Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968) is an English actor, comedian and

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

. He is best known for his work on the radio comedy '' Dead Ringers'' since 2000. Culshaw has voiced a number of characters for

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shows including ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (1994–96) and ''

Newzoids ''Newzoids'' is a British topical satirical sketch show, which was co-produced by Citrus Television and Factory for ITV and broadcast for two series between 15 April 2015 and 8 October 2016. The programme operated in a similar format to ''Spitti ...

'' (2015–2016), as well as appearing in '' The Impressions Show'' alongside

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from 2009 until 2011.

Early life and career

Culshaw was born on 2 June 1968 in

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, and educated at St Bede's RC High School and St John Rigby College,

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. Culshaw's radio career began in hospital radio in Ormskirk. His first job was at

Red Rose Radio Red Rose Radio was the first UK Independent Local Radio station to be licensed for Lancashire by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA). Although a company of that name was incorporated in 1978 (as Red Rose Radio Limited), the licence was awa ...

(now Rock FM) in Preston in 1987, where, even then, he used to occasionally read the weather in the voice of

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. He did voice-over work, then was catapulted to prominence with ''

'', where he voiced around forty characters, including

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in the 1990s, who was then the

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. Culshaw is also a former student of

Canterbury Christ Church University , mottoeng = The truth shall set you free , established = 2005 – gained University status 1962 – teacher training college , type = Public , religious_affiliation = Church of England , city ...

. For around four years in the late 1980s, Culshaw was a DJ on commercial radio station

Viking FM Viking FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Sheffield, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire. As of September 2022, the s ...

, based in Hull, and also had a breakfast show on Pennine Radio (now the Pulse of West Yorkshire) and

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Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

. It was a receptionist at Viking FM who persuaded Culshaw that he should go onstage with his impressions and make it his living. Culshaw later appeared on

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

's ''

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'', appeared as a guest on the

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''Star Trek Night'' quiz in August 1996, and was also a regular guest on the

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afternoon show on

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from 1998 to 2002, where he would phone up commercial organisations such as a Kwik-Fit garage in the voice of

Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore was president of the Brit ...

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politely requesting whether they could service his

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fighter and how much time it would take.

Career

Radio

Culshaw rose to fame in January 1998 while working with

Steve Penk Steve Penk is a British radio and television presenter. He was born in Rusholme, Manchester. Penk has worked for various national and local UK radio stations. Aged just 16 he started his radio career at Piccadilly Radio in 1978 (subsequently r ...

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, by impersonating

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and succeeding in contacting

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. He was put through to

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who, despite instantly discovering the ruse, had a lengthy conversation with him until a member of Blair's staff ended the call. Culshaw was one of the stars of the

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

comedy series '' Dead Ringers'', which ran from 2000 to 2007 as well as the

television series of the same name, from 2002 until 2007. The radio series of ''Dead Ringers'' made a return to

in 2014. In 2018, Culshaw gave a rare dramatic performance as

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in the BBC radio play ''The Final Take: Bowie in the Studio'', an imagined account of Bowie as he works on his final album and looks back over his life.

Television

Between 2001 and 2002, Culshaw hosted a programme on

called ''Alter Ego'', where he interviewed male celebrities in their own style of speaking, a form of simultaneous translation. Culshaw also appeared on ''

'', a cartoon version of ''Dead Ringers''. In early 2004, using the same production team, he had his own programme, '' The Impressionable Jon Culshaw'' commissioned for

. In 2005, Culshaw was a celebrity contestant on '' Comic Relief Does Fame Academy'' and was the fourth person to become eliminated. In the same year, he also appeared in the BBC General Election coverage, in the guises of

and

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. In January 2006, Culshaw presented one series of the

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programme '' Jon Culshaw's Commercial Breakdown''. In November 2007 and December 2008, Culshaw, a keen

amateur astronomer Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers m ...

, appeared on ''

The Sky at Night ''The Sky at Night'' is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date ...

'' impersonating a young

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. In March 2011, he appeared again on the 700th episode of ''

'', reading viewer questions to the panel of experts. Culshaw later appeared two months later reporting on the Northern Lights. In January 2008, he appeared on '' Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack'', as part of a pub-quiz team with

. In May 2008, Culshaw appeared in the

documentary series ''

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''. Since 2009, Culshaw has starred in the

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comedy sketch show '' The Impressions Show'' alongside

. On 13 March 2010, Jon was a guest judge on the

charity programme ''

Let's Dance for Comic Relief ''Let's Sing and Dance'', formerly known as ''Let's Dance'', is a British television programme shown on BBC One, featuring celebrities performing famous dance routines to raise money for the charities Comic Relief and Sport Relief. The programme ...

''. In 2013, he appeared as a contestant on the show, where he performed a routine to "

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" by

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. However, he was eliminated by the public vote. In 2010, Culshaw appeared in the television series, ''

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'' as Des Martin. In November 2013, Culshaw appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''

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''. Since 2015, he has voiced a number of characters alongside

for the

sketch show ''

''. A second series aired in 2016. In 2017, Jon was one of the minor hosts of the Channel 5 documentary series ''

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''. In February 2021, Culshaw appeared on

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, doing "Doctor Who - the Jon Pertwee Years" for his specialist subject. Culshaw narrates the Channel 4 property series ‘Sun, Sea, and Selling Houses’.

Film

In film, Culshaw appeared as

in the 2004 film '' Churchill: The Hollywood Years'' and voiced Piston Pete in the 2008 film ''Agent Crush''.

Impressions

Some of Culshaw's most famous impressions include former British Prime Ministers

and

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(in the

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persona),

Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age twenty one. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maxi ...

, Presidents

and

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Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

, comedian

Michael McIntyre Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is an English comedian, writer and television presenter. In 2012, he was the highest-grossing stand-up comedian in the world. He currently presents his own Saturday night series, ''Michael Mc ...

, presenter

Dale Winton Dale Jonathan Winton (22 May 1955 – 18 April 2018) was an English radio DJ and television presenter. He presented the shows ''Dale's Supermarket Sweep'' from 1993 until 2001 and again in 2007, the National Lottery game show ''In It to Wi ...

, newsreader

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and

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''Doctor Who''

Culshaw has appeared in numerous ''

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'' related productions in various roles. This first came to fruition with his impersonation of

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for both the TV and radio versions of ''Dead Ringers''. He has also appeared in the webcast "

Death Comes to Time ''Death Comes to Time'' is a webcast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', produced by the BBC and first broadcast in five episodes on the BBCi Cult website from 12 July 2001, accompani ...

" and audio drama '' The Kingmaker''. In the latter, he got to perform his Tom Baker impression "for real" (voicing tape recordings of the fourth Doctor), although his nominal part was that of

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. In 2019, he appeared in a trilogy of Doctor Who audio dramas alongside Fifth Doctor

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, playing the shape-shifting android

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. He later started playing

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alongside

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as the Third Doctor.

Awards and honours

In 2006, Culshaw received an

honorary fellowship Honorary titles (professor, reader, lecturer) in academia may be conferred on persons in recognition of contributions by a non-employee or by an employee beyond regular duties. This practice primarily exists in the UK and Germany, as well as in m ...

from the

University of Central Lancashire , mottoeng = "From the Earth to the Sun" , established = as Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledgere-established 1992 (University status granted) , type = Public , chancellor ...

in Preston. In December 2010, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male st ...

. In July 2013 he was awarded an honorary

Doctor of Laws A Doctor of Law is a degree in law. The application of the term varies from country to country and includes degrees such as the Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D. or S.J.D), Juris Doctor (J.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Legum Doctor (LL. ...

degree from the

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. In March 2019, Culshaw sat for British impressionist artist Sherree Valentine-Daines for a portrait painted to mark the opening of the Clarendon Fine Art Gallery in Hampstead, London.

Charity

Culshaw is a celebrity ambassador for the charity Trekstock. Culshaw also supports the Starlight Children's Foundation. Culshaw regularly presents Gold

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s as part of his support for the charity. In 2016 he participated in the

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to raise funds for the Jon Egging Trust, a charity set up in memory of the

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who lost his life while flying at the Red Arrows Display at the

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Filmography

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'' (2007, 2013) *'' Celebrity Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old?'' (2008) *'' Hotel Babylon'' (2008) *''

'' (2008) *''Heston's Eighties Feast'' (2010) *''

'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *''

Britain's Secret Treasures ''Britain's Secret Treasures'' is a British documentary shown on ITV hosted by Michael Buerk and Bettany Hughes. The programme features fifty archaeological discoveries that have been made in England, Wales and Scotland by members of the public. ...

'' (2012) *''

Pointless Celebrities ''Pointless'' is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Television for the BBC. It is hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to ...

'' (2012, 2014) *'' The Chase: Celebrity Special'' (2013) *'' Tipping Point: Lucky Stars'' (2014) *''

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'' (2014) *''Bruce Forsyth's Hall of Fame'' (2014) *''

Get Your Act Together ''Get Your Act Together'' was a British talent show that began airing on ITV on 18 January 2015, hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The show features celebrities learning various different acts, such as juggling, singing, impressions and escapology, and p ...

'' (2015) *''

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'' (2015) *'' This Week'' (2015) *''

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'' (2015) *''

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'' (2015) *'' Celebrity Money for Nothing'' (2017) *''The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas'' (2017)

References

External links

*
Alter Ego.

Article in ''The Stage''

BBC Dead Ringers.

Audio clips

Prank call.

The Time Lord contacts terrestrial organisations by telephone.

Voice over work.

Viking FM jingle

Talking about his work on ''Dead Ringers''.

Interviewed on Radio Lancashire in July 2006

Helping out with Budget 2005 on Radio Five Live

''Would You'' featuring celebrity vocals

Talking on Danny Baker's programme.

This is the Radio Four News with Brian Perkins.

Are you sitting comfortably? It's time for Dead Ringers to begin.

Video clips

Receiving his honorary degree in Preston (YouTube)
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