---
name: "Danny Wallace"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-wallace"
fi1m_id: "danny-wallace"
imdb_id: "nm0991245"
tmdb_id: 204163
wikidata_id: "Q840900"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 November 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T16:38:12.827295+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny Wallace

## Identity

Danny Wallace

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-wallace
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-wallace
- **IMDb ID:** nm0991245
- **TMDB ID:** 204163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q840900
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wallace_(humorist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204163

Producer. Born 16 November 1976 in Dundee.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 November 1976, Dundee
- **Active:** 2006–2008
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 1 writing, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Wallace_(humorist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204163

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Would I Lie to You?*](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danny Wallace is a British writer, comedian and presenter. Born in Dundee on 16 November 1976, he began contributing to video game magazines at the age of thirteen and later studied media at the University of Westminster.

His books include *Join Me* (2003) and *Yes Man* (2005), the latter adapted into a 2008 film starring Jim Carrey. He has written and presented television series such as *How to Start Your Own Country* (2005) and appeared as a guest on panel shows including *Would I Lie to You?* (2009).

Wallace has also worked in radio and video games, voicing a character in the *Assassin’s Creed* series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dannywallace.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *The IT Crowd* (2006), Fi1m 76, as Cultural Advisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Yes Man* (2008), Fi1m 56, Associate Producer, Author — [page](https://film.one/film/yes-man.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club* (2010), series, Actor
- *The National Television Awards Backstage Live* (2010), series, Actor
- *As Seen on TV* (2009), series, Actor
- *Big Brother's Big Quiz* (2009), series, Actor
- *Yes Man* (2008), Author, Associate Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/yes-man.md)
- *Final 24: River Phoenix* (2006), as Narrator
- *The IT Crowd* (2006), series, as Cultural Advisor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md)
- *How to Start Your Own Country* (2005), series, Writer
- *World Shut Your Mouth* (2005), series, Actor
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Dave Gorman Collection* (2001), series, Writer, Creator
- *Watchers* (2000), Actor
- *Awkward Situations for Men*, series, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Danny Wallace](https://film.one/media/person/484734/gallery-b19a04fe338a.jpg) Danny Wallace — Rich Hardcastle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Danny_Wallace.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![British comedian Danny Wallace (cropped) (2003)](https://film.one/media/person/484734/gallery-8cc919bfbaae.jpg) British comedian Danny Wallace (cropped) (2003) — Chris Peach from England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Danny_Wallace.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- British Academy Games Award for Performer 2013: British Academy Games Award for Performer (won), for *Thomas Was Alone*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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