Mike Wozniak
Mike Wozniak | |
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Nationality | British |
Occupation | Comedian, writer, actor |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Notable work | Man Down |
Mike Wozniak (born 1979)[1][2] is a British comedian, writer and actor.
He is best known for portraying Brian in the Channel 4 sitcom Man Down and as a member of the team that makes Small Scenes for BBC Radio 4.[3][4]
Early life[]
Wozniak was born in Oxford, raised in Portsmouth, and has a twin sister.[5][6][7] He has Polish and Welsh ancestry.[6] According to The Guardian, Wozniak is a former physician, having practised as such before his career as a comedian.[6]
Career[]
Wozniak worked doing live sketch comedy starting in the late 1990s, and began stand-up comedy in 2007.[8][9]
He won the Amused Moose Laugh-Off contest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008.[10][11] He was nominated for the comedy newcomer award the same year.[10][12][13] Wozniak performed at the Adelaide Fringe in 2009.[8] Wozniak was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Comedy Show in 2013 but lost to Bridget Christie.
Television[]
Wozniak's first major role in television came when he was cast in the series Man Down in 2013 alongside Greg Davies, who created and starred in the show.[14] He played Brian, a friend to Davies' character, and a straight-laced financial adviser.[14]
In 2015, he wrote a physical comedy starring Kim Cattrall and a troupe of acrobats entitled Ruby Robinson for Sky Arts.[15][16]
Wozniak appeared and came second in series 11 of Taskmaster, which started broadcast in March 2021.[17] He has a long history with Taskmaster having won the original Edinburgh Fringe version of the show in 2010.[18]
Film[]
In 2016, Wozniak played the role of Josh in Alice Lowe's Prevenge.[19]
Wozniak made his directorial debut with a dramedy entitled Sump, released in 2017 and screened at various film festivals.[3][9] The film has a 14 minute run time and features a character named Sally, played by Jeany Spark, whose husband is trapped in a cave with others.[20]
Podcasts[]
On his St. Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast, Wozniak plays the role of host Malcolm Durridge. The show focuses on the neighbourhood association newsletter of St Elwick's, a fictional ward of Exeter, forced through budgetary cuts to change from a printed edition to the "cheapest alternative": a podcast.[21] Wozniak also appears frequently in different roles on the Beef And Dairy Network Podcast.
In 2021, he started Three Bean Salad Podcast with Henry Paker and Benjamin Partridge.[22]
Radio[]
Wozniak has appeared frequently in Tim Key's Late-Night Poetry Programme as a character called Jiffy, notably in the episodes "Accountancy" and "Cuisine."[23] The show is an anarchic comedy series where Tim Key plans to recite poetry above the Norwegian fjords.
Filmography[]
Title | Year | Actor | Writer | Role | Notes |
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Comedy Lab | 2010 | Yes | Various | ||
Gary: Tank Commander | 2011 | Yes | Bradshaw | ||
Stand Up for the Week | 2012 | Yes | |||
Live at the Electric | 2012 | Yes | Various | ||
It's Kevin | 2013 | Yes | Various | ||
Badults | 2014 | Yes | Harry | ||
Lovesick | 2014 | Yes | Doctor | ||
Crims | 2015 | Yes | Photographer | ||
Prevenge | 2016 | Yes | Josh | ||
Josh | 2015-2016 | Yes | Phil | ||
The Moonstone | 2016 | Yes | Superintendent Seegrave | ||
Walliams & Friend | 2015-2016 | Yes | Various | ||
Drunk History | 2015-2017 | Yes | Various | ||
Man Down | 2013-2017 | Yes | Yes | Brian | Writer for various episodes in this series. |
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | 2019 | Yes | Rowan Bowen | ||
Dial M for Middlesbrough | 2019 | Yes | Neil | ||
Taskmaster | 2021 | Yes | Himself | Runner-up | |
Richard Osman's House of Games | 2021 | Yes | Himself | Weekly Winner |
References[]
- ^ @thevelvetonion (8 November 2016). "Happy birthday to the newest member of our Oniony family, @mrmikewozniak!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Michael James Wozniak, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007". Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Mike Wozniak". PBJ Management. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Mike Wozniak stars as 'Brian' in new series of 'Man Down'". PBJ Management. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - Machynlleth special with Mike Wozniak, retrieved 23 April 2021
- ^ a b c "Comedian profile: up-and-coming comic Mike Wozniak". The Guardian. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "The Polish Pompey Prankster". Portsmouth Grammar School Opus (3): 25. 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Edinburgh award-winning stand-up Mike Wozniak comes to Up the Creek, Greenwich". News Shopper. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ a b McMahon, Vanessa (30 December 2018). "Interview with Mike Wozniak for SUMP (2017)". FilmFestivals.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008". Amused Moose Comedy. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Herring, Richard (23 September 2008). "Warming Up". Richard Herring. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Nominees and Winners". If.Comedy. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ Arthur, Tim (15 December 2008). "Best comedy gigs of 2008". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Mike Wozniak on Man Down". ATV Today. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Ruby Robinson". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Matt Lipsey directs Ruby Robinson for Sky Arts". Curtis Brown. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Taskmaster series 11 line up". Twitter. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (15 March 2021). "Mike Wozniak interview - Taskmaster". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Prevenge". Western Edge Pictures. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Sump (Directed by Mike Wozniak) | NFF Official Selection". Norwich Film Festival. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "St.-Elwick's-Neighbourhood-Association-Newsletter-Posdcast". Anchor.fm. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Mike Wozniak launches a new podcast". Chortle. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Key, Tim. "Accountancy". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
External links[]
- British people of Polish descent
- British stand-up comedians
- Living people
- 1979 births
- People from Oxford
- People from Portsmouth