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Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982)[1] is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 television film Eric and Ernie.

Daniel Rigby
Born	(1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 (age 39) Stockport, Greater Manchester, England[citation needed]
Education	Cheadle Hulme School
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	2004–present

Early life

Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester.^{[citation needed]} He attended Cheadle Hulme School[2] and then studied performing arts at Stockport College. He then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]

Career

Rigby has worked as a stand-up comedian, having appeared at the Latitude Festival, won the 2007 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and been a nominee for winner of the 2007 So You Think You're Funny competition. In 2007, he moved to television roles with the BBC period drama Lilies.[4] In 2011, Rigby won the BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance as late comedian Eric Morecambe in Eric and Ernie, beating both Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch for their roles as the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes.[5] From 2011 until 2014 Rigby voiced[6] Copenhagen in three Series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy Warhorses of Letters alongside Stephen Fry. He performed in Tom Basden's Holes at the Arcola Theatre in London from 16 July to 9 August 2014 alongside Mathew Baynton.

In 2015 he narrated the reboot of the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.[7] In March 2017 he won the best actor award at the Manchester Theatre Awards for his performance as Alan Turing in Breaking the Code at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.

In 2019 he voiced the title role in the Radio 4 sitcom ReincarNathan, alongside Diane Morgan and Josh Widdicombe.[8]

In 2021 Ribgy wrote and performed the highly rated audiobook novel Isaac Steele and the Forever Man. [9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Flyboys	Ives
2008	Stand Up	John J. Jones	Short film
2011	Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night	Will	Short film
2017	The Kidnapping of Richard Franco	Brian	Short film
2017	Sump	PC Clarke	Short film
2018	Careful How You Go		Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Lilies	Billy Moss	7 episodes
2008	Spooks: Code 9	David	Episode: "Hackers"
2009	The Street	James	Episode: "Past Life"
2011	Ideal	Hugh	Episode: "The Love"
2011	Eric and Ernie	Eric Morecambe	BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
2012–2014	BT adverts	Simon
2013	Agatha Christie's Marple	Canon Prescott	Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery"
2013	Black Mirror	Jamie Salter / Waldo	Episode: "The Waldo Moment"
2013–2014	Big School	Mr. Luke Martin	2 series; 5 episodes
2014	From There to Here	Charlie	3 episodes
2014	That Day We Sang	Mr. Kirkby	TV Movie
2015	Undercover	Dave	6 episodes
2015–2018	Teletubbies	Narrator[7]
2016	Jericho	Charles Blackwood	8 episodes
2016-2018	Flowers	Donald	2 series; 12 episodes
2017	Gap Year	Jotty	Episode: "Kuala Lumpur: The Expats"
2018	Sick Note	Officer Hayward	2 series; 10 episodes
2018	Watership Down	Dandelion	4 episodes
2019	Timewasters	Martin	Episode: #2.1
2019	Defending the Guilty	Phillip	Episode: #1.5
2021	Landscapers	Tony Collier	4 episodes
2022	The Witchfinder	Hebble

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Hamlet
2005	A Midsummer Night's Dream
2005	The Burial at Thebes	Haemon
2006	The White Album	Miles
2009	The Mothwokfantastic	Himself	Performed at Edinburgh Festival
2009	Beyond The Front Line	Welsh soldier
2009	The Music Show		Performed at Just for Laughs
2010	Afterbirth	Himself	Performed at Edinburgh Festival
2010	The Count of Monte Cristo	Edmond Dantès
2011	One Man, Two Guvnors	Alan Dangle
2013	Daniel Rigby: Berk in Progress	Himself	Performed at Edinburgh Festival
2014	Holes	Ian	Arcola Theatre
2016	Breaking the Code	Alan Turing	Royal Exchange Theatre
2017	Twelfth Night	Sir Andrew Aguecheek	Royal National Theatre, Olivier Stage
2018	Frost/Nixon	David Frost	Crucible Theatre
2018	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Bottom	Crucible Theatre

References

External links

• Daniel Rigby at IMDb
• Daniel Rigby at British Comedy Guide
• Daniel Rigby - full credits at pbjmanagement
• 60 Seconds With...Daniel Rigby on YouTube, from BAFTAguru

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Daniel Rigby (6 de diciembre de 1982)[1] es un actor británico.

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