Daniel "Dan" Wright is an English comedian and actor who is best known for playing Little Cook Small in the

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programme ''

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'' with Steve Marsh, who played Big Cook Ben. Marsh and Wright form the comedy duo ''Electric Forecast'', and have made numerous television appearances together, such as hosting Sky 1's ''Crash Test Dummies'' in February 2007. The duo have also appeared in ''Kingdom'', as a pair of duelling brothers and in ''

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'' as demolition workers Mr. Wreck and Mr. Ball, as well as hosting the

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show ''Space Hoppers''. In February 2013, Wright starred in the CBBC sketch show ''Fit''. Since January 2014, Wright has appeared in ''

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'' as Mr. Nunn, the tyrannical sports teacher.

Early life

Wright attended the Anglo European School in

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. In October 2001, Wright formed the stand up double act ''Electric Forecast'', with Steve Marsh, and began performing shortly afterwards. In August 2003, they performed at the

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. In February 2004, they began hosting the programme by

, ''

'', together. Since then, they have hosted several television programmes together, including ''Space Hoppers ''for

, and ''Crash Test Dummies ''for

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. They were also guest hosts on '' Big Brother's Big Mouth'', from 10 July to 14 July 2007.

Other work

In April 2007, Wright presented the documentary ''F*** Off, I'm Ginger'', as part of

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's ''Body Image'' documentary series. He made two guest appearances in 2010, in the television programme by CBBC, ''Scoop''. In February 2013, he starred in ''Fit'', a CBBC sketch show, alongside

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, William Hartley, and Tala Gouveia. He performed his stand-up act in August 2012, ''Michael Jackson Touched Me'', which received a nomination for Best Show at the 2012

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. From 2012 to 2014, he made 16 appearances on the daytime talk show by Channel 5, ''

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''. In January 2014, he began appearing as PE Teacher, Mr. Nunn, in the third series of the CBBC show ''4 O'Clock Club''. In January 2015, he returned for the fourth series, and returned for the fifth, sixth and seventh series.

Filmography

References

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