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Awards:
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Nominee: Best
Newcomer,
Edinburgh
Comedy Awards 2009
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Nominee: Chortle
Best Newcomer 2008
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Finalist: Hackney
Empire New Act 2008
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Winner: Amused Moose 2007
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Winner: Charlie Harthill Special Reserve 2007
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Finalist: So You Think You’re Funny 2007
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Runner Up: Laughing
Horse Final 200
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At
just twenty-one years old, Jack Whitehall has made a remarkable
impact upon the comedy world.
In August 2009, he was nominated for the Best Newcomer
Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his debut solo Fringe
show, Jack Whitehall:
Nearly Rebellious.
The show received rave reviews and completely sold out,
with an extra date added due to public demand.
In August 2010, he will return to the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival with a brand new stand up show.
With a host of competition titles and an array of live
appearances under his belt, this so-called ‘newcomer’ recently
hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks and last year he co-wrote
and hosted TNT Show
on Channel 4. In
2009 he hosted Celebrity Big Brother’s Big Mouth for its
three week run live on E4. Recent television appearances include You
Have Been Watching, Would I Lie to You?, 8 Out of
10 Cats, Mock the Week,
A
Comedy Roast and The Graham Norton Show.
This summer Jack will be filming an exciting new show for C4
called Stand Up For The Week in which he and a clutch of
other top comics will be giving their views on events each week
and in the autumn he will be appearing on Michael Mcintyre’s
Comedy Roadshow.
Born
into a theatrical family, Jack initially worked as a child actor
in various television dramas but shortly after leaving school he
decided to pursue a career in stand up comedy.
Six months later, aged 18, he beat over 600 contestants to
become the youngest ever comedian to reach the final of the
prestigious Laughing Horse New Act competition for which he
finished runner up. In addition, he battled his way through a
tense two night
London
competition to secure a place on the Pleasance Comedy Reserve.
Whilst at the Fringe, he reached the final of Channel 5’s
So You Think You’re Funny? and was crowned the youngest ever
Winner of The Amused Moose New Act of the Year, leading Time Out
to pinpoint him as “a rising star.”
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