- Smug Roberts
Infobox Comedian
name = Smug Roberts
caption =
pseudonym = Smug Roberts
birth_name = Andy Robert Wilkinson
birth_date = 1960
birth_place=Harpurhey ,Manchester ,England
medium = Stand up,television ,radio
nationality= British
active = 1995–present
genre =Observational comedy ,anecdotes
website = http://www.smugroberts.co.uk/Andy Robert Wilkinson (born 1960), better known by his
stage name Smug Roberts, is an Englishstand up comedian andactor .Born in
Harpurhey , Wilkinson attended North Manchester High for Boys before taking various jobs such as a relief pub landlord and the coach of a football team inToronto . In 1995, he tried stand-up comedy for the first time at The Frog And Bucket comedy club, adopting the stage name "Smug Roberts"; the "smug" came from an event in his life where people teased him for being a "smug bastard" and the "Roberts" was adapted from his middle name.Caroline Aherne and her then-husbandPeter Hook watched his set and she put him in contact with an agent.cite news|author= Maxwell, Tom|title= The comedy gods smile on Roberts|url= http://living.scotsman.com/comedy/The-comedy-gods-smile-on.3662206.jp|work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher= Johnston Press|date= 2008-01-11|accessdate= 2008-03-25] cite news|author= Taylor, Paul|title= Smug laughs off his grief|url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/comedy/s/214/214148_comic_smug_laughs_off_his_grief.html|work=Manchester Evening News |work= M.E.N. Media|date= 2006-05-25|accessdate= 2008-03-25]Six weeks later, Roberts performed his first one-man gig. In 1998, he released the novelty anthem "Meat Pie, Sausage Roll (Come on England, Gi's a Goal)" as "Grandad Roberts", a character from his afternoon radio show on
Key 103 . [cite news|author= Jenkins, Russell|title= Comic's hymn to meat pies sweeps football terraces|work=The Times |publisher= Times Newspapers|date= 1998-01-06] In 2000, he headlined withPaul Merton and John Thomson at the opening night of the Manchester Comedy Store. His appearance there lead to a role in the film "24 Hour Party People " (2002). Roberts has also appeared on television, with recurring roles in "Cutting It " and "Buried". He has appeared in every television production byPeter Kay , except for "Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere ", and is due to appear in Kay's new production, "Britain's Got The Pop Factor...". [cite news|author= Hawkins, Si|title= Five questions for Smug Roberts|url= http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?Five_questions_for_Smug_Roberts&in_article_id=295528|work= Metro|publisher= Associated Newspapers|date= 2008-09-04|accessdate= 2008-09-27]In 2006, he performed "Me Dad's Dead", a one-man play about the death of his father, at the
Edinburgh Festival . In 2008, he became the first stand-up comedian to perform at the Erin Arts Centre on theIsle of Man . A local critic praised his style of anecdotal humour. [cite news|first= John|last= Gregory|title= Smug Roberts: hilarious stories left me with an aching jaw|url= http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-where-when/Smug-Roberts-hilarious-stories-left.3835884.jp|work=Isle of Man Today|publisher= Johnston Press|date= 2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-25]Roberts has two sons and one daughter.
References
External links
* [http://www.smugroberts.co.uk/ Official website]
*imdb name|id= 1177211|name= Smug Roberts
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