Chris Neill

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Chris Neill is a British comedian who features regularly on BBC Radio 4. He also performs as a stand-up comic.

Chris was born in 1968, and began his career producing shows for BBC Radio 4. In 2000, he started to appear as a panellist on shows such as Just a Minute and Quote Unquote. He had a regular role as Chris, the live-in builder with a fear of completing any job, in the comedy series Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting written by and featuring the eponymous Linda Smith.

Chris made his début as a stand-up comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2002 with his show "Does It With Strangers" at the Pleasance Theatre, and he has returned to the Fringe in 2004 with "The BBC, Andrew Gilligan, And Me" and in 2005 with "Middle Class Misery — the Board Game", both also at the Pleasance Theatre, and in 2006 with his show "Everybody Hates Chris (Neill)" at the Underbelly.

Chris also performs as a radio actor and as a voice-over artist. In 2006, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama The Kingmaker. He is openly gay and lives with his partner in London.

[edit] External links

• Chris Neill's blog on MySpace