Paul Putner
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Paul Putner is an English comedian and actor. He was born in East Grinstead in March 1966. He studied at LAMDA where he won, amongst other prizes, the Laurence Olivier prize for comedy acting. He has been married to the cabaret performer, Matty Mitford for 8 years.
His first TV role saw Putner in the long-running ITV murder mystery series, Midsomer Murders, as a gofer-type policeman who would deliver messages to DCI Barnaby.
He has appeared in numerous British TV and radio shows, including This Morning With Richard Not Judy (1998) (perhaps most notably as the Curious Orange, who appeared in every episode, but also in several other recurring roles), Sir Bernard's Stately Homes (1999), The Day the Music Died (2004 - present), Look Around You (2004), Spaced (1999) and Little Britain (2003). He appeared in a minor role as a zombie in the comedy movie Shaun of the Dead in 2005, and could also be heard on the zombies' 'commentary' track on the DVD release. In 2005, Putner starred in the BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy Nebulous.
He has also contributed material to programmes including The Impressionable Jon Culshaw", Little Britain and The Day The Music Died, and is a co-creator of the website "TV Dregs".
In 2005, Paul took the starring role in the 7th district section of the film Paris, je t'aime written and directed by the Oscar winning Sylvain Chomet. The film opened the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
From late 2005 until early 2007 Paul toured in the Little Britain Live show, performing many character parts to over a million people on two continents.
