Tim Plester
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Tim Plester (b. 10 September 1970 in Oxfordshire, England) is a British playwright and actor who lives and works in London.
Plester graduated in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in theatre at Dartington College of Arts in Devon. He went on to obtain an MA (Hons) in playwriting studies from Birmingham University in 1997. His writing credits for film include Ant Muzak (2002), a short comedy pop film directed by Ben Gregor and starring Nick Moran and Mackenzie Crook. It was the winner of an Audience Award at the 2003 Sydney Film Festival and was nominated for 'Best UK Short' at the 2003 Soho Rushes Festival and the 2002 Raindance Film Festival in London. It's terrestrial TV premiere came in October 2004 on Channel 4. He also wrote Blake's Junction 7 (2004), a short comedy sci-fi film, again directed by Ben Gregor and starring Johnny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook, Mark Heap, Raquel Cassidy, and Martin Freeman. The film premiered at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival and has been screened at a number of prestigious film festivals worldwide.
His writing credits for stage include; Marilyn meets Bobby & Johnny (winner of the 1992/93 'National Student Playwright Of The Year' award), Dakota (Edinburgh Festival 1995 and National Tour 1996), Mad Dog Killer Leper Fiend (Edinburgh Festival 1996 and Man In The Moon Theatre off London's Kings Road 1997), and Yellow Longhair (Oval House Theatre in Kennington 2000).
His acting credits for TV and film include: Happiness (BBC), Shoreditch Twat (Talkback), Magicians (Universal Films), It's All Gone Pete Tong (Vertigo Films), Bad Crowd (Tiger Aspect), The Hogfather (Sky), Ant Muzak (Film Club), Residents (BBC), Life On Mars (BBC), Silent Witness (BBC), Casualty (BBC), Uncle Dad (SMG), Goths (BBC), and Poliakoff's Friends and Crocodiles (BBC).
A new comedy short written by Plester entitled World of Wrestling, and starring Mackenzie Crook, Kevin Eldon, Patrick Baladi and Kris Marshall, will be released shortly. He has also recently completed work on a short offbeat romantic comedy entitled "English Language (With English Subtitles)" - which marks his directorial debut.
