Stuart Goldsmith | |
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 Stuart Goldsmith, Glastonbury Festival, 2019 | |
| Born | 12 July 1977 Leamington Spa, England |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, Podcaster, Actor |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Website | www |
Stuart Goldsmith (born 12 July 1977 [1] [2] [3] ) is an English actor, stand-up comedian and former street performer. He has presented the Comedian's Comedian podcast since 2012.
Goldsmith grew up in Bristol and trained at Circomedia circus school. [1] He was a member of the Playbox Theatre Company youth theatre group in Warwick, and worked as a court jester at Warwick Castle. [4]
He began in street theatre as half of the comedy double act "Kiosk of Champions", with fellow stand-up Richard Sandling, [5] where he "walked the tightrope eating a packet of crisps". [6] Under the name "Beautiful Stu", he came second in the Street Performance World Championship in 2008. [7] [8] On his street theatre work, he has said "If you can draw in the crowd at 9.45am in Covent Garden it teaches you to be funny." [6]
Goldsmith was a 2005 finalist in So You Think You're Funny , a 2006 finalist in Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and came third in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year. He was also a finalist in the BBC's Witty and Twisted competition. [9] In 2011 Goldsmith competed in the ITV reality show Show Me the Funny , where he was eliminated in week 6.
Goldsmith's 2010 Edinburgh show Stuart Goldsmith: The Reasonable Man received positive reviews, as did his follow-up 2011 tour Another Lovely Crisis. His 2012 Edinburgh show Prick was the subject of some controversy after the title was censored by the Edinburgh Fringe Guide. [10] Goldsmith received generally positive reviews for his 2014 and 2015 Edinburgh shows, Extra Life, [11] [12] and An Hour, [13] [14] [15] respectively. His 2016 Edinburgh show is Compared to What. [16] He continues to perform stand-up at clubs and festivals. [17] [18]
In 2012 Goldsmith launched a podcast - The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith - where in each episode he interviews a comedian about how they approach their profession. It published its 400th episode in April 2022.
Goldsmith played the role of Caleb in the 2010 CBBC sci-fi gameshow Mission: 2110 . He has also appeared as a guest on the Dave series As Yet Untitled with Alan Davies.
In 2016, Goldsmith appeared as a panelist on children's panel show The Dog Ate My Homework .
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