Seann Walsh
Seann Walsh | |
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Born |
Lewisham, England | 2 December 1985
Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
Years active | 2006-present |
Website | Official website |
Seann Walsh (born 2 December 1985) is an English stand-up comedian and actor.
Career
Walsh is a graduate of Jill Edwards's comedy workshops[1][2] and performed his first gig in November 2006. He won several awards early in his career including Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (2009)[3] and Chortle Best Newcomer (2009).[4] Walsh supported Stephen K. Amos on his 2008/09 Find the Funny and 2009/10 The Feelgood Factor tours,[1][2] as well as at the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festival.
Walsh was resident host at Komedia's Comic Boom in Brighton and has also been an 'audience wrangler' (a more recent version of the traditional warm-up comedian) for QI.[5]
Walsh performed his 2012 show Seann to Be Wild [6] at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured the country with it. He has performed shows with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe named "Ying and Young".[7] His 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show The Lie-In King received good press.[8]
Walsh's stand-up style has been described as "impressively universal, gag-heavy, observational".[8]
Personal life
Walsh was brought up in Brighton.[1][2][9] He left school with one GCSE examination pass, in Drama.[1][2] He is a passionate Queens Park Rangers fan.[10][11]
Appearances
Television
- The Bill – Suspected arsonist (2007)
- Argumental – Team captain since series 4 (2011)
- Grouchy Young Men
- Mock the Week – BBC Two (August 2009, July 2010, June 2011, October 2013)
- Russell Howard's Good News Extra – BBC Three (1 May 2010)
- Big Brother's Big Mouth – E4 (June 2010)
- The 5 O'Clock Show (21 July 2010)
- Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club (20 October 2010)
- Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (October 2010)
- Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People (March 2011)
- Stand Up for the Week (March 2011)
- Good News Week (Australia May 2011)
- 8 Out of 10 Cats (1 July 2011)
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (October 2011, November 2012, November 2013, October 2014)
- Live at the Apollo (Series 7, Episode 1) (2011)
- Mad Mad World (ITV, Spring 2012)
- Celebrity Juice – (ITV2; 2013)
- Seann Walsh World – Comedy Central (2013)
- Big Bad World – Comedy Central (2013) as Eggman
- Virtually Famous – Team captain (2014 till present
- 24 Hours To Go Broke - 2/5 Ireland Dave (20-05-2014)
- Alan Carr's New Year's Specstacular (31 December 2014)
- Play to the Whistle (ITV; 2015) - regular panellist, 7 episode run
- Family Guy (Cox; 2013) - A guest star (Season 12, Episode 3)
- Tonight at the London Palladium (1 June 2016)
Radio
- Loose Ends v BBC Radio 4 (March 2009)
- The Jon Richardson Show – BBC 6 Music (November 2009)
- Nick Grimshaw's Radio Show – BBC Radio 1 (June 2010)
- Matt Forde's Show – Talksport Radio (May & June 2010)
- Act Your Age – BBC Radio 4 (April 2011)
Awards
- Winner: Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2009
- Winner: Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2009
- Second Place: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009
- Runner up: Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008
- Runner up: So You Think You're Funny 2008
References
- 1 2 3 4 Watson, Jonathan (18 July 2013), "Net worth", The Stage: 22–23
- 1 2 3 4 Jonathan Watson (26 July 2013). "Interview: Seann Walsh". JP Watson. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Seann takes comedian of year title". Leicester Mercury. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ "Chortle Awards". Chortle. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ Seann Walsh at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Editor, Spaghetti (2011-11-25). "Spaghetti Gazette - West Midlands UK: Firebox of the Nation: Seann Walsh & Josh Widdicombe - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall: Thursday 1st March 2012". Spaghettigazetti.com. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- 1 2 James Kettle. "Living in Seann Walsh World means having it both ways". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ↑ "Interview: Seann Walsh". The Brighton Source. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ↑ "Seann Walsh". Sky Sports. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ↑ Ian Taylor, "Seann Walsh", The Inside'R', 1 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
External links
- Official website
- Seann Walsh at the Internet Movie Database
- Seann Walsh at Off the Kerb agency
- Seann Walsh on Twitter