Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult (born 15 May 1979, in Nottingham, England) is a comedy actor/writer in television, radio and theatre. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. His recent television work includes Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three, 2009), Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1, 2009), Angelo's (Five, 2007), Edinburgh and Beyond (Paramount Comedy Channel, 2007), Comedy Shuffle (BBC Three, 2007), The Charlotte Church Show (Channel 4, 2006) and Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1). Hoult had a recurring role in series 5 of Being Human in 2013. In the same year he appeared as a life coach in the BBC's Life's Too Short starring Warwick Davis, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Hoult's radio work includes House on Fire (BBC Radio 4, 2010), Out to Lunch (BBC Radio 2, 2008), Rudy's Rare Records (BBC Radio 4), Agatha Christie's Crooked House (BBC Radio 4)), Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (BBC Radio 7), Buy Me Up (BBC Radio 2), Regressed (BBC Radio 4), 28 Acts In 28 Minutes (BBC Radio 4), The Milk Run (BBC Radio 1), Nick Mohammed in Bits, and Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters (BBC Radio 4, 2013). Theatre credits include Come Again with Pete and Dud (Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005, London's West End and then a tour of New Zealand), and Zimbani (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008) with David James McNeil and Claire Warde. Hoult is a regular performer on the London comedy circuit with actor/stand-up comic Fergus Craig in the double act Colin and Fergus. They performed three shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between 2004 and 2006: Colin & Fergus, Colin & Fergus 2 and Rutherford Lodge. In 2004 they won the Writers Guild Award for Comedy at the festiva