Gus Brown (born 1974) is an English actor and comedian. He is half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Laurence Howarth. Together they have made two series of comedy sketch shows for

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– ''Laurence & Gus: Untold Stories'' (2004); ''Laurence & Gus: Men in Love'' (2006) and performed in 3

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shows: ''A History of the World in 5 1/5 sketches'' in 2003, ''Men in Love'' in 2004 and ''Next in Line'' in 2006. In 2009, recording has begun for a series called ''Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds''. In 2006, he teamed up on stage with comedian Justin Edwards, playing Hilary Cox, pianist and sidekick to Edwards' comedy character Jeremy Lion. He attended

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, where he met and performed regularly with

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. He appears in their

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sketch show '' That Mitchell and Webb Look''. He appears in one episode of each series of '' Toast of London''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Gus English male actors English male comedians Living people 1974 births