Jeff Green (comedian)
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Award winning comedian Jeff Green has established himself as one of the most popular comics working in the UK today. Jeff's razor-sharp observations combined with an abundant natural charm have marked him out as one of the brightest talents on the British comedy scene.
[edit] Biography
In 1994 Jeff was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He also hosted The Comedy Club (LWT) and toured with Jo Brand. 1996 proved to be a great year for Jeff with a sell out solo tour of the UK and a 45 minute television special - Jeff Green Live (ITV) which was recorded at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End. In 1997, Jeff took Australia by storm, playing to sell-out audiences at the Melbourne and Sydney comedy festivals. He also had his second ITV special Jeff Green-Up West which was recorded at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End. 1998 saw Jeff writing and performing his third Christmas special on ITV - You're Only Human with Jeff Green as well as his first sell out West End run - Love Bites at the Apollo Theatre. Rounding off the millennium in 1999 Jeff made his 4th appearance on The Clive James Show, his 3rd appearance on BBC1's They Think it's All Over and a record-breaking 5th spot on BBC2's Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Jeff enjoyed a sell-out run the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 2001 saw Jeff touring his new stand-up show across the UK and Australia, recording a full length Comedy Store special for Channel 5. In 2002 Jeff enjoyed another sell out run in Edinburgh, toured the UK & Australia with his new stand up show and was seen on BBC1's Jo Brand's Hot Potatoes as team captain. Rounding off the year he released his first book, The A-Z of Living Together which went to #5 in the Sunday Times best-sellers list, staying in the top 10 for 5 weeks and selling 125,000 copies.
He also found time to release his first CD, Jeff Green - Debauched Cherub. In 2003 he has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, finished his follow-up book: The A-Z of Being Single and recorded a live video from London's West-End, Back from the Bewilderness. In 2004 Jeff performed again at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured the UK with his live show 'From A-Z' 2005 saw Jeff move to Melbourne for five months returning home with a pregnant girlfriend and an idea for a new book.
In November 2005 Jeff's son Orlo Henry was born. Despite no sleep Jeff still managed to write a book - The A-Z of Having a Baby (out Nov 2 2006 through Little Brown) record six episodes of The Green Guide to Life for BBC Radio 2, write a new stand-up show Personal and tour the UK. In 2007 Jeff will take his show to Melbourne Comedy Festival
