsey directs Ruby Robinson for Sky Arts". Curtis Brown. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Prevenge". Western Edge Pictures. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "St.-Elwick's-Neighbourhood-Association-Newsletter-Posdcast". Anchor.fm. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
External links
- Mike Wozniak on X
- Acting and writing filmography
- St. Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast
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