Jim Tavaré

Jim Tavaré

Jim Tavaré
Born (1963-04-30) 30 April 1963
Essex, England
Medium Stand-up, television
Website jimtavare.org

Jim Tavaré (/ˈtævəreɪ/; born 30 April 1963)[1] is an English stand-up comedian, actor and musician. He is best known for his work on The Sketch Show on ITV, which won a BAFTA award. He also played the role of Tom (the owner of the Leaky Cauldron) in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Life and career

Tavaré was born in Essex, England and moved to Cheshire with his family when he was 7. There he attended art school in Northwich.

He then moved to London, where he worked with Corin Redgrave. As a result, he successfully auditioned for and attended RADA[2].

Tavaré's first film appearance was as a student in Another Country (1984) with Rupert Everett and Colin Firth. Although uncredited, he was a featured extra appearing in numerous scenes throughout the film. Tavaré was Colin Firth's stand-in for the duration of the film. Charles Spencer, Diana, Princess of Wales's brother, was also an uncredited extra.

He branched out into stand-up comedy with a unique act which featured his double bass, an instrument he had learned to play during his childhood. He always donned a tailcoat and a white tie, as worn by classical musicians, when performing his act, though he only played the bass in short bursts for comic effect.

After many years working the stand-up circuit and making fleeting television appearances as a guest comic, in 1995 Tavaré wrote and starred in a series of short, silent films for BBC2 titled Jim Tavaré Pictures Presents[3]... . He also had a skit series of his own on Channel Five, co-written with Ricky Gervais, called The Jim Tavaré Show.

He appeared three times in the Royal Variety Performance and subsequently worked for Prince Charles for several private engagements, including a private Christmas party for Prince Charles and a gala held at Highgrove in front of Her Majesty the Queen and 13 crowned heads of state. He became renowned in the UK as Prince Charles's favourite comedian.

Following an appearance at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival, CBS commissioned a special episode of the American series Wings based on and written entirely around his comedy act. Tavaré starred in this episode, which was called "Take My Life Please".

Tavaré co-wrote and appeared in the BAFTA-winning ITV series The Sketch Show[4], alongside Lee Mack, Tim Vine, Ronni Ancona, Karen Taylor and Kitty Flanagan. The Sketch Show went on to syndicate worldwide[5], and has been re-made for audiences in eight different countries.

Tavaré played Tom the Innkeeper in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

In 2008 he was a finalist on Last Comic Standing 6 and the only overseas act ever to have reached the final show. On 31 July he was voted into the top five. He finished in fourth place. He performed a 63-date national tour with the other four Last Comic Standing finalists throughout the USA.

He appears in the fifth series of the David Duchovny comedy-drama Californication, as an English butler to a hip-hop mogul played by Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA. He makes a guest-star appearance in series 5 of the NBC/Warner Bros comedy, spy drama Chuck, CBS TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! and on Comedy Central's Tosh.0

He has appeared in several music videos: Roots Manuva – Too Cold; McFly – It's All About You (for BBC Comic Relief); Phoenix Foundation – Thames Soup; Letlive – Banshee; Joel Compass – Back to Me; and Florence and the Machine - What Kind of Man.

In September 2013 he began filming the role of The Dog Catcher in Syco Entertainment's feature film Pudsey: The Movie alongside David Walliams, Jessica Hynes and John Sessions.

In 2014, Tavaré appeared in Camp Abercorn, a web series that shows a fictional Boy Scouts of America camp and how one of its gay staff members deals with their exclusion policy.[6]

In 2016, Tavaré appeared in the feature film The Cursed Man based on the cult novel by Keith Rommel. Tavaré played 'Terry', the groundskeeper at Sunnyside Mental Institution.

In March 2017, Tavaré was in an intensive care unit after being injured in a collision with a car.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://directors.findthecompany.co.uk/l/5665618/Mr-Jim-Tavare
  2. ↑ "An exclusive interview with – Jim Tavaré by Pete Austin". 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. ↑ Dutton, Julian (2015-07-23). Keeping Quiet: Visual Comedy in the Age of Sound. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781909183834.
  4. ↑ "Harry Potter actor Jim Tavare is back home after breaking his neck in a car crash - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. ↑ Thoday, Jon (2004-05-23). "No laughing matter". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Jim Tavaré". Lease Movies. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Harry Potter actor Jim Tavare in intensive care with broken neck and punctured lung". BBC News. 9 March 2017.

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