Richard Pyros

Richard Pyros is a British-born Australian actor who first achieved fame in the hit Australian Channel Seven TV show, "Big Bite" which was nominated for two AFI Awards in 2003. Still studying at drama school, Pyros was selected to create an array of characters including the memorably disheveled newsreader, 'Tee Pee Moses', and for his impersonation personalities such as Rob Sitch, Michael Caton, Harry Potter and Detective Lennie Briscoe from "Law & Order".

He subsequently moved into theatre, performing with leading Australian theatre companies including the Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company and Malthouse Theatre. He is an accomplished comedian and writer; his TV writing credits include "BackBerner", "Big Bite", "Comedy Inc." and currently, "Stand Up Australia!" (Foxtel) writing material for host, Cameron Knight. In 2007, Richard toured his show, "Gilgamesh" to the Barbican Theatre, London for the world-renowned 'Bite' season, as well as to The Beijing Oriental Pioneer Theatre, The Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and the Sydney Opera House. His feature film version of " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258186/ Hamlet] " (in which he plays the lead) had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival and his performance was critically acclaimed.

Other film credits include "Noise" by Matthew Saville (official selection, 2007 Sundance Film Festival), "In Your Dreams" by Greg Williams, and "Is God a DJ" by Ben Chessell. He was a member of the comedy troupe 'Enter The Datsun' with Charlie Pickering, Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Clausen, and featured in several Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. In 2003, Pyros was awarded The Irene Mitchell Award for Acting, VCA Drama School.