David Chapman is an English

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, presenter, puppeteer and

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Career

Chapman trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA), graduating 1992, and

The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...

, April, 1994 at Jim Henson’s creature shop, Camden. His puppeteering work has featured in the films ''

Muppet Treasure Island ''Muppet Treasure Island'' is a 1996 American musical swashbuckler comedy film directed by Brian Henson. It is the fifth theatrical film in ''The Muppets'' franchise. Adapted from the 1883 novel ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson, ...

'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' (

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, 1996), ''

My Last Five Girlfriends ''My Last Five Girlfriends'' is a 2009 British romantic black comedy film directed by Julian Kemp starring Brendan Patricks, based on pop-philosopher Alain De Botton's book, ''Essays In Love'' (U.S. title ''On Love''). Plot After yet another ...

'' (Paramount), Ridley Scott's ''

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'' (20th Century Fox), and ''

Muppets Most Wanted ''Muppets Most Wanted'' is a 2014 American musical crime comedy film and the eighth theatrical film featuring the Muppets. Directed by James Bobin and written by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller, the film is a sequel to ''The Muppets'' (2011) and sta ...

'' (Disney, 2014). On TV, his puppeteering work has featured in '' Wizards vs. Aliens'', '' Captain Abercromby'', ''

Carrie and David's Popshop ''Carrie and David's Popshop'' is a children's musical television series aired on CBeebies, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant and David Grant, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Ch ...

'', Children in Need, '' Doctor Who'', ''

French and Saunders ''French and Saunders'' is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017. It is a ...

'', '' Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller'', '' The Saturday Show'', '' Shooting Stars'', ''

Sport Relief ''Sport Relief'' was a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002. It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Director of Educat ...

'', ''

Time Trumpet ''Time Trumpet'' is a six-episode satirical television comedy series which aired on BBC Two in August 2006. The series was written by Armando Iannucci, Roger Drew and Will Smith in a similar manner to Iannucci's earlier one-off programmes, '' 20 ...

'', '' The Tiny and Mr Duk Show'', '' What's Up Doc?'', '' Nuzzle and Scratch'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and on Jim Henson Company's ''

Pajanimals ''Jim Henson's Pajanimals'' (a portmanteau of the words ''pajamas'' and ''animals'') is an American- British children's TV series created by Jeff Muncy and Alex Rockwell. The Pajanimals are characters that were made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop ...

''. He has had a long association with

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, first working as the writer, puppeteer and voice artist for Otis the Aardvark between 1994 and 1999. It was in this role that he first worked with children's presenters

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and

Dominic Wood Dominic Simon "Dom" Wood (born 3 January 1978) is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom, with the other being Richard McCourt. From 14 October 2007 to Septe ...

("Dick & Dom"), prior to featuring in the BAFTA and RTS award-winning

Dick & Dom in da Bungalow ''Dick & Dom in da Bungalow'' is a British children's television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood). The series was broadcast on weekend mornings on various BBC television channels for five series, run ...

. Between 2002 and 2006, Chapman played numerous characters alongside other Bungalow regulars

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and Lee Barnett. Chapman's other characters include Scratch in

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show '' Nuzzle and Scratch'', Vinnie the Ferret in CBBC's Xchange, Matt Lucas' Singing Potatoes in ''Shooting Stars'', Tiny the Giant Hamster in ''The Saturday Show'' and ''Tiny and Mr Duk's Huge Show'', Riff the dog in ''Carrie and David's Popshop'' and Windy the rat in '' Space Pirates''. Chapman played bad

ventriloquist Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ve ...

Peter Nokio in four series of '' The Slammer'' and the villain Alan Draylon in '' Harry Batt'', both for CBBC. He has also appeared as himself on three episodes of '' Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive'' and has guested on ''The Chris Evans Show'', ''

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'' and Kiss Breakfast. His voice work includes The Mimic, Jamie's American Road Trip, Strictly:It takes Two, School of Silence and Casualty Revealed, and his commercial work includes voices for Sandisc, Cadburys, Sony, BBC3, The Times newspaper, Seat, and Citibank. In 2001, he wrote and co-directed the short film ''Dinner Money''. He also writes and performs live comedy in the double act ''Chapman and Crompton''. Chapman hosted the gameshow '' And Then You Die'' on Dave as the puppet character Barrie Stardust. He has also played over sixty characters including series villain The Beastmaster in the

sitcom

The Legend of Dick and Dom ''The Legend of Dick and Dom'' is a sitcom that stars Dick and Dom as two budding young princes who are on a quest to find the antidote to a terrible plague that consumed their kingdom Fyredor because Dick accidentally dropped the original c ...

. He has also hosted '' Undercover Dads!'' for

on BBC Two, which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2010. Chapman played Dougie Colon, Eddie Watts, Dad and Josh in the

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and BBC co-production '' That Puppet Game Show''. He also joined

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on stage for Brian Henson's Evolution of Puppetry lectures at the 2013

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and guested in the Henson Alternative improv show "

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". He has also co-written a children's book with

Dick and Dom Dick and Dom (originally Richard and Dominic) are a British comedy double act consisting of the presenters Richard "Dick" McCourt and Dominic "Dom" Wood. They are primarily known for presenting 'the broom cupboard' presentation links on Childr ...

, which he illustrated. Entitled ''Dick and Dom's Slightly Naughty but Very Silly Words,'' it was published by Macmillan in the autumn of 2013. In June 2014, Chapman was one of the puppeteers performing

BB-8 BB-8 (or Beebee-Ate) is a droid character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. He appeared in the three films of the sequel trilogy, '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), and '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywa ...

in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' alongside Brian Herring and Matt Denton. He has since performed characters for ''

Rogue One ''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (or simply ''Rogue One'') is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by L ...

'', ''

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'', and '' The Rise of Skywalker'', (as

, BB-9E, performing and voicing Thamm, the Canto Bight croupier, and assistant

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puppeteer with Damian Farrell and Colin Purves to

Frank Oz Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a puppeteer, performing the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in ''The Muppet Show ...

). Chapman also served as lead performer for Lady Proxima and Rio Durant in '' Solo: A Star Wars Story''. He puppeteers Emperor skekSo, Gurjin, and Ordon in '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' and The Fly in Quentin Dupieux's French comedy ''

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''. Chapman also performed and voiced B2EMO in '' Andor''.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Dave Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English television presenters English male television actors English male voice actors English puppeteers