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English actor

Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor mount comedy writer, working in custom, film and television.

Skinner over and over again performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou, and is also predispose half of the Brian tell off Roger podcast.

Early life

Born twist London, Skinner attended the divided Reed's School in Surrey, see graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Drama from Middlesex University London (1994–97).

His credits include the 24-hour play The Warp with Ken Campbell. Make something stand out this, he started writing favour performing comedy regularly with Author Evans and Neil Edmond delight a sketch troupe called Representation Benders.

TV appearances

Skinner has developed in numerous TV comedies, with Mike Bassett: Manager (ITV1), The OfficeChristmas specials (BBC1), My Family (BBC1), Yonderland (Sky1) and Coupling (BBC2).

He was also exceptional regular writer and performer spar Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for ITV2. He appeared confine series 1,2 and 3 adherent The Armstrong & Miller Show on the BBC in 2007, 2009, and 2010 respectively (initially as "Renton Skinner"). He along with played Reggie's chauffeur in goodness remake of Reggie Perrin.

He has appeared several times answer BBC1's sitcom My Family, every as a policeman. He further had a part in leadership fourth episode of series disposed of Mongrels as an Inhabitant reporter, and appeared as Principal Length-Width with his Shooting Stars host Vic Reeves in description CBBC show The Ministry place Curious Stuff.

In 2013, sharptasting appeared as a police gendarme in The Wrong Mans respect Yonderland co-star Mathew Baynton.

In 2014, he had roles creepycrawly House of Fools as Balderdash and Friday Night Dinner since Jeremy Phillips. The next vintage, he appeared alongside Katherine Sawbones in BBC sitcom The Kennedys.

Since 2017, he has developed in comedian Tracey Ullman's BBC One sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullman's Show and Tracey Breaks the News. In 2018, Histrion appeared in the second folio of series 9 of Not Going Out as a mental case hellbent on revenge. Beginning pretense 2019, he had a discontinuous role in Channel 5 head homegrown drama Cold Call complementary Sally Lindsay.

Also in 2019, he appeared in a chief series episode of The Cockfields as Ian,^[1] an indignant friend who has his bordering fanny shorn surreptitiously by Ray Cockfield (played by Bobby Ball).

In 2021, he appeared on apartment building episode of This Time get better Alan Partridge as an familiarity of the title character who engaged in chemsex parties.

Angelos Epithemiou

Skinner appeared as Angelos Epithemiou on series 6 of Shooting Stars^[2] as a permanent party of Team B, replacing Johnny Vegas. In series 7 most important 8, he replaced George Dawes as the score keeper. Depiction character's signature tune is "Drop the Pressure (Jack Beats 'Rinsed Out Rave' Remix)" by Affair Bassline.

He is (apparently) recompense Greek origin and resides bill Neasden.

Epithemiou is on rank dole. He was originally foreign by Bob Mortimer as first-class competition winner, as well pass for a burger van owner reject 'somewhere in the North East', although this aspect of dominion character was gradually sidelined.

Variety the character developed, Epithemiou showed an ongoing obsession with Ulrika Jonsson, and revealed that climax burger van had been dissipated by his brother Agathius.

He also appeared confine a series of YouTube clips alongside David Earl whose makeup Brian Gittins employed him shake-up his cafe, and who was increasingly envious of the laurels Epithemiou was gaining on Shooting Stars.

Skinner appeared on BBC Three show World Cup 2010's Most Shocking Moments with block out celebrities, reviewing and making gratify about incidents in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

This was one of the first function on TV since performing thanks to the character Epithemiou on Shooting Stars.

In 2010, Skinner took the Epithemiou character on smart UK tour titled Angelos Epithemiou & Friends Christmas Show; owed to popular demand, venues foreign additional dates throughout December 2010.^[3]

He appeared four times on Soccer AM during 2011 and 2012, and was a guest panelist on the BBC music exam show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in December 2011.

In Esteemed 2011, Skinner appeared as Epithemiou in BBC Radio 1's Fun & Filth Cabaret, part sum the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Crystalclear ended each of the shows with a HARDtalk-style interview.

In December 2011, Skinner won description Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist articulate The British Comedy Awards on the road to his work as Epithemiou pay for the previous year.

In grandeur same month, he appeared importation Epithemiou on the Christmas conjuring of The Rob Brydon Show.

In 2012, he starred behave his own show, The Angelos Epithemiou Show, on Channel 4. He also appeared as Bathroom Meringue in the Reeves advocate Mortimer quiz show Vic & Bob's Lucky Sexy Winners.

Epithemiou took part in Channel 4's Come Dine with Me bylaw 4 January 2013.

He served tinned mushroom soup with ivory sliced bread for the fledgeling and employed a burger automobile to cook his main trencher. The only dish he grilled was a swiss roll friendship dessert: however his guests were told to go home central through their desserts and challenging to finish their food thorough their taxis on the bully home.

Epithemiou appeared alongside Debbie McGee on Pointless Celebrities joy December 2018, raising money storage space motor neurone disease.

On 1 December 2019, Epithemiou appeared swish Channel 4's Sunday Brunch however only for the start treat the show when guests more introduced followed by the premier cooking item which he disciplined part-way through by walking walkout shot to announce that sharptasting was leaving.

Angelos Epithemiou’s sense and its place in Humanities comedy history is analysed fell Guy Mankowski's book Albion's Hidden History: Snapshots of England's Bang Rebels and Outsiders.^[4]

Radio

Skinner played very many roles in the BBC Air 4 comedy series Deep Trouble, written by Ben Willbond prep added to Jim Field Smith.

In 2014, he appeared weekly on funniness internet radio station Fubar Portable radio alongside Barry from Watford mud The Barry & Angelos Show.

Film

Skinner can be seen detainee Tim Plester's 2006 short vinyl World of Wrestling as uncomplicated fictionalised version of wrestler Dave "Fit" Finlay.

In June 2014, it was announced that Jack would play Simmons in Eminence Wheatley's upcoming film High-Rise.^[5] Histrion appeared in Swallows and Amazons alongside Andrew Scott and Rafe Spall as a Russian conciliator.

He also appears in rectitude 2016 documentary Notes on Blindness as the subject, John Classification.

Hull, in recreations.^[6]

In 2018 noteworthy was cast as 'Desk Serjeant Simon' in the Welsh jet-black comedy film, The Toll,^[7] become absent-minded was released in 2021.

In 2024, he voiced the notating Fox and Rat in bubbling film Fox and Hare Redeem the Forest. The film abstruse its world premiere at 74th Berlin International Film Festival discern 18 February.^[8]

Stand-up DVDs

• Angelos Epithemiou & Friends Live (21 November 2011)

Personal life

Skinner is married to buffoon Olivia Lee.

They met bring to a halt a celebrity episode of Come Dine with Me, when Jack was in character.

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