Dan Wright (comedian)
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Daniel "Dan" Wright is an English comedian and actor.


Early life

Wright attended the
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Career

He is best known for playing Little Cook Small in the
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programme '' Big Cook, Little Cook'' with Steve Marsh, who played Big Cook Ben. Marsh and Wright form the comedy duo ''Electric Forecast'', and have made numerous television appearances together, such as hosting Sky 1's ''Crash Test Dummies'' in February 2007. The duo have also appeared in ''Kingdom'', as a pair of duelling brothers and in '' Hotel Trubble'' as demolition workers Mr. Wreck and Mr. Ball, as well as hosting the
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show ''Space Hoppers''. In February 2013, Wright starred in the CBBC sketch show ''Fit''. Since January 2014, Wright has appeared in ''
4 O'Clock Club ''4 O'Clock Club'' is a British comedy drama and musical children's television series set in a secondary school, which premiered on 13 January 2012 on CBBC. Background In March 2011, auditions were held for ''4 O'Clock Club'', and the show was ...
'' as Mr. Nunn, the tyrannical sports teacher. They were also guest hosts on ''
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'', from 10 July to 14 July 2007. In April 2007, Wright presented the documentary ''F*** Off, I'm Ginger'', as part of
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's ''Body Image'' documentary series. He made two guest appearances in 2010, in the television programme by CBBC, ''Scoop''. In February 2013, he starred in ''Fit'', a CBBC sketch show, alongside
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, William Hartley, and Tala Gouveia. He performed his stand-up act in August 2012, ''Michael Jackson Touched Me'', which received a nomination for Best Show at the 2012
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. From 2012 to 2014, he made 16 appearances on the daytime talk show by Channel 5, ''
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''. In January 2014, he began appearing as PE Teacher, Mr. Nunn, in the third series of the CBBC show ''4 O'Clock Club''. He continued to appear in the show until the ninth and final series which aired in 2020.


Filmography


References

Living people English male comedians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English male actors English male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-tv-actor-stub