Daniel Rigby

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Daniel Rigby
Born (1982-12-06) 6 December 1982 (age 42)
Education Cheadle Hulme School
Occupation(s) Actor, comedian
Years active2004–present

Daniel Rigby (born 6 December 1982) [1] is an English actor and comedian. He received a BAFTA TV Award for his leading role as Eric Morecambe in the 2011 BBC television film Eric and Ernie . [2]

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Early life

Rigby was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester.[ citation needed ] He attended Cheadle Hulme School [2] and, after studying performing arts at Stockport College, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. [3] He is the cousin of Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden. [4]

Career

Rigby has worked as a stand-up comedian, having appeared at the Latitude Festival, won the 2007 Laughing Horse New Act of the Year , and been a nominee for winner of the 2007 So You Think You're Funny competition. In 2007, he moved to television roles with the BBC period drama Lilies . [5] In 2011, Rigby won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance as the late comedian Eric Morecambe in Eric and Ernie , beating both Matt Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch for their roles as the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes, respectively. [6] From 2011 until 2014, Rigby voiced [7] Copenhagen in three series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy Warhorses of Letters alongside Stephen Fry. He performed in Tom Basden's Holes at the Arcola Theatre in London from July to August 2014 alongside Mathew Baynton.

In 2015, he narrated the reboot of the BBC children's television series Teletubbies . [8] In March 2017, he won the best actor award at the 2016 Manchester Theatre Awards for his performance as Alan Turing in Breaking the Code at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. [9]

In 2019, he voiced the title role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ReincarNathan, alongside Diane Morgan and Josh Widdicombe. [10]

In 2021, Rigby wrote and performed the highly rated audiobook novel Isaac Steele and the Forever Man. [11]

In 2022 and 2023, Rigby starred as The Maniac in Tom Basden's adaptation of Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist with runs in Sheffield and London.

In 2024, he appeared as Jack Trotter in the Disney+ show Renegade Nell .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Key
Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Flyboys Ives
2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Bendigo
TBA Cold Storage AnthonyPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Lilies Billy Moss7 episodes
2008 Spooks: Code 9 DavidEpisode: "Hackers"
2009 The Street JamesEpisode: "Past Life"
2011 Ideal HughEpisode: "The Love"
Eric and Ernie Eric Morecambe BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
2012 Cardinal Burns VariousEpisode #1.6
Comedy Showcase Yannick MontaguEpisode: "The Function Room"
2013 Agatha Christie's Marple Canon PrescottEpisode: "A Caribbean Mystery"
Black Mirror Jamie Salter / WaldoEpisode: "The Waldo Moment"
2013–2014 Big School Mr. Luke Martin9 episodes
2014 From There to Here Charlie3 episodes
That Day We Sang Mr. KirkbyTelevision film
2015 Undercover Chris6 episodes
2015–2018 Teletubbies Narrator Children's television series [8]
2016 Jericho Charles Blackwood8 episodes
2016–2018 Flowers Donald12 episodes
2017 Gap Year JottyEpisode: "Kuala Lumpur: The Expats"
2017–2018 Sick Note Officer Hayward10 episodes
2018 Watership Down Dandelion 4 episodes
Plebs NeroEpisode: "The Bathhouse"
2019 Timewasters MartinEpisode: "19:58"
GameFace David ChaplinEpisode: "Gritty"
Defending the Guilty PhillipEpisode #1.5
2020Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever AfterBakerTelevision film
2021 Landscapers Tony Collier4 episodes
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever AfterJesterTelevision film
2022 The Witchfinder Hebble6 episodes
2023 Tom Jones Partridge3 episodes
2024 Renegade Nell Jack Trotter2 episodes
2025 I, Jack Wright John Wright [12] Post-production
TBA Blade Runner 2099 TBAIn production

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Hamlet King Thelma Holt Productions
2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius/Moonshine Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Burial at Thebes Haemon Nottingham Playhouse
2006The White AlbumMilesNottingham Playhouse
2009The MothwokfantasticHimselfPerformed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Beyond The Front LineWelsh soldier (Private Vespa) The Lowry, Salford
The Music ShowPerformed at Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2010AfterbirthHimselfPerformed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2011 One Man, Two Guvnors Alan Dangle Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre); UK tour; Adelphi Theatre; Music Box Theatre, Broadway
2013Daniel Rigby: Berk in ProgressHimselfPerformed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2014HolesIan Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London
2016 Breaking the Code Alan Turing Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2017 Twelfth Night Sir Andrew Aguecheek Royal National Theatre (Olivier Theatre}
2018 Frost/Nixon David Frost Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2022–2023 Accidental Death of an Anarchist The ManiacCrucible Theatre, Sheffield, transferred to Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and subsequently to Theatre Royal, Haymarket
2023–2024 The Witches Mr StringerRoyal National Theatre (Olivier Theatre}

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