Colin Hoult

Colin is known for working with Ricky Gervais on Derek (Channel 4) where he played the obnoxious handyman Geoff. Previously he appeared in Life's Too Short (BBC2) as camp spiritual guru Bryan, also written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. He also played the geeky vampire Crumb in the final series of BBC Three's successful paranormal drama Being Human and with Paul Whitehouse as PC Terry in Nurse (BBC2). More recently he appeared as a variety of celebrities in BBC3's award-winning Murder In Successville, playing Ian Mckellen, Gary Barlow, David Tennant, and Jimmy Carr. Colin has also appeared in a variety of comedy and drama shows including The Javone Prince Show, London Irish, Benidorm, Hetty Feather, Walliams and Friend, and the Job Lot. He is a regular writer and actor on radio, having written and performed in two series of Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters. Colin is well known as on the comedy circuit as one of the countries best character comedians. His live shows have received great critical acclaim and a loyal following, his most recent being Anna Mann; a Sketch Show for Depressives starring his most loved character, has-been actress Anna Mann. The show will be appearing at the Soho Theatre in November.