Mark Silcox is a comedian and actor who has been performing since 2008. He is most known for being a

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, making it to the finals of the BBC New Comedy Award in 2013 and being one of several Asian comedians to be featured on

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's ''The Big Asian Stand-Up'', as well as for his starring role as

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's assistant on the

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consumer rights comedy show '' Joe Lycett's Got Your Back''.

Early life

Silcox grew up in

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, where he received a

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in Chemistry and worked as a lecturer. He moved to

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in 1990, and completed a

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Career

A part-time

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, Silcox is known for his

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style of anti-humour. Silcox originally began performing in 2008 after attending a

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course from City Lit. After 50 gigs, he moved to

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to focus on a career in

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, returning to the UK to start gigging again in 2012. Since 2012, he has appeared on

's ''An Immigrant's Guide to Britain'', ''The Big Asian Stand-Up'' on

, and

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's ''Comedians in Pubs Talking Comedy'' on

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. In 2018, Silcox starred in three episodes of the gritty YouTube mini-series, 'Silcox Investigates', where he played a Private Investigator. The remaining three episodes are due to be filmed in 2020. In 2019, Silcox began appearing as

’s sidekick on

's '' Joe Lycett's Got Your Back'', with a clip of him challenging

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on their motto "Have it your way" going viral and prompting a response from Burger King themselves. As an actor, Silcox has appeared on '' Man Like Mobeen'', '' Sick of It'' and '' The Luke McQueen Pilots''. He has performed a show at the

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every year since 2014. Silcox was a BBC New Comedy Award finalist in 2013. In 2019, Silcox was featured as Sir

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in Jay Foreman's ''Unfinished London'' series. In 2020, Silcox played the role of Raj in “The Telethon”, an update written by and starring George Vere, for the

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'' Not For Broadcast''. In 2022, Silcox played the role of Edgar, one of the retail assistants at the Peterborough branch of Sports Depot, in the 3 part comedy mini-series Sneakerhead, broadcast on

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in the UK.

Television credits

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silcox, Mark Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century British comedians British male comedians Place of birth missing (living people) Nationality missing Alumni of Imperial College London British stand-up comedians 21st-century British male actors British male television actors Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom British male actors of Indian descent