Jonny Sweet (born 1985) is a British comedian and the recipient of the 2009

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for best newcomer.

Early life

Sweet was born in

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and educated at the local independent school

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. He read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge and met writing partner Joe Thomas, and both were members of the

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. Sweet served as vice-president to

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while Thomas was secretary. After graduating, the three shared a flat together before their big break into comedy and television. He graduated with a

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and was expected to follow his father into the legal profession but joined

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on an internship instead. He is a supporter of

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Football Club.

Career

In 2009 Sweet won The

for best newcomer for his show 'Mostly About Arthur'. He also starred in

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's debut play ''Party'' alongside Basden himself, 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner

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and

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. The play won a Fringe First before travelling to the Sydney Arts Festival and appearing in London's West End and in adaptation as a

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sitcom. Sweet became known for playing posh characters after his role as future Prime Minister David Cameron in the 2009

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satirical show '' When Boris Met Dave'', which details how Cameron and

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first met. He also appeared alongside Alistair McGowan, Adrian Edmonson and

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in ''

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: The Lost Sketches'', a revival of

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and

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's works on BBC Two. In 2012, he had a small role in BBC's ''

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'' as one of Paul's newly found relatives. He is also writing partner with '' Inbetweeners'' stars

and Joe Thomas and together they make up the sketch group ''The House of Windsor''. Following their critically acclaimed Edinburgh show ''The Meeting'', they are now developing projects together for TV and film. Their period sitcom '' Chickens'', about 3 conscientious objectors during World War I was broadcast in Autumn on Sky One, also starring Barry Humphries. Thomas and Sweet have also performed as a double-act, garnering many rave reviews and being nominated for a Writer's Guild Award. He has recorded two series of his Radio 4 sitcom, ''Hard to Tell'', a romance, starring

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as his love interest. The structure mainly consists of conversation between Tom (Sweet) and his sister Maeve (Katy Wix) telling his side of the developing romance, and between Ellen (Ritchie) and best friend Hermione (Sarah Solomani). In 2013, he was nominated for the Best Breakthrough Artist at the

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. In 2014 Sweet starred as Tom Oliver in the Channel 4 police comedy-drama series '' Babylon''. In 2015, Sweet created, wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom ''

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'' based loosely on his radio series ''Hard to Tell''. He also wrote an episode of Tom Basden's E4 series ''

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''. In mid-2017 Sweet starred in the sitcom ''Loaded'' (

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), about a group of IT entrepreneurs who become millionaires when their company is bought out.

Filmography

Film

TV series

Writing credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweet, Jonny Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge British comedians 1985 births Living people People educated at Nottingham High School