Niall Ashdown

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Niall Ashdown is a comedian, actor, improvisor and writer.

He has previously improvised in such television shows as Lifegame, Animo, Improbable Tales at the Nottingham Playhouse, Impropera and with the Comedy Store Players. He has written and performed two acclaimed solo shows, Hungarian Bird Festival and The Man Who Would Be Sting and is in Note to Tale, am excellent work with improvising classical quintet Between the Notes. Ashdown was the creator of the popular 'Robbo' Robson character who blogged on the BBC Sport website for nine years, finishing in 2010.

Ashdown has also appeared in Chambers, Swiss Toni, and, as writer/performer , Barking and Confessions.

Ashdown briefly appeared in the original British version of Whose Line is it Anyway?, appearing in Series 7 episode 3 and 11 and episodes 8, 9 and 13 of Series 8.

His radio work includes that he has co-written and was included in two series of Losers for BBC Radio 4 and in the radio play, Tunnel Vision, and has previously written poetry for Radio 3's The Verb. He is also Wilf's Dad. He is also the voice of Match of the Day's Thunderbird puppet Alan Hansen.

Niall has brown hair and brown eyes, and is about 5"8.

Spouse: Rebecca Ashdown (marital name).

External links

• Niall Ashdown at the Internet Movie Database

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