Name |
Hugh Dennis |
Height |
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Naionality |
English |
Date of Birth |
13-February-1962 |
Place of Birth |
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England |
Famous for |
Acting |
Hugh Dennis is an English actor, comedian, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist, best known for being one half of Punt and Dennis with comedy partner Steve Punt and their long-running radio satire show The Now Show and his position as a permanent panellist on the TV satirical comedy show Mock the Week. He uses his middle name Hugh as his stage name because Equity already had a Peter Dennis when he first started.
His radio work with Punt includes over a decade of performing Punt and Dennis, It's Been a Bad Week, The Party Line and the currently running satirical radio comedy show, The Now Show. On The Now Show he is in a line-up including Punt, Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke. He is friends with Chris Morris and has had cameos on Brass Eye. He has also done the narration for the CBBC show Sam and Mark's Guide To Dodging Disasters.
Besides his regular television work, Dennis is a panellist on Mock The Week and has appeared in every episode since its inception. He is a regular guest on various BBC-broadcasted comedy panel game shows such as They Think It's All Over, Would I Lie To You?, QI and has guest hosted Have I Got News For You. In 2011, he hosted the short-lived improvisational comedy series Fast and Loose.