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Tom Parry is an English comedian, playwright and actor.

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Tom Parry
Pseudonym	Tomos Parry
Birth name	Thomas Edward Parry
Born	(1980-12-16) 16 December 1980 (age 41)[1]
Medium	Stand-up, sketch, television, podcast
Nationality	English
Years active	2004–present
Genres	Sketch, character, stand-up
Children	1

Career

Stand-up

Parry performed his debut solo show ‘Yellow T-shirt’ at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[2][3] It was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards[4][5] and earned Parry a BBC radio show.[6] It was also nominated for Best Show at the 2016 Chortle Awards.[7]

He has twice appeared on the ‘Quickly Kevin’ podcast with Josh Widdicombe.[8][9] At the 2014 Edinburgh Festival he produced a show for ‘Beasts’ at the Pleasance Courtyard[10] and repeated this in 2015.[11] He was a writer on ITV's sitcom The Job Lot and several series of Great Movie Mistakes on BBC 3.[12]

Pappy’s

He is a member of the sketch troupe Pappy's[13][14] producing podcasts,[15][16] television[17] and stage shows, some of which have been nominated for awards at the Edinburgh Festival.[18]

Film

Parry’s debut screenplay Your Christmas or Mine? was filmed at Pinewood Studios starring Asa Butterfield, and Daniel Mays and available on Amazon Prime Video from 2 December, 2022.

Personal life

Originally from Wolverhampton, Parry studied English and Drama at the University of Kent. His father was a headteacher at Penn Hall school in Wolverhampton.[19][20]

References

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