Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and

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. He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows, playing Dr. Evan in '' The Duchess'' (Netflix), Pete Lewis in '' Feel Good'' (Netflix), John Mahogany in BBC Three's '' Top Coppers'', ''

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'' and as one half of the award-winning improvisation duo The Bear Pack.

Early life and education

Raskopoulos was born in Sydney. His father is FFA Hall of Fame footballer

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and his sister is comedian and singer

Jordan Raskopoulos Jordan Nicola Bridget Raskopoulos (born 25 January 1982) is an Australian comedian, actress, streamer and singer best known for her role as a writer and performer on the Network Ten sketch comedy show ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'',

. He studied at the

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where he first started improvising and performed Theatresports at Manning Bar. He is the co-founder of Improv Theatre Sydney.

Live comedy career

Raskopoulos debuted his first solo sketch show ''Bruce springSTEEN LIVE IN CONCERT'' at the 2013

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. He was nominated for Best Newcomer, and won the same award at the

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later that year. In 2014, he returned with a new show, ''I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business''. He sold out his seasons in Melbourne, Sydney, London and Edinburgh and was nominated for the Fosters Comedy Awards Best Newcomer at the

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. ''Character Assassin'' earned him a Barry Award nomination for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He won the Directors Choice award at the 2018 Sydney Comedy Festival for his solo sketch show 'Stay'. Raskopoulos is also the youngest Theatresports National Champion of

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, winning the title in 2008 with Simon Greiner and two members from

The Axis of Awesome The Axis of Awesome was an Australian comedy music act with members Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis, that performed from 2006 to 2018. The trio covered a wide variety of performance styles, and perform a combination of original m ...

and Lee Naimo.

Television career

Raskopoulos has starred on the sketch show ''

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'' (ABC), ''

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'' (Channel 7), ''

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'' (SBS), ''

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'' (ABC), ''The Code'' (ABC), ''

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'' (ABC), ''

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'' (Nine) ''

'' (Comedy Channel), '' Squinters'' (ABC), '' Feel Good'' (Netflix), '' The Duchess'' (Netflix), role in Sara Pascoe's ''

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'' (BBC 1) and lead in the

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sitcom '' Top Coppers''

Personal life

Raskopoulos has been married to the British comedian

Sara Pascoe Sara Patricia Pascoe (born 22 May 1981) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' for Channel 4, '' QI'' for BBC and '' Taskmaster'' for the digital chan ...

since 2020. The couple have a son (born February 2022).

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

* 2008 National Theatresports Champion * 2013 Best Newcomer

* 2013 Best Newcomer Nomination

* 2014 Best Newcomer Nomination

* 2014 Sydney Fringe Laughs Award (The Bear Pack) * 2014

Australian Writers Guild The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for Australian performance writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video and new media. The AWG was established in 1962. The AWG is a member of the Australian Council of ...

Comedy - Sketch or Light Entertainment This Is Littleton (2014) * 2015 Best Newcomer Nomination

Chortle Awards The Chortle Awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK. A panel of reviewers draw up a shortlist, which is presented for public vote at the Chortle websit ...

* 2015 Best Character/Sketch Nomination

* 2015 Barry Award Nomination

* 2018 Directors Choice Award

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raskopoulos, Steen 1987 births Living people Australian male comedians Male actors from Sydney Australian male television actors Comedians from Sydney 21st-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian comedians