Paul Putner

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name = Paul Putner

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Paul Putner (born March 1966) is an English comedian and actor.

He was born in East Grinstead. He studied at LAMDA where he won, amongst other prizes, the Kenneth More prize for comedy acting.

His first significant TV role saw Putner as numerous characters in "The Glam Metal Detectives" shown on BBC2. His real break in comedy came after he set up the club "The Regency Rooms" with fellow performers Steve Furst and Oliver Darly. The club developed a cult following and was attended by many comics. Richard Herring saw Paul performing there and cast him in his play "Punk's Not Dead" at the Edinburgh Fringe. This role lead to many others including TV roles in Lee and Herring's shows

He has appeared in numerous British TV and radio shows, including "This Morning With Richard Not Judy" (1998) (perhaps most notably as the Curious Orange, who appeared in every episode, but also in several other recurring roles), "Sir Bernard's Stately Homes" (1999), "Spaced" (1999), "Rock Profile" (2000), "The Day the Music Died" (2004 - present), "Look Around You" (2004) and "Little Britain" (2003-2005). He appeared in a minor role as a zombie in the comedy movie "Shaun of the Dead" in 2005, and could also be heard on the zombies' 'commentary' track on the DVD release. More recently he has appeared in the BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy "Nebulous" (2005), "Peacefully in their Sleeps" on Radio 4 in 2007 and "The Peter Serafinowicz Show" in (2007)

He has also contributed material to programmes including "The Impressionable Jon Culshaw", "Little Britain", "The Peter Serafinowicz Show" and is a co-creator of the website "TV Dregs".

In 2005, Putner took the starring role (as a mime) in the 7th district section of the film "Paris, je t'aime" written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film opened the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. From late 2005 until early 2007 Paul toured in the "Little Britain Live" show, performing many character parts to over a million people on two continents.

External links

*imdb name|id=0701248|name=Paul Putner
* [http://www.tvdregs.com TV Dregs]