Simon Day

Simon Day

Simon Day (born 7 June 1962) is a British comedian most famous for his roles in the sketch show "The Fast Show", sitcom "Grass" and a series of comedic adverts for Powergen. He has appeared on the 2004 Christmas episode of EastEnders as a taxi driver. He has also appeared in "Run Fatboy Run" as a wicked man in the card playing scene.

Simon rose to fame as a stand up comic, winning the Time Out new act of the year in 1991 with his legendary music hall character Tommy Cockles. He then appeared on the BBC One show Paramount City as a weekly guest. He continued working live all over England before joining up with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for two tours and two series of Big Night Out. He continued to work with Vic Reeves throughout the Nineties.

In 1994 he appeared as a cast regular in [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/21728 Saturday Zoo] , Channel 4's Saturday night extravaganza where he appeared as his groundbreaking white rapper Ice Pick. TV credits include Heartbeat, Jonathan Creek, Sensitive Skin, Love Soup and Driving School. Film credits include Shakespeare in Love, which garnered eight oscars, in which he played a ferryman on the Thames.

He collaborated with The Transit Kings in 2005/2006 on their soaring ambient track "The Last Lighthouse Keeper" which appears on their debut album "Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God".

He is also well known for playing Geoff, an alcoholic car salesman in the TV sitcom: "Swiss Toni", also starring Charlie Higson and Rhys Thomas as his colleagues.

After failing to pass his driving test for charity during the 2003 Comic Relief Programme, Simon later went on to gain an automatic driving licence.

Fast Show roles

*Antonios Gubba, from Chanel 9
*Billy Bleach
*Carl Hooper
*Competitive Dad
*Dave Angel, Eco-Warrior
*John Actor, who plays Inspector Monkfish
*Tommy Cockles
*Gideon Soames, architecture expert

External links

*imdb name|id=0206588|name=Simon Day
* [http://www.ff.e-mansion.com/~phobos/FASTSHOW/SimonDay.htm Japanese site with pictures of characters he plays]
* [http://magneton.hut.fi/Q/horse/files/fastshow_scripts/gideon.htm Site containing complete scripts for Day's Gideon Soames sketches]


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