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

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. The family returned to the UK, to

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, near

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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

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competition at the

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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 ''

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'' between 2005-2010. In 2009, he starred in the horror comedy '' Zombie Women of Satan''. He appeared in the second series of ''

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'' as music producer Eric. In 2010, he appeared on ''

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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

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. He took part in the 'Laughing for a Change' project in 2014, which aimed to raise awareness of

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through a comedy tour, also featuring Mrs Barbara Nice and

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. 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!''

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