Rhys Thomas (born 12 December 1978 in Essex) is an English comedian and actor.
His breakthrough came while working as a runner on Shooting Stars, when he showed Charlie Higson and Bob Mortimer some sketches he had performed in college. Higson recruited Thomas as a supporting cast member on The Fast Show, and he has since appeared in several comedy series, including Fun at the Funeral Parlour, Happiness, Monkey Trousers, and Nathan Barley, as well...
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Rhys Thomas (born 12 December 1978 in Essex) is an English comedian and actor.
His breakthrough came while working as a runner on Shooting Stars, when he showed Charlie Higson and Bob Mortimer some sketches he had performed in college. Higson recruited Thomas as a supporting cast member on The Fast Show, and he has since appeared in several comedy series, including Fun at the Funeral Parlour, Happiness, Monkey Trousers, and Nathan Barley, as well as co-writing and performing in the Fast Show spin-off Swiss Toni, and script editing the later series of Shooting Stars. He currently plays the host of BBC Radio 4's spoof late-night phone-in, Down the Line, and writes for and appears in Channel 4 sketch show Blunder. Thomas has also appeared in the Channel 4 comedy Star Stories playing Jude Law, Andrew Ridgely, Warren Beatty, Gary Glitter, Daniel Day Lewis, Kiefer Sutherland and The Fonz amongst others.
He has also worked closely with the rock band Queen over the past 5 years, producing...
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