Seymour Mace (born 1969) is a British comedian and actor.

Life and career

Mace was born in 1969, and he moved with his family soon afterwards to South Africa as his father worked as a

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. The family returned to the UK, to

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, near

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. Mace worked as a clown in the mid-1990s before becoming a stand-up comedian. He was a finalist at the

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competition at the

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in 2001. He has performed several shows at the Fringe, including ''Marmaduke Spatula's Fuckin' Spectacular Cabaret of Sunshine Show'' in 2013. Mace played Steve (and his twin Craig) in the BBC sitcom '' Ideal'' between 2005-2010. In 2009, he starred in the horror comedy '' Zombie Women of Satan''. He appeared in the second series of ''

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'' as music producer Eric. Mace was the continuity announcer for

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between 2009 and 2013. In 2010, he appeared on '' Dave's One Night Stand''. Mace also appears in the offbeat comedy film ''What Happened After Macbeth'', which will be released in 2014. Mace hosted the monthly Giggle Beats Comedy Pub Quiz in

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. He took part in the 'Laughing for a Change' project in 2014, which aimed to raise awareness of

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through a comedy tour, also featuring Mrs Barbara Nice and Rob Deering. The project was supported by Time to Change. In 2015 Mace was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, for his show ''Seymour Mace is Niche as F**k!''

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Page on Chortle including tour dates
* 1969 births British stand-up comedians Living people People from Bedworth Comedians from Warwickshire British male comedians Male actors from Warwickshire Actors from Nuneaton and Bedworth {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub