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DAN TETSELL

Height: 5'9
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Roles: Actor, Writer
Representing Agent: Debi Allen
Biography:

Dan Tetsell was born in 1974. Since graduating in Drama at Bristol University he has been working full-time as a comedy writer / performer. Dan was a finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards 1998.

As an actor Dan has appeared in Lab Rats, Extras - Christmas Special, After You've Gone, and That Was Then This Is Now (Radio 2)

Dan Tetsell and Danny Robins have been working together since 1995. They have written and performed for numerous TV and Radio programmes.

They met at Bristol University in 1995, where they formed the comedy sketch team Club Seals with Marcus Brigstocke. After they left Bristol, they moved to London and started submitting material to Radio 4 shows. Their big break came in 1999 when they made We Are History for BBC2, a second series followed and since then they have had their work broadcast across the world, created two original series for Radio 4, and written for such luminaries as Ronnie Barker, Armando Iannucci, Simon Bates and Basil Brush.

Dan Tetsell, wrote and starred in the 2003 spooky hit show Live Ghost Hunt. Dan performed in The Museum of Everything for two series on Radio 4 which recieved a Sony-Nomination.

Dan appeared in Chris Addison’s radio series The Ape That Got Lucky, winner of the Sony Gold comedy award 2006.


“ EXCELLENT STUFF” Time Out

“ SUPERB COMIC TIMING” The Stage

Dan's website can be found at http://www.tetsell.com/


Training:

Drama at Bristol University

CV:

Television:
Production Character Director Production Company
PSYCHOVILLE Photographer Matt Lipsey BBC 2
THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET Paramedic Alex Hardcastle RDF Television
THE OLD GUYS Senior Consultant Dewi Humphreys BBC
HOTEL TRUBBLE Fake Vicar Natalie Bailey BBC 1
FIVE DAUGHTERS Journalist Philippa Lowthorpe BBC 1
WE ARE MONGRELS Voiceover - Various Roles Stephen McCrum BBC 3
VEXED Marriage Guidance Matt Lipsey Greenlit BBC 2
MIRANDA Naval Captain Nerys Evans BBC 2
THE OMID DJALILI SHOW Police Sergeant Michael Cumming BBC 1
WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE OLYMPICS? Lloyd Waterhouse (Readthrough) Ian Hislop Tiger Aspect / ITV
LIVING AT PEACE WITH YOUR NERVES Narrator (Rehearsed Reading) Lucy Armitage BBC
LAB RATS Brian (Regular Lead) Adam Tandy BBC2
EXTRAS XMAS SPECIAL Phil Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant BBC 1
HYPERDRIVE Red Shiny Robot Leader John Henderson BBC 2
AFTER YOU'VE GONE Fairground Barker Ed Bye BBC 1
WE ARE HISTORY Kieran Alex Walsh Taylor BBC 2
ACCORDING TO BEX Angry Vicar Dewi Humphreys BBC 1
THE BASIL BRUSH SHOW Writer No. 1 Ged Allen BBC 1
GASH Vox Pops Ben Fuller Channel 4
THE STATE WE'RE IN Leonard the Vole Becky Martin BBC
WE ARE HISTORY (SERIES 2) Kieran Alex Walsh-Taylor BBC
A-Z OF MUSIC Various Charles Martin
COMEDY LAB - ROLF'S ANIMAL HAIRDRESSER Moose Tim Searle Triffic Films/Channel 4
WE ARE HISTORY (SERIES 1) Kieran Sean Grady BBC

Film:
Production Character Director Production Company
THE WATCHERS Edward Doug M. Ray
BURIED ALIVE Reporter Adam Bromley

Theatre:
Production Character Director Production Company
DAN TETSELL'S WATERLOO Himself Camden Fringe 2009/Etcetera Theatre
SINS OF THE GRANDFATHERS (WINNER THE LIST / WRITERS' GUILD BEST COMEDY AWARD 2005) It’s Alright for Some
EALING LIVE! Compere John Gordillo Ealing Studios
LIVE GHOST HUNT Edwin Griffiths Mervyn Millar It’s Alright For Some
FINDING BIN LADEN Don / Haseem Henry Naylor Gilded Balloon
PARTNERS IN RHYME Spence Sam Hoyle 5065 Lift, Brighton Festival
THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING Various David Rosenburg Club Seals / Karushi
THE CLUB SEALS COLLECTION Various Sam Buntrock Club Seals

Radio:
Production Character Director Production Company
RICHARD HERRING: AS IT OCCURS TO ME Various Ben Walker Sky Potato / Avalon
ANOTHER CASE OF MILTON JONES (SERIES 4) Various David Tyler Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4
NEWS AT BEDTIME Various Trudi Stevens BBC Radio 4
BEAUTY OF BRITAIN Minister Lee Tilusha Ghelani BBC Radio 4
GUS MURDOCH'S SACRED CROWS Magnolia Tilusha Ghelani BBC Radio 7
A SERIES OF PSYCHOTIC EPISODES Various Victoria Lloyd BBC Radio 7
ANOTHER CASE OF MILTON JONES Various David Tyler Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4
THE FRIDAY PLAY: SINS OF THE GRANDFATHERS Sam Hoyle BBC Radio 4
MASTERING THE UNIVERSE Simon Nicholls BBC Radio 4
SPACE HACKS (SERIES 2) Korg Victoria Lloyd BBC Radio 7
THE PERSONALITY TEST Panelist Aled Evans BBC Radio 4
SPACE HACKS (SERIES 1) Korg Victoria Lloyd BBC Radio 7
WILL SMITH'S THE TAO OF BERGERAC Will's Flatmate Tilusha Ghelani BBC Radio 4
WILL SMITH'S MIDLIFE CRISIS Tilusha Ghelani BBC Radio 4
CHRIS ADDISON'S CIVILIZATION Various Simon Nicholls BBC Radio 4
ARMANDO IANNUCCI'S CHARM OFFENSIVE Various David Tyler Pozzitive / BBC Radio 4
ED REARDON'S WEEK Horatio Simon Nicholls / Dawn Ellis BBC Radio 4
SELF STORAGE Ron Ed Morrish BBC Radio 4
THE APE THAT GOT LUCKY Various Simon Nicholls BBC Radio 4
THE UNOFFICIAL ELECTION Various Adam Bromley BBC Radio 4
WHISPERS Panelist Victoria Lloyd BBC Radio 4
LONDON EUROPE The Doctor Graham Frost BBC
2000 YEARS OF RADIO Writer Sean Grundy BBC Radio 4
PAPERBACK HELL (SERIES 1-3) Various Lucy Armitage BBC Radio 4
THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (SERIES 1-3) Panelist Alex Walsh-Taylor BBC Radio 4
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW (SERIES 1-3) Mr Morgan/Various Liz Anstee Celador for BBC Radio 2
THE MILK RUN Various Victoria Lloyd BBC Radio 1
FRINGE CUTS Damien Mansfield Mario Stylianides BBC Radio 4

Further Credits:
Production Character Director Production Company
BBC 3 NEWS Voiceover - Ken Livingstone Michael Flintoff BBC 3
GASH Voiceover - Dead Iraqi Soldier Ben Fuller Talkback/Channel 4
THAT THING...BLAIR BABY Voiceover Sean Grundy BBC 2
THAT THING...FAT LES Voiceover Sean Grundy BBC 2
CORPORATE - CISCO SYSTEMS FLOOD VIDEO Professor Bob Garrett Kevin Lewington Jaw Dropping Productions
COMMERCIAL - VW INDEPENDENT CINEMA SPONSORSHIP Projectionist Andy McLeod Rattling Stcik
COMMERCIAL - TISCALI Tristram Shapeero Moon Films

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VIDEO:
Dan Tetsell New Showreel

 

 
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