Seymour Mace is a British comedian and actor.
Mace was born in 1969, and he moved with his family soon afterwards to South Africa as his father worked as a
gold miner
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. The family returned to the UK, to
Bedworth
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, near
Coventry
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.
Mace worked as a clown in the mid-1990s before becoming a stand-up comedian. He was a finalist at the
So You Think You're Funny
So You Think You're Funny? (SYTYF) is an annual stand-up comedy competition for new acts. The competition began in 1988 in the United Kingdom.
The finals are held every August at The Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Past wi ...
competition at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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in 2001. He has performed several shows at the Fringe, including ''Marmaduke Spatula's Fuckin' Spectacular Cabaret of Sunshine Show'' in 2013.
Mace played Steve (and his twin Craig) in the BBC sitcom ''
Ideal
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Philosophy
* Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals
* Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato
Mathematics
* Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considere ...
'' between 2005-2010. In 2009, he starred in the horror comedy ''
Zombie Women of Satan''. He appeared in the second series of ''
Hebburn
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'' as music producer Eric.
In 2010, he appeared on ''
Dave's One Night Stand
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''
Mace also appears in the offbeat comedy film ''What Happened After Macbeth'', which will be released in 2014.
Mace hosted the monthly Giggle Beats Comedy Pub Quiz in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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.
He took part in the 'Laughing for a Change' project in 2014, which aimed to raise awareness of
mental health
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through a comedy tour, also featuring
Mrs Barbara Nice and
Rob Deering
Rob Deering (born 1972) is an English comedian, musician and writer.
Personal life
Deering grew up in London and Oxfordshire, and lives in London with his wife Julia and their children. Deering is an avid runner and has run eight marathons in ...
. The project was supported by
Time to Change.
In 2015 Mace was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, for his show ''Seymour Mace is Niche as F**k!''
References
External links
*
Page on Chortle including tour dates*
1969 births
British comedians
Living people
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