Dan Wright (comedian)

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Dan Wright
Education Anglo European School
Occupation(s)Comedian and actor
Years active2001–present
Known for Big Cook, Little Cook

Daniel "Dan" Wright is an English comedian and actor.

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Early life

Wright attended the Anglo European School in Ingatestone, Essex. [1]

Career

He is best known for playing Little Cook Small in the CBeebies programme Big Cook, Little Cook with Steve Marsh, who played Big Cook Ben. Marsh and Wright form the comedy duo Electric Forecast, and have made numerous television appearances together, such as hosting Sky 1's Crash Test Dummies in February 2007.

The duo have also appeared in Kingdom, as a pair of duelling brothers and in Hotel Trubble as demolition workers Mr. Wreck and Mr. Ball, as well as hosting the CBBC show Space Hoppers. In February 2013, Wright starred in the CBBC sketch show Fit. Since January 2014, Wright has appeared in 4 O'Clock Club as Mr. Nunn, the tyrannical sports teacher. They were also guest hosts on Big Brother's Big Mouth , from 10 July to 14 July 2007.

In April 2007, Wright presented the documentary F*** Off, I'm Ginger, as part of BBC Three's Body Image documentary series. He made two guest appearances in 2010, in the television programme by CBBC, Scoop. In February 2013, he starred in Fit, a CBBC sketch show, alongside Aisling Bea, William Hartley, and Tala Gouveia. [2]

He performed his stand-up act in August 2012, Michael Jackson Touched Me, [3] which received a nomination for Best Show at the 2012 Leicester Comedy Festival. [4] From 2012 to 2014, he made 16 appearances on the daytime talk show by Channel 5, The Wright Stuff . In January 2014, he began appearing as PE Teacher, Mr. Nunn, in the third series of the CBBC show 4 O'Clock Club. He continued to appear in the show until the ninth and final series which aired in 2020. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Courtroom Rory CarmichaelEpisode: "Fists of Furry"
2004–2006 Big Cook, Little Cook Little Cook Small100 episodes
2007F*** Off, I'm GingerPresenterDocumentary
2007Crash Test DummiesDummy Dan18 episodes
2007 Big Brother's Big Mouth Co presenter
2008 Kingdom Jeff SmithEpisode: "2.1"
2008The Town That Boars MeModel Citizen AudienceShort
2008 Hotel Trubble Mr WreckEpisode: 1.13 "Demolition Day"
2010Space HoppersCo presenter7 episodes
2010ShelfstackersRoyTV Pilot
2010Sex LessonsPresenterDocumentary
2010 Scoop PC Taylor

Mr Chillie

Episode: "Digby & the VIking"

Episode: "The Heat Is On"

2013FitVariousChildren's sketch show
20144 O'Clock ClubMr. NunnComedy

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