Tom Meeten

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Tom Meeten
Born (1974-04-30) 30 April 1974 (age 49)
EducationSheffield Hallam University
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Tom Meeten (born 30 April 1974) is an English comedian, actor and writer. [1]

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Life and career

Meeten was born in Northampton. He graduated in 1996 from Sheffield Hallam University after studying Fine Arts. His performing career began in a comedy double act alongside Steve Oram, with whom he created three shows at the Edinburgh Festival, performed a monthly London live show Oram and Meeten's Club Fantastico with Waen Shepherd, Tony Way and Alice Lowe, and wrote and starred in Matthew and Tone: Tales of Friendship and Innocence for Channel 4. [2]

He has appeared in many television comedies including The Mighty Boosh , [3] Star Stories , Blunder (2006), Motherland , The IT Crowd , Detectorists , Miranda and Skins . He played numerous characters on the sketch show Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy and toured with Fielding from 2014-2015. He has appeared in feature films Paddington, Aaaaaaaah! (directed by Oram), Tank 432 , Prevenge , Burke and Hare , and Weekender .

He co-wrote and starred in Blunder , and wrote sketches for That Mitchell and Webb Look . In 2018 he was nominated for a BAFTA (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) for his role in producing on The Ghoul , a British psychological horror in which he also played the lead role.

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