Kieran Hodgson

Kieran Hodgson is a British character comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his role as Gordon in Two Doors Down.

Early life and education

Kieran Hodgson was raised in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire and educated at Holmfirth High School before going onto Greenhead College in Huddersfield. He studied History and French at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class degree.

Career

Hodgson's first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was ''French Exchange'', which was nominated by ''The Times'' as one of the "Top five of the Free Fringe 2014". It retold the story of a GCSE French exchange trip in a comedy storytelling style. That year, he also appeared as an aspiring detective called Ridley in an episode of ''Jonathan Creek'', entitled "The Letters of Septimus Noone".

In 2015, his show ''Lance'', a similarly biographical storytelling piece about his childhood hero, Lance Armstrong,
was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Hodgson appeared in an episode of the third series of '' Drifters''. He received the nomination again in 2016 for his show ''Maestro'', which used his interest in classical music and attempt to write a symphony as a metaphor for his life. In 2018, Hodgson launched a new show, ''75'', at the Fringe. It used the 1975 referendum on Europe as a means of exploring the contemporary Brexit debate, with Hodgson impersonating many famous UK politicians from the 1970s. He was nominated for the Comedy Award for a third time, before taking the show on the road from January 2019. This formed the basis for his Channel 4 comedy documentary ''How Europe Stole My Mum''.

Hodgson appeared as Ian Lavender in the one-off BBC Two drama ''We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story''. Hodgson also starred in ''The Lentil Sorters'' on BBC Radio 4, presented ''Kieran Hodgson's Earworms'' for Radio 4 in August 2017, and made appearances in ''Siblings'' on BBC Three, ''Count Arthur Strong'' on BBC Two and the film '' Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa''.

In 2017 Hodgson first appeared as Gordon, the new boyfriend of Ian, in the BBC Scotland television comedy series '' Two Doors Down'', a role that he reprised in the 2019 series.

In 2022 he appeared as Prince Andrew in the Channel 4 programme '' Prince Andrew: The Musical''; he also co-wrote the music and lyrics.

Personal life

Hodgson is a keen musician. He is a fan of romantic music, in particular the music of Gustav Mahler, and this was the topic of his stand-up show ''Maestro''. Hodgson learned both the violin and piano as a child. He played in the North London Sinfonia for eight years, from 2012 to 2020.

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British male television actors
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Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford