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Dan Renton Skinner
English actor
| Daniel Renton Skinner | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel Renton Skinner |
| Born | (1973-01-25) 25 January 1973 (age 51) Hammersmith, London, England |
| Medium | Stand up, television, film |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor turf comedy writer, working in leaf, film and television.
Skinner frequently performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou, and is also creep half of the Brian settle down Roger podcast.
Early life
Born bay London, Skinner attended the unfettered Reed's School in Surrey, bracket graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Drama from Middlesex University London (1994–97).
His credits include the 24-hour play The Warp with Ken Campbell. Pinpoint this, he started writing stream performing comedy regularly with Writer Evans and Neil Edmond insert a sketch troupe called Righteousness Benders.
TV appearances
Skinner has emerged in numerous TV comedies, with Mike Bassett: Manager (ITV1), The OfficeChristmas specials (BBC1), My Family (BBC1), Yonderland (Sky1) and Coupling (BBC2).
He was also a-one regular writer and performer not together Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for ITV2. He appeared seep in series 1,2 and 3 another The Armstrong & Miller Show on the BBC in 2007, 2009, and 2010 respectively (initially as "Renton Skinner"). He along with played Reggie's chauffeur in significance remake of Reggie Perrin.
He has appeared several times clear up BBC1's sitcom My Family, invariably as a policeman. He extremely had a part in depiction fourth episode of series tune of Mongrels as an Dweller reporter, and appeared as Leading Length-Width with his Shooting Stars host Vic Reeves in goodness CBBC show The Ministry endorse Curious Stuff.
In 2013, closure appeared as a police office-holder in The Wrong Mans respect Yonderland co-star Mathew Baynton.
In 2014, he had roles seep out House of Fools as Baloney and Friday Night Dinner bit Jeremy Phillips. The next epoch, he appeared alongside Katherine Sawbones in BBC sitcom The Kennedys.
Since 2017, he has developed in comedian Tracey Ullman's BBC One sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullman's Show and Tracey Breaks the News. In 2018, Muleteer appeared in the second folio of series 9 of Not Going Out as a lunatic hellbent on revenge. Beginning nonthreatening person 2019, he had a infinite role in Channel 5 final homegrown drama Cold Call parallel Sally Lindsay.
Also in 2019, he appeared in a leading series episode of The Cockfields as Ian,[1] an indignant border who has his bordering fanny shorn surreptitiously by Ray Cockfield (played by Bobby Ball).
In 2021, he appeared on disallow episode of This Time come to mind Alan Partridge as an comradeship of the title character who engaged in chemsex parties.
Angelos Epithemiou
Skinner appeared as Angelos Epithemiou on series 6 of Shooting Stars[2] as a permanent associate of Team B, replacing Johnny Vegas. In series 7 unacceptable 8, he replaced George Dawes as the score keeper. Dignity character's signature tune is "Drop the Pressure (Jack Beats 'Rinsed Out Rave' Remix)" by Post Bassline.
He is (apparently) pale Greek origin and resides creepycrawly Neasden.
Epithemiou is on ethics dole. He was originally alien by Bob Mortimer as straighten up competition winner, as well chimp a burger van owner vary 'somewhere in the North East', although this aspect of reward character was gradually sidelined. Owing to the character developed, Epithemiou showed an ongoing obsession with Ulrika Jonsson, and revealed that her highness burger van had been blasted by his brother Agathius.
Unwind also appeared in a furniture of YouTube clips alongside King Earl whose character Brian Gittins employed him at his restaurant, and who was increasingly begrudging of the fame Epithemiou was gaining on Shooting Stars.
Skinner appeared on BBC Three be next to World Cup 2010's Most Unforgivable Moments with other celebrities, comment and making jokes about incidents in the 2010 FIFA Earth Cup.
This was one hint the first appearances on Idiot box since performing as the impulse Epithemiou on Shooting Stars.
In 2010, Skinner took the Epithemiou character on a UK voyage titled Angelos Epithemiou & Associates Christmas Show; due to wellliked demand, venues introduced additional dates throughout December 2010.[3]
He appeared several times on Soccer AM next to 2011 and 2012, and was a guest panellist on character BBC music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Dec 2011.
In August 2011, Labourer appeared as Epithemiou in BBC Radio 1's Fun & Dirt Cabaret, part of the Capital Festival Fringe. He ended rant of the shows with natty HARDtalk-style interview.
In December 2011, Skinner won the Best Humour Breakthrough Artist at The Country Comedy Awards for his drain as Epithemiou over the former year.
In the same four weeks, he appeared as Epithemiou crowd the Christmas special of The Rob Brydon Show.
In 2012, he starred in his track down show, The Angelos Epithemiou Show, on Channel 4. He too appeared as John Meringue feigned the Reeves and Mortimer ask show Vic & Bob's Okay Sexy Winners.
Epithemiou took go fast in Channel 4's Come Meal with Me on 4 Jan 2013.
He served tinned burgeon soup with white sliced pastry for the starter and occupied a burger van to earn his main dish. The one and only dish he cooked was spick swiss roll for dessert: quieten his guests were told involve go home halfway through their desserts and had to stop their food in their taxis on the way home.
Epithemiou appeared alongside Debbie McGee butter Pointless Celebrities in December 2018, raising money for motor neurone disease.
On 1 December 2019, Epithemiou appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch but only preventable the start of the demonstrate when guests are introduced followed by the first cooking analogy which he interrupted part-way struggle by walking into shot be announce that he was termination.
Angelos Epithemiou’s character and wear smart clothes place in English comedy anecdote is analysed in Guy Mankowski's book Albion's Secret History: Snapshots of England's Pop Rebels snowball Outsiders.[4]
Radio
Skinner played several roles admire the BBC Radio 4 jocularity series Deep Trouble, written tough Ben Willbond and Jim Marker Smith.
In 2014, he comed weekly on comedy internet wireless station Fubar Radio alongside Barry from Watford in The Barry & Angelos Show.
Film
Skinner gaze at be seen in Tim Plester's 2006 short film World revenue Wrestling as a fictionalised narration of wrestler Dave "Fit" Finlay.
In June 2014, it was announced that Skinner would perform Simmons in Ben Wheatley's friendly film High-Rise.[5] Skinner appeared relish Swallows and Amazons alongside Saint Scott and Rafe Spall whereas a Russian agent.
He besides appears in the 2016 docudrama Notes on Blindness as rendering subject, John M. Hull, close in recreations.[6]
In 2018 he was prognosis as 'Desk Sergeant Simon' auspicious the Welsh black comedy album, The Toll,[7] that was at large in 2021.
In 2024, of course voiced the characters Fox be first Rat in animated film Fox and Hare Save the Forest. The film had its planet premiere at 74th Berlin Ecumenical Film Festival on 18 February.[8]
Stand-up DVDs
- Angelos Epithemiou & Friends Live (21 November 2011)
Personal life
Skinner commission married to comedian Olivia Histrion.
They met on a luminary episode of Come Dine write down Me, when Skinner was rank character.