Dan Antopolski

For the rowing coach and commentator, see Daniel Topolski

Dan Antopolski (born 1972) is a British stand-up comic, actor and writer. He has been a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is known to younger audiences as The Dare Devil from his CBBC show.^[1]

Live Shows

• Jigsaw: Jiggle It, Edinburgh Festival, 2013 Sketch show with Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema ^[2]
• Jigsaw: Gettin' Jiggy, Edinburgh Festival, 2012 Sketch show with Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema ^[2]
• Jigsaw, Edinburgh Festival, 2011 Sketch show with Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema ^[3]
• Turn Of The Century, Edinburgh Festival, 2010 Solo Stand-Up Show ^[4][5]
• Silent But Deadly, Edinburgh Festival, 2009 Solo Stand-Up Show ^[6]
• Dan Antopolski’s Penetrating Gaze, Edinburgh Festival, 2008 Solo Stand-Up Show ^[7]
• A Whim Away, Edinburgh Festival, 2004 Solo Stand-Up Show
• The Dinks 2: Mouthbreathin’, Edinburgh Festival, 2004 Stand-Up with Craig Campbell and Tony Law ^[8]
• The Dinks, Edinburgh Festival, 2003 Stand-Up with Craig Campbell and Tony Law ^[8]
• The Presence, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2003 Solo Stand-Up Show
• The Presence, Edinburgh Festival, 2002 Solo Stand-Up Show
• Antopolski 2000, Edinburgh Festival, 2001 Solo Stand-Up Show
• FHM Edinburgh And Beyond Comedy Tour, National Tour with Simon Day, Lee Mack and Karen Taylor, 2000
• Lee Mack’s New Bits, Edinburgh Festival, 2000 Sketch show with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate ^[9]
• Second Coming, Edinburgh Festival, 2000 Solo Stand-Up Show
• Lee Mack’s Bits, Edinburgh Festival, 1999 Sketch show with Lee Mack and Catherine Tate^[10]
• The Comedy Zone, Edinburgh Festival, 1999 Stand-Up

Awards

In 1998 Antopolski won the BBC New Comedy Award^[11] and in 2009 he won Dave Award for Best Joke at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the joke was "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"^[12] Antopolski's agents issued a cease and desist order to stop a T-shirt manufacturer using the joke.^[13]

Radio

• Quote Unquote (Radio 4) (2016)
• Jigsaw (12 episodes Series 1 and 2) (Radio 4) (2014)^[2][14]
• Stephen K Amos: Life: An Idiot's Guide (Radio 4) (2014)
• Sketchorama (as Jigsaw) (Radio 4)
• In and Out of the Kitchen (with Miles Jupp) (Radio 4)
• The Simon Day Show (Radio 4)
• Strings (with Tim Minchin) (Radio 4) (2010)
• One (radio series) (Series 1 - 3) (Radio 4) (2006 - 2010)
• This Is My Mark (Radio 4) (2009)
• 4 Stands Up (Radio 4) (2009)
• Out To Lunch (Radio 2) (28 episodes 2006 - 2008)
• Peacefully In Their Sleeps (Radio 4) (with Howard Read) (2007)
• The Dan Antopolski Radio Show (Radio 2) (Half-hour special broadcast 14 June 2007)
• Moonmonkeys (Resonance FM) (6 part weekly series with Karl Theobald) (2007)
• Exterminating Angels (Radio 4) (4 episodes, co-starring with Karl Theobald) (2006)
• 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (Radio 4) (2006)
• Undone (Radio 4) (2006)
• The Milk Run (Radio 1) regular contributor and starred in The Dinks special edition (2005)
• Flight of the Conchords (Radio 2) (2005)
• The Dinks (Resonance FM) (2003–04)
• The 99p Challenge (Radio 4) (2004)
• Four At The Store (Radio 4) (2003)

Filmography

Film

• It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) (Eric Banning)^[15]
• Big Girl, Little Girl (2004) (Olly)

Television

• I Live With Models (Episode 8) (Comedy Central) (2015)
• The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC) (2014; 2016)
• The Dare Devil (CBBC) (2013-15)
• Live at the Electric (as Jigsaw) (BBC) (2012)
• Comedy Cuts (Series 1 - 3) (ITV2) (2007 - 2008)
• Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1) (2007)
• Moonmonkeys (BBC3 Special also featuring Karl Theobald) (2007)
• Hyperdrive 'Jeffers' in two seasons of the BBC2 science fiction comedy 2006-2007^[1]
• 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC) (2005)
• AD/BC (BBC Three) a Christmas special rock-opera comedy, also featuring Richard Ayoade, Tom Hillenbrand, Julia Davis and Matt Lucas (2004)
• Brain Candy (BBC) (2002)
• The Stand-Up Show (BBC) (3 series)^[1]
• Time Gentlemen Please (Sky)^[1]
• Live Floor Show (BBC) (2 series)^[1]
• The World Comedy Tour (Comedy Central/Paramount/Channel 9) (2002)
• Edinburgh and Beyond (Paramount) (2004)
• Head Farm (Channel 4 Pilot, also featuring Johnny Vegas, The Mighty Boosh, Garth Marenghi) (2002)

References

1. "First comedian at Kino Teatr". The Observer. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
2. Thorpe, Vanessa (10 August 2013). "The end of the affair, as told by him and her". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
3. O'Leary, Bernard (14 August 2011). "Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine & Nat Luurtsema: Jigsaw". The Skinny. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
4. "Review: Dan Antopolski". Leither Magazine. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
5. Cohen, Louise (26 August 2010). "Edinburgh: Dan Antopolski". The Times. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
6. Lovell, Rebecca (14 August 2009). "My Edinburgh". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
7. Bennett, Steve (2008). "Dan Antopolski's Penetrating Gaze". Chortle. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
8. "Craig Campbell". The Comedy Club. 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
9. "Lee Mack's New Bits". 2000. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
10. "Lee Mack shows off his Bits". BBC News. 27 August 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
11. BBC New Talent: Comedy (September 19, 2014). "BBC New Talent Comedy: Success Stories". BBC. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
12. "Hedgehog joke wins comedy prize". BBC News. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
13. "Who, What, Why: Can a joke be copyrighted?". 22 July 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
14. "Jigsaw". Radio Times. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
15. "Rotten Tomatoes - Dan Antopolski". Rotten Tomatoes. 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links

• danantopolski.com
• Dan Antopolski at the Internet Movie Database