Lloyd Langford

Lloyd Langford

Lloyd Langford hosting Bright Club London in November 2011
Born 6 August 1983[1]
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Comedian
Website
http://www.lloydlangford.com

Lloyd Langford (born 6 August 1983) is a Welsh comedian and comedy writer.

Career

Langford was a regular panellist on Ask Rhod Gilbert and has written additional material for TV shows Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The King is Dead. He has provided audience warm-up on QI[2] and has also been a contributor on Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience. He has also appeared as a guest on several comedy and panel shows, including Russell Howard's Good News, The Now Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats and QI, and has written for a few other shows.[3]

Langford had been a guest comedian on The Jon Richardson Show. He co-hosted the radio show Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs and played Rhod Gilbert's brother on pilot sitcom Rhod Gilbert's Leaving Llanbobl. Currently he sometimes co-hosts Gilbert's weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. He has appeared several times on the BBC's radio comedy panel The Unbelievable Truth.

Langford occasionally tours as part of comedy collective "GIT" with Dan Atkinson and Jon Richardson.[4]

Personal life

Langford is originally from Baglan, Neath Port Talbot and currently lives in London.[5][1] He studied film and television at the University of Warwick and regularly was MC at Warwick Comedy's weekly Sunday night stand-up show.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2004Chortle Student Comedian of the Year-Won
2008Chortle AwardsBreakthrough actNominated

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abbie Wightwick (2 October 2010). "Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert goes on tour with flatmate". Wales online.
  2. ↑ Lloyd Langford at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ "CV". Lloyd Langford. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Ten Big Questions… Lloyd Langford". Time Out. 15 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Mark Rees (13 March 2013). "Interview: Port Talbot funnyman Lloyd Langford". South Wales Evening Post.

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