Dan Antopolski
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Dan Antopolski (born 1972) is a British stand-up comic, actor and writer, known for his surreal stand-up comedy routines.
Contents
Stand-up comedy
Shows at the Edinburgh Festival include:
- "Jigsaw 3: Jiggle It" (2013)
- "Jigsaw 2: Gettin' Jiggy" (2012)
- "Jigsaw" (2011) (with Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema")
- "Dan Antopolski: Turn Of The Century" (2010)
- "Dan Antopolski: Silent But Deadly" (2009)
- "Dan Antopolski's Penetrating Gaze" (2008)
- The Dinks II: "Mouthbreathin' " (2004) (with Craig Campbell and Tony Law)
- Dan Antopolski: "A Whim Away" (2004)
- "The Dinks" (2003) (with Craig Campbell and Tony Law)
- Dan Antopolski: "The Presence" (2002)
- Dan Antopolski: "Antopolski 2000" (2001)
- "Lee Mack's New Bits" (2000) (with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate)
- Dan Antopolski: "Second Coming" (2000)
- "Lee Mack's Bits" (1999) (with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate)
- "The Comedy Zone" (1999)
Other festival appearances include:
- NBC Festival, New York 2004 (The Dinks)
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2003 (The Presence)
- Montreal 2002 (New Faces)
Awards
- Honorary Life Member of the University College Dublin Law Society
- Winner of the Dave Award for Best Joke at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe [1]
- Nominated for the Perrier award in 2001 for "Antopolski 2000"
- Nominated for the Perrier award in 2000 (as part of "Lee Mack's New Bits")
- Nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 2000 for "Second Coming"
- Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award in 1998
- Finalist in So You Think You're Funny in 1998
- Finalist, Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 1998
Radio
- Jigsaw (six episodes Series 2) (Radio 4) (2014)
- Stephen K Amos: Life, An Idiot's Guide (Radio 4) (2014)
- Jigsaw (six episodes Series 1) (Radio 4) (2013)
- Sketchorama (as Jigsaw) (Radio 4)
- In And Out Of The Kitchen (with Miles Jupp) (Radio 4)
- The Simon Day Show (Radio 4)
- Strings (with Tim Minchin) (Radio 4) (2010)
- One (Series 3) (Radio 4) (2010)
- This Is My Mark (Radio 4) (2009)
- Radio 4 Stands Up (Radio 4) (2009)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (10 episodes Series 5&6 2008)
- One (Series 2) (Radio 4) (2008)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (4 episodes Series 4 2007)
- Peacefully In Their Sleeps (Radio 4) (with Howard Read) (2007)
- The Dan Antopolski Radio Show (Radio 2) (Half-hour special broadcast 14 June 2007)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (3 episodes Series 3 2007)
- Moonmonkeys (Resonance FM) (6 part weekly series with Karl Theobald) (2007)
- Exterminating Angels (Radio 4) (All four episodes, co-starring with Karl Theobald) (2006)
- Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (all 11 episodes Series 1&2 2006)
- 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (Radio 4) (2006)
- One (Series 1) (Radio 4) (2006)
- Undone (Radio 4) (2006)
- The Milk Run (Radio 1) regular contributor and starred in The Dinks special edition (2005)
- Flight of the Conchords (Radio 2) (2005)
- The Dinks (Resonance FM) (2003–04)
- The 99p Challenge (Radio 4) (2004)
- Four At The Store (Radio 4) (2003)
Filmography
Film
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) (Jesus Christ)
- It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) (Eric Banning)
- Big Girl, Little Girl (2004) (Olly)
Television
- I Live With Models (Episode 8) (Comedy Central) (2015)
- The Dare Devil (10 episodes Series 3) (CBBC) (2015)
- The Dare Devil (10 episodes Series 2) (CBBC) (2014)
- The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC) (2013)
- The Dare Devil (10 episodes Series 1) (CBBC) (2013)
- Live At The Electric (as Jigsaw) (BBC) (2012)
- Comedy Cuts (Series 3) (with Sarah Kendall and Joanna Neary, also with Karl Theobald) (2008)
- Comedy Cuts (Series 2) (2008)
- Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1) (2007)
- Comedy Cuts (Series 1) (ITV2) (2007)
- Moonmonkeys (BBC3 Special also featuring Karl Theobald) (2007)
- Hyperdrive 'Jeffers' in two seasons of the BBC2 science fiction comedy 2006-2007
- 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC) (2005)
- AD/BC (BBC Three) a Christmas special rock-opera comedy, also featuring Richard Ayoade, Tom Hillenbrand, Julia Davis and Matt Lucas (2004)
- Brain Candy (BBC) (2002)
- The Stand-Up Show (BBC) (3 series)
- Time Gentlemen Please (Sky)
- Live Floor Show (BBC) (2 series)
- The World Comedy Tour (Comedy Central/Paramount/Channel 9) (2002)
- Edinburgh and Beyond (Paramount) (2004)
- Head Farm (Channel 4 Pilot, also featuring Johnny Vegas, The Boosh, Garth Marenghi) (2002)
