Greg Davies

Greg Davies is an English comedian who performs stand-up and as one third of the sketch group We Are Klang whose debut at Edinburgh picked up the Spirit of the Fringe award in 2004 cite web| url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/artist/comedy-1524/greg-davies-10784/ | publisher=Spoonfed.co.uk| title=Greg Davies | date=2008-09-29 | accessdate=2008-09-29] . He was recently the continuity announcer for UK cable and satellite channel Paramount Comedy, and can also be seen on the CBBC Channel playing characters such as William Shakespeare and Guy Fawkes alongside Ed Petrie and talking cactus Oucho. His other television appearances [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2680080/ Greg Davies at the Internet Movie Database] ] include playing W.G. Grace on Channel 4 cricket idents. Davies is currently appearing in the E4 series The Inbetweeners playing the "psychotic" head of sixth form. Davies has previously mentioned in his stand up that he himself was a teacher for thirteen years; he taught Drama at Sandhurst Comprehensive School, English at Langleywood Secondary School, and Drama at Orleans Park School.

When he's not doing stand-up, he writes and performs regularly on radio and TV programmes such as BBC New Talent, Stand Up Britain and ITV's Take the Mike.cite web| url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/artist/comedy-1524/greg-davies-10784/ | publisher=Spoonfed.co.uk| title=Greg Davies | date=2008-09-29 | accessdate=2008-09-29]

Davies is noted for his size, standing at 6 feet 8 tall [ [http://www.goldmanking.com/Greg-Davies-biog.html Biography at Goldman King Management] ] , and having size 16 feet. He recently appeared as a guest panellist in the satrical show Mock the Week [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cpstr Mock the Week, Series 6, Episode 3] ] . He has also appeared on 8 out of 10 Cats.

Awards

In 2002, Davies won the Laughing Horse New Act of The Year competition and was a finalist in So You Think You're Funny.

In 2003, he was a runner up in ITV's 'Take the mike' competition and a finalist in the Leicester Mercury New Act of The Year competition. He was nominated for Best New Act of the Year in the 2003 Chortle comedy awards.

In 2006, Davies was nominated for an if.comedy award as part of We Are Klang.

In 2007, Davies was nominated three times in the Chortle Awards, in the category 'Breakthrough Act' (for his solo stand-up act), 'Best sketch, variety or character act' and 'Best full-length show' (both as part of sketch team We Are Klang) [ [http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/02/05/4985/ Chortle Awards 2007 nominations] ] .

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