Shaun Pye

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Shaun Pye is an English actor, comedian, writer, critic, television producer, editor and journalist, known for co-creating the animated sketch comedy Monkey Dust with the late Harry Thompson, and for his role as Greg Lindley-Jones on Ricky Gervais's sitcom Extras.^[1]

Career

A former comedy critic for the Evening Standard and editor of Tough Puzzles, Pye has performed as a stand-up comedian. He is, however, known best for his work as a writer, having written material for numerous series including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, They Think It's All Over, Armstrong and Miller, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Would I Lie To You? and Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Cartoons. He recently became one of the head writers on 8 out of 10 Cats alongside presenter Jimmy Carr and fellow comedian Frankie Boyle.

He first met his comedy partner Harry Thompson while working on The 11 O'Clock Show, and together they created the notoriously dark satirical cartoon Monkey Dust, which broadcast on BBC Three for three series and soon won acclaim for its unflinchingly pessimistic portrayal of modern Britain. The pair collaborated with Alan Connor in 2006 to create Respectable, a sitcom for channel Five about a suburban brothel. Following Thompson's death from lung cancer, Shaun took over production of the show. He also co-produced the short lived quiz show It's Only TV... But I Like It.

He co-created The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret along with comedian David Cross for Channel 4.

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701445/

External links

Shaun Pye at the Internet Movie Database

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Television	Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998; episode list) Tenacious D (1997–2000) Arrested Development (2003-2006, 2013) Freak Show (2006) Paid Programming (2009) The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010–2012)

Films	Run Ronnie Run (2002) Let America Laugh (2003)

Records	Shut Up You Fucking Baby! (2002) It's Not Funny (2004) Bigger and Blackerer (2010)

Books	I Drink for a Reason (2009)

Collaborators	Bob Odenkirk Jack Black Kyle Gass H. Jon Benjamin Shaun Pye

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