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name: "Simon Day"
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born: "7 June 1962"
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# Simon Day

Actor. Born 7 June 1962 in Blackheath, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 June 1962, Blackheath, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2007
- **Also known as:** Simon Daye, Paul Chowdhry & Simon Day, Tommy Cockles

## Biography

Simon Day is an English comedian and actor. He rose to prominence as a stand-up comic, winning the Time Out new act of the year award in 1991 with his music hall character Tommy Cockles.

Day is best known for his work on the BBC sketch series *The Fast Show* (1994–2014), in which he played numerous characters including Dave Angel, Billy Bleach and Competitive Dad. He also co-wrote material for the show and appeared in the related sitcom *Grass* (2003).

His other credits include film roles in *Shakespeare in Love* (1998) and *Run Fatboy Run* (2007), and television appearances in *Skins* (2007), *Death in Paradise* (2011) and *Pennyworth* (2019). In 2012 he published the autobiography *Comedy and Error: They Really Were Marvellous Times*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Leo Mclair — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Fi1m 79, as Taxi boatman — [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)
- *Jonathan Creek* (1997), Fi1m 78, as Jordan Strange — [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md)
- *The Fast Show* (1994), Fi1m 81, as Various Characters — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fast-show.md)

## Also known for

- *The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus* (2009), Uncle Bob
- *Run Fatboy Run* (2007), Vincent
- *Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler* (2019), Sid Onslow
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Combover Guy
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), Charlie Beckett
- *Hustle* (2004), Luke Baincross
- *Father Brown* (2013), Fenwick
- *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Self

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