Dan Tetsell (born 2 July 1974) is a British actor, comedian and writer for radio, television and stage. He has worked on a number of projects, including The Museum of Everything , That Was Then, This Is Now , Newsjack and Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections . Notably, he created CBBC series Young Dracula with Museum of Everything colleague Danny Robins. He is married to comedy actor Margaret Cabourn-Smith. [1]
At the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he performed a one-man comedy show entitled Sins of the Grandfathers, focusing on his grandfather's Nazi past. [2]
Notable TV roles include Brian in the BBC Two situation comedy Lab Rats and the voice of the cat Marion in the BBC Three adult puppet comedy Mongrels . He has appeared in episodes of the BBC TV comedies Miranda and Psychoville .
He starred alongside Richard Herring, Emma Kennedy, and Christian Reilly on Richard Herring's weekly podcast, As It Occurs To Me .
In 2012 he joined British soap Hollyoaks , playing new regular "cunning" solicitor Jim McGinn; he made his first appearance on 30 November. [3] [4] His character was killed by Fraser Black (Jesse Birdsall) in January 2014.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Barking | Various roles | 4 episodes |
2000–01 | We Are History | Keiron | 12 episodes |
2005 | Buried Alive | ||
2007 | Hyperdrive | Robot 1 | 1 episode |
2007 | After You've Gone | Fairground Barker | 1 episode |
2007 | Extras | Extra | 1 episode |
2008 | Lab Rats | Brian Lalumaca | 6 episodes |
2009 | The Omid Djalili Show | Himself | 1 episode |
2009 | Miranda | Naval Interviewer | 1 episode |
2010 | Five Daughters | Journalist | 2 episodes |
2010 | The Old Guys | Senior Consultant | 1 episode |
2010 | Vexed | Graham | 1 episode |
2010 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Paramedic | 1 episode |
2010 | Hotel Trubble | False Vicar | 1 episode |
2010–2011 | Mongrels | Marion (voice) | Entire show |
2011 | Psychoville | Photographer | 1 episode |
2012 | Skins | Smithy | 1 episode |
2012 | Starlings | Arthur | 1 episode |
2012 | Peep Show | Robert Grayson | 3 episodes |
2012–14 | Hollyoaks | Jim McGinn | 111 episode |
2013 | Utopia | Headteacher | 2 episodes |
2013 | The Mimic | Chris Stubbs / Chris Potts | 3 episodes |
2015 | Humans | Synth Salesman | 1 episode |
2016 | Red Dwarf XI | Colonel Jim Green | 1 episode |
2017 | Not Going Out | Channel Ferries employee | 1 episode |
2018 | Upstart Crow | Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford | 1 episode |
2020 | Truth Seekers | Paul White | 1 episode |
2021 | The Nevers | Phone Line Engineer | 1 episode |
Sliced | Geoff | 1 episode | |
Hitmen | Mascot | 1 episode | |
Puppet Aid | Marion (voice) | Children in Need skit | |
The Toys That Built America | Elliot Handler | 2 episodes | |
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After | Dad |