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''The Comedian's Guide to Survival'' is a 2016 British-Canadian
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
written by James Mullinger and Mark Murphy and starring James Buckley.


Cast

* James Buckley as James Mullinger *
Myanna Buring My Anna Margaretha Buring Rantapää (born 22 September 1979), known professionally as MyAnna Buring (), is a Swedish-born British actress. Her films include ''The Descent'' (2005), ''Kill List'' (2011), and ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn � ...
as Nell *
Paul Kaye Paul Kaye (born 15 December 1964) is an English comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Thoros of Myr in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2013–17). He started as shock interviewer Dennis Pennis on ''The Sunday ...
as Phillip *
Neil Stuke Neil Robert Stuke ( ; born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom '' Game On'' and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama ''Silk''. Career Stuke played Matth ...
as Adam *
Vas Blackwood Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor. Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in ''The Lenny Henry Show'' (1987) and David Sinclair in ''Casualty'' (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in ...
as Dustin * Natalie Stone as Olivia * Clair Buckley as Pam *
Kevin Eldon Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in British comedy television shows of the 1990s including ''Fist of Fun'', ''This Morning with Richard Not Judy'', ''Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV ...
as Nick Secker *
Peter Woodward Peter Woodward (born 24 January 1956) is an English actor, screenwriter and stuntman. He is best known for his role as Galen in the '' Babylon 5'' spin-offs '' Babylon 5: A Call to Arms'', ''Crusade'' and '' Babylon 5: The Lost Tales''. He ...
as Morris * Jalaal Hartley as Lance * Richard Sandling as Richard * James Mullinger as Brad Macey *
Mark Heap Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian. Television credits include '' Ghost Train'' (1991), '' Smith & Jones'' (1997–1998), '' Brass Eye'' (1997–2001), '' Kiss Me Kate'' (1998), '' The Zig and Zag Show'' (1998), '' Ho ...
as Pick Up Driver *
Adrian Bouchet Adrian Bouchet, sometimes credited as Mark Stevens, (, 1974) is an English actor and presenter, most widely known for playing the role of ''Steapa'' in the BBC and Netflix TV series, ''The Last Kingdom'' (2017–2020). Early life Bouchet was bo ...
as Fox and Hounds Landlord *
Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an Irish-British comedian, presenter, writer and actor. He is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of One-line joke, one-liners. He began his comedy career in 1997, and he has regula ...
as himself *
Gilbert Gottfried Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian and actor, best-known for his exaggerated shrill voice, strong New York dialect, his squint, and his edgy, often-controversial, sense of humor. Hi ...
as himself *
Omid Djalili Omid Djalili (; born 30 September 1965) is a British comedian, actor, and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents Ahmad and Parvane ...
as himself *
Luenell Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress. Career In the early-1990s, Luenell appeared regularly on ''Soul Beat TV'' on the Oakland, California cable station KSBT, along with promi ...
as herself *
Mike Wilmot Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian represented by Off the Kerb. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in '' It's All Gone Pete Tong''. In addition to ''It's All Gone Pete Tong'', Wilm ...
as himself *
Gina Yashere Regina Obedapo Iyashere (born 6 April 1974) is a British comedian, actress and writer who has made numerous appearances on British and American television. She co-created the American sitcom '' Bob Hearts Abishola'', on which she plays a support ...
as herself * Brendon Burns as himself * Mike Ward as himself


Production

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...
for ''The Comedian's Guide to Survival'' took place in London in August 2015, following filming at Just For Laughs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in July 2015. There was also additional filming in
Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...
, England.


References


External links

* * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Comedian's Guide To Survival, The 2016 films 2010s coming-of-age comedy films British coming-of-age comedy films 2016 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films