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DAVE THOMPSON
Training:
Academic: BA Hons in Theatre, Dartington College of Arts. (Graduated with upper second, July '82).
Skills: Martial arts - 4th Dan in Ki Aikido.
Languages: English (mother tongue), Hungarian (Beginner), German/French (very basic).
Accents: Received Pronunciation. London, West Country.
Driving experience: Car, van, bicycle. Full clean driving licence.
FEATURE FILM:
2010 Huge - Martin Luckhurst.
2006 I Want Candy - Magnum man.
1999 Maybe Baby - Dave the comedian/Mrs Furblob
TELEVISION:
2001 - 2012 Harry Hill’s TV Burp - ITV1 - Various roles
2012 A Short History of Everything Else - Channel Four - Self.
2011 Al Murray’s My Favourite Year - Channel Four - Self.
2010 Greatest Christmas TV Moments - Channel 5 - Self
2009 Whatever Happened to Gayle Tuesday - Samir.
2008 Sky Comedy Close-Up, Sky, directed by Matt Harris - Self.
2006 Harry Hill’s Hot News - Pony Tarsons.
2005 Harry Hill’s Shark Infested Custard - ITV1 - Various roles.
2005 Blessed - BBC1 - Concerned man.
2004 Top 100 Christmas Moments - C5 - Self.
2004 An Audience With Harry Hill - Channel Four - Big Stouffer.
2003 The All New Harry Hill Show - Channel Four - (Series 2) - Various roles.
2003 100 Worst Pop Songs - Channel Four - Self.
2002 Time Gentlemen Please (Series 2) - Sky One - Dave.
2002 The All New Harry Hill Show - Various roles.
2002 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Self.
2001 I Love the Nineties - BBC1 - Self.
2001 Time Gentlemen Please Sky One - Dave.
1998 TV Unzipped - Channel Four - Self.
1998 Comedy Lab: Paul Zenon’s Turning Tricks - Channel Four - Bouncer.
1998 The Harry Hill Show - Channel Four - Various roles.
1998 MTV Hot with Justin Lee Collins - MTV - Four episodes - Justin’s father.
1998 In Your Dreams - Channel Four - Self.
1997 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea - CBS - The Lion.
1997 The Trojan Horse - CBS - The Lion.
1997 Funny Business - ITV - Self.
1997 The Paul Ross Show - ITV - Self.
1997 Not The Jack Docherty Show - Channel 5 - Self.
1997 The Comedy Network - Channel 5 - Self.
1996 Teletubbies - BBC - Tinky Winky.
1993 Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies - BBC2 - Various Characters in all 6 episodes.
1989 The Bill - Just a Little Run Around - ITV - Police Constable.
1988 First Born - BBC1- Military Policeman.
1988 Casualty - BBC1 - Dr Trip.
COMMERCIALS:
2008 Commercial ‘School’s Out’ - Hero.
1999 Commercial ‘Cub Leader’ - Hero.
1994 Commercial ‘Happy Couple’- Hero.
1992 Commercial ‘Rooftops’ - Hero.
1992 Commercial ‘Deck Chair Man’ - Hero.
1990 Commercial ‘Library’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Hosiery’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Matterhorn’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Shower’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Heaters’ - Hero.
TRAINING FILM:
1994 The Golden Opportunity (Out Takes) - The Clerk, (Lead).
DVD:
2005 Hooves, Harry Hill Live Tour DVD - Various roles.
RADIO:
2007 The Language of Laughter - BBC Radio 4 with Kate Taylor
1999 The Nicky Campbell Show - BBC Radio 5 Live
1998 The Gerry Ryan Show - Radio Telefis Eireann.
1997 The Mary Anne Hobbs Show - BBC Radio 1 FM
1997 The James Whale Show - Talk Radio
1987 Cabaret Upstairs - BBC Radio 4 - Wrote and performed stand-up comedy routine.
(Plus numerous appearances on British local radio, Swedish National Radio, and BBC World Service).
STAGE:
2009 The Madman and The Nun by Stanislaw Witkacy - Witkacy Festival London.
2008 The Wonderbus Tour - A Woman, The Greek Bloke.
2005 Hooves, Harry Hill Live Tour of UK - Various roles.
2003 Wild Horses, Harry Hill Live Tour of UK - Various roles.
2002 The Greatest Show On Legs - Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal - Self.
2001 Birdstrike, Harry Hill in West End run and on tour - Various roles.
1997 ‘Livingston The Literacy Lion’ - Promotional stage appearances 1995 ‘Kluub Zarathustra,’ A Dadaist Cabaret, London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Co-writer and performer.
1995 ‘The Milkworm’ - A one man show written, directed, and performed by me - London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
1990 ‘Lulu’, adapted by Steve Gooch from Frank Wedekind’s ‘The Lulu Plays’. Directed by Jonathan Holloway. Red Shift Theatre Company.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Battersea Arts Centre, and provincial tour. Schwarz, Rodrigo, and Kungu-Poti.
STAND UP COMEDY:
Working continuously as a stand up comedian (inlcuding London's ‘Jongleurs’, and ‘The Comedy Store’). Overseas work includes Ireland, France, Sweden, The Falklands, Holland, The Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, South Africa, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Malta, Egypt, Cruise Ships, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Luxembourg, and The USA. Three tours of Northern Ireland for Combined Services Entertainment.
Training:
Academic: BA Hons in Theatre, Dartington College of Arts. (Graduated with upper second, July '82).
Skills: Martial arts - 4th Dan in Ki Aikido.
Languages: English (mother tongue), Hungarian (Beginner), German/French (very basic).
Accents: Received Pronunciation. London, West Country.
Driving experience: Car, van, bicycle. Full clean driving licence.
FEATURE FILM:
2010 Huge - Martin Luckhurst.
2006 I Want Candy - Magnum man.
1999 Maybe Baby - Dave the comedian/Mrs Furblob
TELEVISION:
2001 - 2012 Harry Hill’s TV Burp - ITV1 - Various roles
2012 A Short History of Everything Else - Channel Four - Self.
2011 Al Murray’s My Favourite Year - Channel Four - Self.
2010 Greatest Christmas TV Moments - Channel 5 - Self
2009 Whatever Happened to Gayle Tuesday - Samir.
2008 Sky Comedy Close-Up, Sky, directed by Matt Harris - Self.
2006 Harry Hill’s Hot News - Pony Tarsons.
2005 Harry Hill’s Shark Infested Custard - ITV1 - Various roles.
2005 Blessed - BBC1 - Concerned man.
2004 Top 100 Christmas Moments - C5 - Self.
2004 An Audience With Harry Hill - Channel Four - Big Stouffer.
2003 The All New Harry Hill Show - Channel Four - (Series 2) - Various roles.
2003 100 Worst Pop Songs - Channel Four - Self.
2002 Time Gentlemen Please (Series 2) - Sky One - Dave.
2002 The All New Harry Hill Show - Various roles.
2002 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Self.
2001 I Love the Nineties - BBC1 - Self.
2001 Time Gentlemen Please Sky One - Dave.
1998 TV Unzipped - Channel Four - Self.
1998 Comedy Lab: Paul Zenon’s Turning Tricks - Channel Four - Bouncer.
1998 The Harry Hill Show - Channel Four - Various roles.
1998 MTV Hot with Justin Lee Collins - MTV - Four episodes - Justin’s father.
1998 In Your Dreams - Channel Four - Self.
1997 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea - CBS - The Lion.
1997 The Trojan Horse - CBS - The Lion.
1997 Funny Business - ITV - Self.
1997 The Paul Ross Show - ITV - Self.
1997 Not The Jack Docherty Show - Channel 5 - Self.
1997 The Comedy Network - Channel 5 - Self.
1996 Teletubbies - BBC - Tinky Winky.
1993 Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies - BBC2 - Various Characters in all 6 episodes.
1989 The Bill - Just a Little Run Around - ITV - Police Constable.
1988 First Born - BBC1- Military Policeman.
1988 Casualty - BBC1 - Dr Trip.
COMMERCIALS:
2008 Commercial ‘School’s Out’ - Hero.
1999 Commercial ‘Cub Leader’ - Hero.
1994 Commercial ‘Happy Couple’- Hero.
1992 Commercial ‘Rooftops’ - Hero.
1992 Commercial ‘Deck Chair Man’ - Hero.
1990 Commercial ‘Library’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Hosiery’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Matterhorn’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Shower’ - Hero.
1988 Commercial ‘Heaters’ - Hero.
TRAINING FILM:
1994 The Golden Opportunity (Out Takes) - The Clerk, (Lead).
DVD:
2005 Hooves, Harry Hill Live Tour DVD - Various roles.
RADIO:
2007 The Language of Laughter - BBC Radio 4 with Kate Taylor
1999 The Nicky Campbell Show - BBC Radio 5 Live
1998 The Gerry Ryan Show - Radio Telefis Eireann.
1997 The Mary Anne Hobbs Show - BBC Radio 1 FM
1997 The James Whale Show - Talk Radio
1987 Cabaret Upstairs - BBC Radio 4 - Wrote and performed stand-up comedy routine.
(Plus numerous appearances on British local radio, Swedish National Radio, and BBC World Service).
STAGE:
2009 The Madman and The Nun by Stanislaw Witkacy - Witkacy Festival London.
2008 The Wonderbus Tour - A Woman, The Greek Bloke.
2005 Hooves, Harry Hill Live Tour of UK - Various roles.
2003 Wild Horses, Harry Hill Live Tour of UK - Various roles.
2002 The Greatest Show On Legs - Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal - Self.
2001 Birdstrike, Harry Hill in West End run and on tour - Various roles.
1997 ‘Livingston The Literacy Lion’ - Promotional stage appearances 1995 ‘Kluub Zarathustra,’ A Dadaist Cabaret, London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Co-writer and performer.
1995 ‘The Milkworm’ - A one man show written, directed, and performed by me - London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
1990 ‘Lulu’, adapted by Steve Gooch from Frank Wedekind’s ‘The Lulu Plays’. Directed by Jonathan Holloway. Red Shift Theatre Company.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Battersea Arts Centre, and provincial tour. Schwarz, Rodrigo, and Kungu-Poti.
STAND UP COMEDY:
Working continuously as a stand up comedian (inlcuding London's ‘Jongleurs’, and ‘The Comedy Store’). Overseas work includes Ireland, France, Sweden, The Falklands, Holland, The Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, South Africa, Slovakia, Croatia, Spain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Malta, Egypt, Cruise Ships, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Luxembourg, and The USA. Three tours of Northern Ireland for Combined Services Entertainment.