Jimmy Donny Cosgrove (born James Cosgrove, 13 April 1985) is a writer, actor and comedian from

Andover, Hampshire Andover ( ) is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton, a major tributary of the Test, and is situated alongside the major A303 trunk road at the eastern end of Salisbury Plain, west of the town of Basingsto ...

. He is known for co-writing the BBC 1 sitcom ''

Warren A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Angl ...

'' starring

Martin Clunes Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, comedian, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Doc Martin'' and Gary Strang in ''Men Be ...

Early life and education

Cosgrove was born in Winchester to Liz and Dave Cosgrove. He has two sisters and attended Harrow Way Community and Kimpton Primary School as a child. He studied comedy writing and performance at Southampton Solent University, despite only obtaining 1 GCSE pass. Cosgrove told a podcast in 2019, "I just kind of blagged my way in. I got the number and email address of the course tutor and bombarded him every day for 6 weeks. In the end, he rang me and asked me to stop emailing him but he did invite me for an audition. I started uni 2 weeks later".

Career

Cosgrove hosts a weekly podcast with writing partner Paul Mckenna and writer of the Sky sitcom 'Hitmen' Joe Parham called 'The Paul Mckenna & Jimmy Donny Cosgrove (with Joe Parham) Podcast'.

References

External links

* 1985 births English male writers English male comedians 21st-century English male actors Male actors from Winchester Living people People from Andover, Hampshire English male television actors Writers from Winchester Comedians from Hampshire {{UK-comedian-stub