Humphrey Ker (Born October 11 1982) is a British actor and an award winning comedian. He is one third of comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls.[1]
Between 2001 and 2005, Humphrey performed with Edinburgh based improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh.
In 2006, he co-founded The Penny Dreadfuls and performed their Victorian sketch show across Britain, including at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Aeneas Faversham in 2006 and Aeneas Faversham Returns in 2007.[3]
Since then he has appeared in Comedy Shuffle for BBC Three and short film I am Bob starring Bob Geldof.[4] He was also co-anchor on the short-lived internet-based satirical news program Log.tv.[5]
The Penny Dreadfuls radio series The Brothers Faversham was first broadcast on BBC 7 in early January 2008. The second series, More Brothers Faversham, was aired in October 2008 and later repeated on Radio 4.
Ker is probably now best known for his appearances on the comedy quiz/panel show Fast and Loose, hosted by Hugh Dennis, that aired in January 2011.
In 2011 he presented a feature length solo character comedy/storytelling show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which he was awarded Best Newcomer at the Fosters Comedy Awards.