Stephen K. Amos

Stephen K. Amos is a British stand-up comedian. A regular on the London comedy circuit, he is a highly regarded compere, as well as a skillful act in his own right.He has attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year since his debut solo show in 2001.

Performances and tours

He has performed stand-up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year since 2003, after making his début in 2001. 2006 was arguably his busiest Fringe to date.

During the 2006 run, he performed the revealing solo show "All Of Me", in which he publicly acknowledged his own homosexuality to his audience for the first time, hosted a chat show on weekends (in addition to his own show), performed as a guest at various extra festival shows such as Spank! and performed daily in Stewart Lee's production of Eric Bogosian's play "Talk Radio".

Away from the fringe, Amos is a regular performer at The Comedy Store, London, featuring on the bill several evenings each month as well as various other venues around central London.

Amos appeared in the Australian Great Comedy Debate in 2006 for the negative team. In May 2007, he appeared at the New Zealand International Comedy festival. He performed at the 2007 class clowns state final in South Australia.

Television appearances

While in Australia for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2007, Amos also appeared on the Network Ten improvisational comedy, "Thank God You're Here"; the ABC game show, "Spicks and Specks"; and the Mad Monday edition of the Channel 9 game show, "Bert's Family Feud"

Back in his native UK, Amos has appeared as a guest on panel shows such as Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, and And Then You Die.

In March 2007, his documentary on homophobia in the black British community and Jamaica, "Batty Man", was broadcast by Channel 4.

He made a guest appearance as Jimi Hendrix on the third episode of the BBC Three show, "Snuff Box". He has also appeared in Rich Hall's Cattle Drive, Eastenders, and as a featured performer on the BBC's "Live at the Apollo" after Dara Ó Briain and before Frankie Boyle. Amos has the distinction of being one of the few stand up comics chosen to appear at the 2007 Royal Variety Performance.As an actor he performed in both the Edinburgh Fringe & London runs of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Personal life

Amos lives in South-West London. He is also openly gay. [ [http://partyxtraz.blogspot.com/2007/04/gay-comedian-stephen-k-amos-interviews.html Partyxtraz.com .Reggae and Dancehall News: Gay comedian Stephen K Amos interviews Elephant Man ] ] [ [http://www.channel4learning.com/support/programmenotes/micro/battyman/index.html Learning - Batty Man ] ] He is a celebrity supporter for the British Red Cross where he is interested in their work with refugees. [http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=79469]

He is represented by Lisa White of Glorious Talent. [http://www.glorioustalent.co.uk]

Noteable Shows

*"100 Greatest Things Ever" (2005)
*"All Of Me" (2006)
*"More Of Me" (2007)
*"Find The Funny" (2008)For One Night Only (2008)

References

External links

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* [http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/s/200/stephen_k_amos Chortle profile]
* [http://www.theedinburghblog.co.uk/edinburgh-festivals/stephen-k-amos-more-of-me-edinburgh-festival-fringe-review/08-19-2007/index.html Review of Stephen K Amos at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007]
*" [http://www.channel4learning.com/support/programmenotes/micro/battyman/index.html Batty Man] " - Channel 4