Daniel Rigby | |
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Born | |
Education | Cheadle Hulme School |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 2004–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]
He recently appeared in the Disney+ show Renegade Nell in 2024.
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]
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 . [4] 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. [5] From 2011 until 2014 Rigby voiced [6] 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 16 July to 9 August 2014 alongside Mathew Baynton.
In 2015 he narrated the reboot of the BBC children's television series Teletubbies . [7] 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. [8]
In 2019 he voiced the title role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom ReincarNathan, alongside Diane Morgan and Josh Widdicombe. [9]
In 2021 Rigby wrote and performed the highly rated audiobook novel Isaac Steele and the Forever Man. [10]
In 2022 and 2023, Daniel starred as ‘The Maniac’ in Tom Basden’s adaptation of Dario Fo’s ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ with runs in Sheffield and London.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Flyboys | Ives | |
2008 | Stand Up | John J. Jones | Short film |
2011 | Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night | Will | Short film |
2017 | The Kidnapping of Richard Franco | Brian | Short film |
2017 | Sump | PC Clarke | Short film |
2018 | Careful How You Go | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Lilies | Billy Moss | 7 episodes |
2008 | Spooks: Code 9 | David | Episode: "Hackers" |
2009 | The Street | James | Episode: "Past Life" |
2011 | Ideal | Hugh | Episode: "The Love" |
2011 | Eric and Ernie | Eric Morecambe | BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor |
2012–2014 | BT adverts | Simon | |
2013 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Canon Prescott | Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery" |
2013 | Black Mirror | Jamie Salter / Waldo | Episode: "The Waldo Moment" |
2013–2014 | Big School | Mr. Luke Martin | 2 series; 5 episodes |
2014 | From There to Here | Charlie | 3 episodes |
2014 | That Day We Sang | Mr. Kirkby | TV movie |
2015 | Undercover | Dave | 6 episodes |
2015–2018 | Teletubbies | Narrator [7] | Children's television series |
2016 | Jericho | Charles Blackwood | 8 episodes |
2016-2018 | Flowers | Donald | 2 series; 12 episodes |
2017 | Gap Year | Jotty | Episode: "Kuala Lumpur: The Expats" |
2018 | Sick Note | Officer Hayward | 2 series; 10 episodes |
2018 | Watership Down | Dandelion | 4 episodes |
2019 | Timewasters | Martin | Episode: #2.1 |
2019 | Defending the Guilty | Phillip | Episode: #1.5 |
2021 | Landscapers | Tony Collier | 4 episodes |
2022 | The Witchfinder | Hebble | |
2023 | Tom Jones | Partridge |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Hamlet | King | Thelma Holt Productions |
2005 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius/Moonshine | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
2005 | The Burial at Thebes | Haemon | Nottingham Playhouse |
2006 | The White Album | Miles | Nottingham Playhouse |
2009 | The Mothwokfantastic | Himself | Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2009 | Beyond The Front Line | Welsh soldier (Private Vespa) | The Lowry, Salford |
2009 | The Music Show | Performed at Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
2010 | Afterbirth | Himself | Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2010 | 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 |
2013 | Daniel Rigby: Berk in Progress | Himself | Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
2014 | Holes | Ian | 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 |
2018 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
2022-23 | Accidental Death of an Anarchist | The Maniac | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, transferred to Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and subsequently to Theatre Royal, Haymarket |
2023-24 | The Witches | Mr Stringer | Royal National Theatre (Olivier Theatre} |
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