Dan Antopolski
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Dan Antopolski (born 1972) is a British stand-up comic, actor and writer, mostly known for his surreal stand-up.
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[edit] Stand-up comedy
Shows at the The Edinburgh Fringe Festival include:
- "The Comedy Zone" (1999)
- "Lee Mack's Bits" (1999) (with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate)
- Dan Antopolski: "Second Coming" (2000)
- "Lee Mack's New Bits" (1999) (with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate)
- Dan Antopolski: "Antopolski 2000" (2001)
- Dan Antopolski: "The Presence" (2002)
- "The Dinks" (2003)
- Dan Antopolski: "A Whim Away" (2004)
- The Dinks II: "Mouthbreathin' " (2004)
Other festival appearances include:
- Montreal 2002 (New Faces)
- Melbourne 2003 (The Presence)
- New York 2004 (The Dinks)
[edit] Awards
- Nominated for the Perrier Award in 2001 for "Antopolski 2000"
- Nominated for the Perrier Award in 2000 (as part of "Lee Mack's New Bits")
- Nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 2000 for "Second Coming"
- Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award in 1998
- Finalist in So You Think You're Funny in 1998
- Finalist in The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 1998
[edit] Television
Credits include:
- Hyperdrive Series Two 'Jeffers' BBC2 - 2007
- Comedy Cuts (ITV2) (2007)
- Hyperdrive Series One 'Jeffers' in the BBC2 science fiction comedy television series (2006- )
- 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC) (2005)
- AD/BC (BBC 3) a Christmas special rock-opera comedy, also featuring Richard Ayoade, Julian Barratt, Matt Berry, Julia Davis and Matt Lucas.
- Brain Candy (BBC) (2002)
- The Stand-Up Show (BBC) (3 series)
- Time Gentlemen Please (Sky)
- The Live Floor Show (BBC) (2 series)
- The World Comedy Tour (Comedy Central/Paramount/Channel 9) (2002)
- Edinburgh and Beyound (Paramount) (2004)
- Head Farm (Channel 4 Pilot, also featuring Johnny Vegas, The Boosh, Garth Marenghi) (2002)
- Moonmonkeys (BBC3 Special also featuring Karl Theobald) (screened March 2006)
- Flight of the Conchords (HBO) (2007)
Antopolski has recently completed a second series of Hyperdrive which will air on BBC2 from April 2007 - he will reprise his role as Jeffers.
[edit] Film
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) (Jesus H Christ)
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) (Eric Banning)
- Big Girl, Little Girl (2004) (Olly)
[edit] Radio
- Moonmonkeys (Resonance FM) (6 part weekly series with Karl Theobald)
- Exterminating Angels (Radio 4) (All four episodes, co-starring with Karl Theobald) (2006)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (all episodes Series 1&2 2006)
- 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (Radio 4) (2006)
- The Dinks (Resonance FM) (2003-04)
- The Milk Run (Radio 1) regular contributor and starred in The Dinks special edition.
- Flight of the Conchords (Radio 4) (2005)
- One (Radio 4) (2006)
- Undone (Radio 4) (2006)
- The 99p Challenge (Radio 4) (2004)
