| Renton Skinner | |
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| Birth name | Daniel Renton Skinner |
| Born | 25 January 1973 Hammersmith, England |
| Medium | Actor, comedian, writer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Daniel Renton Skinner (born 1973) is a British actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Renton is a member of the popular British five-man sketch troupe Dutch Elm Conservatoire. The group were nominated for the prestigious Perrier award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005.
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Born in London, Renton attended Reed's School in Surrey, and graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in drama at Middlesex University London (1994–97). His credits include a 24-hour play called The Warp with the late Ken Campbell. After this he started regularly writing and performing comedy with Stephen Evans and Neil Edmond in a sketch troupe called The Benders.
Angelos currently resides in Didsbury, and can be found in haunts such as the Dog and Partridge and the Fletcher Moss. He regularly plays football at Stockport Powerleague and is in fact, not very funny in person.
He has appeared in numerous TV comedies, including Mike Bassett: Manager (ITV1), The Office Christmas specials (BBC1), My Family (BBC1) and Coupling (BBC2). Renton was also a regular writer and performer on Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for ITV2. He appeared in series 2 of The Armstrong and Miller Show on the BBC in 2009, and the third series in 2010. He also plays Reggie's Chauffeur in Reggie Perrin.
Renton is working on a television sketch show with The Dutch Elm Conservatoire for ITV2 whilst continuing his live work on the London comedy circuit with his character Angelos Neil Epithemiou, and also the double act Mr Winchester and Tommy alongside actor Tom Verrall. He has completed a short film as writer and performer with Rufus Jones, called Cut & Paste (Motion Picture House 2009).
He appeared as Angelos Epithemiou on series 6 of Shooting Stars[1] as a permanent member of Team B (using the name Angelos Epithemiou) replacing Johnny Vegas. In series 7 and 8, he replaced George Dawes as the score keeper.
He has appeared twice in BBC1's sitcom My Family both as a policeman in season 5's "The Mummy Returns" and in season 10's "Desperately Stalking Susan". He also had a part in episode 4 of series one of Mongrels as an American reporter.
Skinner appeared on BBC Three show World Cup 2010's Most Shocking Moments with other celebrities reviewing and making jokes on the 2010 Fifa World Cup's most shocking moments. This is one of the first main appearances on TV since being the character Angelos on Shooting Stars.
Renton used Angelos' character and took him on tour within the UK, titled 'Angelos Epithemiou & Friends Christmas Show'; due to popular demand, venues introduced additional dates throughout December 2010.
On 12 February 2011, he appeared on Soccer AM, making subsequent appearances on 28 May 2011 and 26 November 2011. On the 5 December 2011, he was a guest panelist on the BBC music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
Between 15 August and 18 August 2011, Renton appeared as Angelos Epithemiou in BBC Radio 1's Fun & Filth Cabaret, part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He ended each of the shows with a Hardtalk style interview.
On the 17th December 2011 Skinner won the Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist at The British Comedy Awards for his work as Angelos over the previous year. He accepted the award from Ruth Jones and a noticeably fragile Freddie Starr and was congratulated by host Jonathan Ross for the way that he handled Starr's erratic behaviour during his acceptance speech as he escorted him from the stage.
On 19th December 2011 he appeared on The Rob Brydon Show as Angelos, on his Christmas special.
He played several roles in a BBC Radio 4 series entitled Deep Trouble, written by Ben Willbond and Jim Field Smith.
Renton can be seen in a short film by Tim Plester entitled World of Wrestling (2006) in which he plays Dave 'Fit' Finlay, a wrestler who enjoyed 'a good rumble' (not to be confused with real professional wrestler Dave 'Fit' Finlay.)
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