Marek Larwood

Marek Larwood

Marek Larwood (born 2 June 1976) is an English comedian and actor in television, radio and theatre. He is best known for the BBC Three sitcom/sketch show, Rush Hour and for being one third of the comedy trio We Are Klang. Born in Norwich, Larwood has lived in Wales before moving to the Isle of Wight with his father. This often features in his routines with We Are Klang along the theme that he feels that he comes from out of nowhere and people that come from out of nowhere often get hit by cars.

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Stand-up comedy

Larwood won the Laughing Horse New Act of The Year competition in 2003.

Larwood is part of the comic trio, We Are Klang, along with Steve Hall and Greg Davies, who were nominated for an IF.Comedy award at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe festival.[1][2]

Television

Larwood has appeared in the sitcom Extras and the BBC sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive (2007).[1] He also stars in the CBBC show Sorry, I've Got No Head, alongside Anna Crilly and Marcus Brigstocke. In 2007, he appeared as Giacomo Casanova and Milo of Croton in CBBC's Ed and Oucho.

Larwood appeared in the 2008 ITV2 sketch show Laura, Ben & Him, with Ben Willbond and Laura Solon.[1]

He appears in the television series We Are Klang (BBC Three) and Fast and Loose (BBC2).

Films

Larwood made a cameo appearance as an amateur magician in the film Magicians, which starred David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

References

  1. ^ a b c Plunkett, John (2007) "ITV2 picks up Solon sketch show", The Guardian, 10 October 2007, retrieved 2010-11-22
  2. ^ Bunbury, Stephanie (2007) "Insults in flight as Klang mixes it", The Age, 4 April 2007, retrieved 2010-11-22

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