Thom Tuck
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Born | Leeds, England | 28 March 1982
Medium | Stand up, radio, television |
Nationality | British |
Years active | 2006–present |
Genres | Sketch comedy |
Notable works and roles | The Penny Dreadfuls |
Thomas Tuck (born 28 March 1982) is a British actor[1][2] and comedian known for being one third of comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls and as a stand-up comedian. He was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[3]
Early life[]
Tuck attended the American International School of Dhaka in Bangladesh and Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds. As a child, he also lived in Sri Lanka, Denmark, Egypt, Malawi, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. He studied philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with a 2:2.[4] While at university, he performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company; acting in, writing and directing plays, including directing a piece written by playwright Sam Holcroft,[5] and was a member of acclaimed[6] improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts.[7] It was with The Improverts that he first met and performed with fellow comedians Humphrey Ker and David Reed.[8]
Career[]
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Tuck's radio work includes The Penny Dreadfuls Present... alongside David Reed and Humphrey Ker, and the BBC Radio 4 series Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD.[9]
With The Penny Dreadfuls, Tuck debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006. The group created new sketch shows for the four years that follow. In addition they created a radio series for BBC Radio 4 called The Brothers Faversham, which aired in 2008. A sequel series aired that same year, and for most years that followed The Penny Dreadfuls have performed a historical comedy play.
In 2011 BBC Radio 4 commissioned Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD, a comedy show adapted from his Edinburgh show that year. The pilot aired in February 2012, and a full series of four episodes began to air in April 2013.
His television credits include BBC Three's Comedy Shuffle, The Wrong Door, The Supersizers..., Dick and Dom's Funny Business and Mongrels.
He hosts and curates The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society with John-Luke Roberts at the New Red Lion Theatre in Islington.[10]
Tuck has also ventured into the world of video game acting. In 2014 he took on the role of voicing Kablooey, a well dressed peacock and peggle master in the Popcap game Peggle Blast. [11]
Theatre[]
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1999 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- West Side Story, winner of Herald Angel Award.
NSDF 2003
- Like Skinnydipping by
2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe & NSDF 2005
- Scaramouche Jones by
2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Aeneas Faversham with The Penny Dreadfuls
- Geronimo by Lucy Kirkwood, winner of ThreeWeeks Editors' Award.[12]
2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Aeneas Faversham Returns with The Penny Dreadfuls, winner of ThreeWeeks Editors' Award.[13]
2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Aeneas Faversham Forever with The Penny Dreadfuls
2009 National Tour
- Totally Looped
2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- The Never Man with The Penny Dreadfuls
- The Hotel by Mark Watson
2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Penny Dreadfuls 2010 with The Penny Dreadfuls
- Gutted: A Revenger's Musical by Danielle Ward & Martin White
2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD
- Directed Bad Mother by
- Coalition written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky
- Brexit written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky
References[]
- ^ PBJ Management
- ^ imdb
- ^ List of Best Newcomer Nominees
- ^ Interview with Thom Tuck Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "The Improverts - Edinburgh Fringe 2010 - British Comedy Guide".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Our Edinburgh: The Penny Dreadfuls". independent.co.uk. 26 August 2010.
- ^ BBC Press Release
- ^ New Red Lion Theatre Archived 12 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Peggle 2 Credits. YouTube.
- ^ Award Citations 2006
- ^ Award Citations 2007
External links[]
- Living people
- English male stage actors
- English male comedians
- 1982 births
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Male actors from Leeds
- English male television actors
- People educated at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds