Dai Henwood

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Dai Henwood
Birth name	Dafydd Morgan Henwood
Born	(1978-02-07) 7 February 1978 (age 43) Wellington, New Zealand[1]
Years active	1999 – present
Spouse	Joanna Kelly
Relative(s)	Ray Henwood (father) Dick Jones (great-grandfather)

Dafydd Morgan "Dai" Henwood^[2] (born 7 February 1978) is a New Zealand comedian. He is best known for his hosting of several television shows found on Three but also performs stand-up comedy.

Life and career[]

Henwood was born in 1978 to father Ray and mother Judge . Henwood has stated his great-grandfather was Welsh international rugby player, Dick Jones.^[3] Henwood studied Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in eastern religions,^[4] before winning 'Best New Face' on TV2's Pulp Comedy in 1999, the Billy T Award in 2002 and the Fred Award in 2007.

In 2004 and 2005, Henwood toured the shows The Hot Stepper and Champagne Table Tennis, and performed at the Tokyo Comedy Store and in Melbourne and around Britain. He has subsequently performed seasons in both Auckland and Wellington during the New Zealand International Comedy Festival including "Dai-Namic Scenarios" (2007 & 2008), "Shabba" (2009), "Dai Another Day" (2009), "Ideals vs. Reality" (2010), "Fonzie Touched Me" (2011) and "Adapt Or Dai" (2013). In 2008 he was invited to the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and recorded for a televised Gala special.^[5]

Henwood spent a period on TV3's Sunrise morning show, as the gadget guy, giving humorous reviews of the latest gadgets. He subsequently rose to prominence after featuring on television station C4 hosting "Insert Video Here", then went on to host two series of a comedy travel show Roll The Dai on the same network.

Since August 2009 Henwood has been captain of "Team Two" on TV3's weekly panel comedy show 7 Days, filming over 150 episodes in that time.

Henwood has recorded two DVDs titled Dai Another Day, released by EMI in late 2009 and "Adapt or Dai" released by Universal Music in 2013.

In 2016 he was presented with the Rielly Comedy Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand.^[6]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Awards and nominations[]

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See also[]

• List of New Zealand television personalities

References[]

External links[]

• Dai Henwood on Myspace (archive.org) at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 June 2010)