Biography
Steve Punt (born 15 September 1962) is a British comedian, writer and actor. He was born in Dhekelia Cantonment, Cyprus, and studied English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he joined Footlights and met his long-term collaborator Hugh Dennis.
Punt and Dennis formed a double act and gained prominence in the early 1990s with The Mary Whitehouse Experience and their own sketch series. Punt has presented BBC Radio 4's The Now Show and contributed writing to panel shows including Mock the Week and Would I Lie to You?. He played Eric Idle in the 2011 BBC film Holy Flying Circus and has written episodes of Horrible Histories.
