Anthony Head - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

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Born in Camden Town, London, head was educated at Sunbury Grammar School and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His father was Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head, a documentary filmmaker and founder of Verity Films, and his mother is actor Helen Shingler.

Head began his comedy career by working on two series of The Comic Strip Presents... in the 1980s, working backstage and playing the minor role of Ricki. After several
From 2002 to 2003, Head appeared alongside Nigel Havers and others in the BBC Two comedy drama Manchild, a show following four successful 50-something struggling to come to terms with their respective mid-life crises.

In three series of Little Britain] (2003-2005), Head starred as The Prime Minister, alongside David Walliams's enamoured/obsessed assistant Sebastian, in the the BBC sketch comedy show Little Britain.

Head is also a talented musical performer, and his breakthrough first role was in the musical Godspell[/o].

Head played Frank N. Further in the 1990-1991 West End revival of [I]The Rocky Horror Show at London's Picaddilly Theatre,

He has played both Alexander Graham Bell and Admiral Horatio Nelson in various episodes of the Comedy Central comedy Drunk History, and has starred in such works as Motherland and Yonderland.

Alongside his extensive work in television, Head has released an album of songs with musician George Sarah, entitled Music For Elevators.

Head has appeared in a special webcast version of Doctor Who, a story called Death Comes To Time, in which he played the Time Lord Valentine.

From 2008 to 2014 Head starred in the last two series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure, a much-loved sitcom based on the world's smallest airline. Here he would play Hercules Shipwright, a romantic interest for airline CEO played by Stephanie Cole, and would feature alongside classic comedy actor Roger Allam and future star Benedict Cumberbatch.