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Jamie Demetriou (Greek: Τζέιμι Δημητρίου; born November 1987) is an English comedian, actor and screenwriter.[1] He is best known for his role as Bus Rodent in Fleabag and for creating, co-writing, and starring in Stath Lets Flats. For the latter, he won Best Male Actor in a Comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2020 BAFTA Awards.

Jamie Demetriou
Born	(1987-11-01) 1 November 1987 (age 35) Friern Barnet, London, England
Occupation	Comedian actor screenwriter
Relatives	Natasia Demetriou (sister)

Early life

Demetriou was born in the Friern Barnet area of London[2] the son of an English mother and Greek-Cypriot father.[3] His elder sister, Natasia Demetriou, is a comedian and actress with whom he often collaborates.[4] He attended The Compton School in North Finchley and joined the Chickenshed Theatre in Southgate, then attended Bristol University.[5]

Career

Demetriou's student revue show Bristol Revunions received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2009 to 2011.[6] His one-man multi-character show People Day later drew a comparison with Steve Coogan in The Independent.[7]

Comedic television acting credits include Scrotal Recall, Drunk History,[8] Tracey Ullman's Show, Fleabag, and Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats in which he stars with his sister Natasia Demetriou. Stath Lets Flats was also written by Jamie (with first 3 episodes co written by Look Around You and Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper) and also stars Katy Wix and Dustin Demri-Burns.[9] In 2019, Demetriou was nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Stath Lets Flats – Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme and Best Scripted Comedy (as producer). In 2020, he won a hat-trick of BAFTAs – Best Writer: Comedy, Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, and Best Scripted Comedy (as producer).[10]

He has appeared on Scroobius Pip's Distraction Pieces Podcast[11] and the Brian Gittins and Friends podcast,[12] as well as BBC Radio 4 Show Fresh From the Fringe.[13]

Demetriou also appeared in Paddington 2 as The Professor.[14]

Demetriou voiced Moriarty in the 2018 computer animated film Sherlock Gnomes, opposite Johnny Depp as the eponymous detective,[15] and appeared in the music video for "Nightmares" by Easy Life.[16]

In 2019, he appeared as celebrity chef Ralphy Moore in an episode of This Time with Alan Partridge, causing Alan to have a major allergic reaction by accidentally serving him oysters.[17] He also provided the voice of a phone in caller in another episode.[18] That same year he appeared in sister Natasia's comedy sketch show pilot Ellie & Natasia and played Marcus in the American miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral, an adaption of the 1994 British film of the same name.

He performed stand-up in character as Andy on Harry Hill's Clubnite in November 2019.

In 2020, he appeared in The Great alongside Elle Fanning, the comedy TV series Miracle Workers, and played a small role in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.[19]

In 2021 he has appeared in Disney's Cruella and in the biographical film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.

In 2022, he was in the main cast of the Chris Miller show The Afterparty on Apple TV+, and voiced the angel Fingers on the Netflix show Dead End: Paranormal Park.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Bill	Sergio
2016	The Darkest Universe	Jack
2017	Paddington 2	The Professor
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Moriarty (voice)
2018	Game Over, Man!	Mr. Ahmad
2019	Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans	Dimidius
2020	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	Kevin Swain
2021	Cruella	Gerald
2021	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Richard Caton Woodville Jr.
2022	Pinocchio	Headmaster
2022	Catherine Called Birdy	Etienne
2023	Barbie		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Anna & Katy	Warren	Also writer (3 episodes)
2013	Jamie Demetriou: Channel 4 Comedy Blaps	Various	Also writer
2013–2015	BBC Comedy Feeds	Various
2014	The Midnight Beast	Terror Moses	Also writer (6 episodes) Episode: "Going Solo"
2014	Uncle	Fresh	Episode: "Nephew"
2014	Rev.	Interviewer
2014	Morning Has Broken	Max	TV Movie
2014	Badults	Squinky / Eskimo	Episode: "Holiday"
2014	Friday Night Dinner	Bowling Manager	Episode: "Mr Morris Returns"
2014	The Mimic	Clown
2014	Siblings	Obnoxious Guy	Episode: "Vet Drugs"
2014	Toast of London	Troy	Episode: "Fool in Love"
2014–2016	Lovesick	Samuels	2 episodes
2015–2016	Drunk History: UK	Queen's Courtier / Conspiring Journalist	2 episodes
2015	Cockroaches	Randall	4 episodes
2015	SunTrap	Zorro	Main cast
2015	Tripped	Paul	Main cast
2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Demolition Expert	Episode: "The Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Part 2"
2016	@elevenish	Matt Tansey
2016	Hoff the Record	Mikey Dawson	Episode: "Divorce"
2016	Love, Nina	Robber
2016	Rovers	Tom
2016	Wasted	Alistair	Episode: "The Other Pub"
2016	Borderline	DJ Stefano Rocco	Episode: "Profiling"
2016	Fleabag	Bus Rodent	2 episodes
2016	Morgana Robinson's The Agency	Carl / Tesco delivery guy	2 episodes
2016	Halloween Comedy Shorts	Mark / Phil	Also writer Episode: "Jamie Demetriou's Horror: Oh God"
2016	Year Friends	Jamie	Also director (Episode: "February") and writer (Episode: "January")
2016–2017	Tracey Ullman's Show	Various	7 episodes
2017	Pls Like	Bombzy	Episode: "Music"
2018	The Big Narstie Show	Himself	Season 1, Episode 4
2018	Sally4Ever	Steven	Season 1, Episode 1
2018–2021	Stath Lets Flats	Stath Charalambos	Also creator, writer (18 episodes) and producer (12 episodes)
2019	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Marcus	Recurring role
2019	Ellie & Natasia	Various
2020	Miracle Workers	Town Crier	6 episodes
2020	The Great	Doctor Chekhov	4 episodes
2022	The Afterparty	Walt	Main cast
2022	Red Flag	Various	Channel 4 Blap
2022	Dead End: Paranormal Park	Fingers (voice)	9 episodes

References

External links

• Jamie Demetriou at IMDb

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