Daniel Rigby

Daniel Rigby
Born 1983[1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2004–present

Daniel Rigby (born 1983) is an English television and stage actor.

He attended Cheadle Hulme School and studied performing arts at Stockport College. He became one of the youngest students from the college to be accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2] Rigby has also worked as a stand-up comedian, having appeared at the Latitude Festival,[3] won the 2007 Laughing Horse New Act of The Year and been a nominee for winner of the 2007 So You Think You're Funny competition. In 2007 he moved to television roles with the BBC period drama Lilies.[4] In 2011 Rigby won the Best Actor BAFTA for his performance as late comedian Eric Morecambe in Eric and Ernie.[5]

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Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2006 Flyboys Ives
2007 Lilies Billy Moss TV series (7 episodes)
2008 "Stand Up" John J Jones short
Spooks: Code 9 David TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.2")
2009 The Street James TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.5")
2011 Eric & Ernie Eric Morecambe BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
Ideal Hugh TV Series (1 epidode: "Episode #7.5")

Stage credits

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Hamlet Directed by Yukio Ninagawa
2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Burial at Thebes Haemon
2006 The White Album Miles
2009 The Mothwokfantastic Himself Performed at Edinburgh Festival with Julian Stolzenberg
Beyond The Front Line Welsh soldier
The Music Show Performed at Just for Laughs
2010 Afterbirth Himself Performed at Edinburgh Festival
The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès
2011 One Man, Two Guvnors Alan Dangle

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