Colin Hoult (born 15 May 1979) is an English actor and writer in television, radio, and theatre. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre.

Career

Hoult has worked in various television productions, including '' Russell Howard's Good News'' (

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, 2009), '' Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder'' (

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, 2009), ''Angelo's'' ( Five, 2007), ''Edinburgh and Beyond'' ( Paramount Comedy Channel, 2007), ''Comedy Shuffle'' (

, 2007), ''The Charlotte Church Show'' (

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, 2006), and '' Harry Hill's TV Burp'' (

). In 2013, Hoult had a recurring role in series 5 of '' Being Human''. In the same year, he appeared as a life coach in the BBC's '' Life's Too Short'', starring Warwick Davis, a show written by Ricky Gervais and

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. Hoult is also known for his collaborations with Gervais, appearing on '' Derek'' as Geoff in 2014 and as Ken Otley in '' After Life'' (2020). In 2019, Hoult began appearing in the

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series '' Almost Never'', in the recurring role of AJ. Hoult's radio work includes ''House on Fire'' (BBC Radio 4, 2010), ''Out to Lunch'' ( BBC Radio 2, 2008), ''Rudy's Rare Records'' (

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), ''

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's Crooked House'' (

), ''Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio'' ( BBC Radio 7), ''Buy Me Up'' (BBC Radio 2), ''Regressed'' (BBC Radio 4), ''28 Acts in 28 Minutes'' (BBC Radio 4), ''The Milk Run'' (

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), ''Nick Mohammed in Bits'', and ''Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters'' (BBC Radio 4, 2013). His theatre credits include '' Pete and Dud: Come Again'' ( Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005, London's West End, followed by a tour of New Zealand), and ''Zimbani'' (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008), with David James McNeil and Claire Warde. Hoult is a regular performer on the London comedy circuit with actor/stand-up comic Fergus Craig in the double act ''Colin and Fergus''. They performed three shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 2004 and 2006: ''Colin & Fergus'', ''Colin & Fergus 2'', and ''Rutherford Lodge''. In 2004, they won the Writers Guild Award for Comedy at the festival. Hoult performed his own show, ''Carnival of Monsters'', at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival. It was directed by Stephen Evans and also featured Evans, Zoe Gardner, and Dan Snelgrove. Hoult returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 for his second solo show, ''Enemy of the World'', using the same actors and production team as the previous year. At the 2011 Edinburgh Festival, he performed his third solo outing, ''Inferno''. This show featured Gardner and Snelgrove and was directed by Kat Hoult. In 2015, Hoult appeared as various characters in

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's sketch/prank show ''Glitchy''. He returned to the Edinburgh Fringe as his character Anna Mann in 2016 and 2017. Both shows were critically acclaimed and listed among the best-reviewed comedy shows at the Fringe by British Comedy Guide.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoult, Colin English male television actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male comedians Living people 1979 births Male actors from Nottinghamshire People from Beeston, Nottinghamshire Comedians from Nottinghamshire Actors from the Borough of Broxtowe