Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original representer of the satirical panel game” Have I Got News For You” and the host of the show “Would I Lie To You?” from 2007 -2008. Hewas recently featured on Comedy Sketchbook and Hell’s Kitchen. He was born on 6 January1956, Surrey, England. He played early as a footballer and had a trial with Crystal Palace. He was also the captain of the Caterham U16 Rugby team. Later, he is a supporter of Manchester united. Deayton read languages like French and German at New College, Oxford, where he was recruited into the Oxford Revue by them, and he performed with them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
His performance led to the creation of the parody brand the Hee Bee Gee Bees in 1980. Angus firstly began his career on Radio Active, which was a parody of British local radio stations broadcast on BBC Radio 4;he transferred to KYTV between 1989-1933. Not only performed at the Montreal Comedy festival with Rowan Atkinson As he was growing older, he was called as "a child >> Read More... in “Just For Laughs” but also starred with him as a ‘pool attendant’ and ‘a man on a park’ bench in Mr.Bean‘s one of the episodes "The Curse of Mr. Bean.” For many times, He has appeared in various TV productions, including In Search of Happiness and Bore of the year Awards, One Foot in the Grave, Doctor at the Top.In 1988, Deayton was known as a featured player in all three series of the Emmy Award-Winning sketch comedy program Alexei Sayle’s Stuff.
During his casting as the Maldrews’ neighbor in the sitcom ‘One Foot in the Grave,’He was selected as the host of ‘Have I Got News For You.’By the time, His demand increased as a presenter of television’s specials, including the BBC’s New Year’s Eve show and the BAFTA Awards. Angus is renowned for his razor-sharp wit and dry sense of humor. He was the presenter of “Have I Got News for You,” the award-winning comedy quiz show. In June 2007, he returned to the BBC to host the panel show, “Would I Lie to You?” and he presented “Comedy Sketchbook,” a nostalgic look at classic comedy sketches, on BBC1.
His hardwork paysoff by Winning awards like TRIC AWARDS(1995), British Comedy Awards(1992),BAFTA(1992), Monaco radio grand Prix Award(1995), and Sony Award for best radio comedy. In 2016,Angus became one of the celebrities on ITV’s entertainment which was motoring series Drive.
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