Charlie Wernham (born 3 October 1994) is an English comedian and actor who is known for auditioning on the second series of the ITV talent show ''

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'' and for his role as Robbie Roscoe in ''

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''. He also played Mitchell in '' Bad Education'' and has appeared in ''

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'', '' School of Comedy'' and ''

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''. He played Aaron Monroe in ''

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'' from 2021 to 2022.

Early life

Wernham was born in

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. He started his stand-up comedy act at the age of eight, winning his first talent show at eight. He went on to win three more contests. His father, Dave, helps him write his jokes and structure the routine. Wernham's favourite comedians are Ed Byrne,

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and Lee Evans.

''Britain's Got Talent''

In 2008, Wernham auditioned for the second series of the ITV talent show ''

'' in London, where he performed a variety of jokes. Judge

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commented that the jokes were terrible but delivered a confident performance.

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said that "We've had some rotten comedians on this show, but you're the only one who's made me laugh and told jokes that I could understand".

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commented that Wernham has "made her moan". Wernham received three 'yes' votes from the judges and was put through to the next round. He made it through to the live semi-finals. In the semi-final on 29 May 2008, he performed a stand-up comedy routine. The performance brought largely positive comments from the judges, though Morgan and Holden said that the jokes were "terrible" but that they still loved the act. Cowell compared him to a funny version of

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. He failed to make it through to the final.

Acting career

After the show, Wernham began attending the

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at weekends. He appeared on the E4 comedy ''

'' in the episode "Work Experience" playing Danny Moore, a pupil who beats up Simon Cooper ( Joe Thomas). He also starred in the E4 show '' School of Comedy'', playing several characters. The show began airing on 2 October 2009. He appeared in the third series of '' Harry & Paul'' on

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in late 2010. He also played Mitchell in the BBC 3 series '' Bad Education,'' written by comedian and actor

Jack Whitehall Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He is known for starring as JP in the series ''Fresh Meat (TV series), Fresh Meat'' (2011–2016) and Alfie Wickers in the series ''Bad Educat ...

. Between 2013 and 2016 he regularly appeared as Robbie Roscoe in ''

''. In 2021, he became a series regular in ''

'' as Aaron Monroe.

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