Paul Putner (born March 1966) is an English actor and comedian.

Life and career

Putner was born in March 1966 in East Grinstead,

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. He studied at

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where he won the Kenneth More prize for comedy acting. His first significant TV role saw Putner as numerous characters in ''

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'' shown on BBC2. His real break in comedy came after he set up the club ''The Regency Rooms'' with fellow performers Steve Furst and Oliver Darly. The club developed a cult following and was attended by many comics.

Richard Herring Richard Keith Herring (born 12 July 1967) is an English stand-up comedian and writer, whose early work includes the comedy double act Lee and Herring (alongside Stewart Lee). He is described by ''The British Theatre Guide'' as "one of the lea ...

saw Paul performing there and cast him in his play ''Punk's Not Dead'' at the Edinburgh Fringe. This role led to many others including TV roles in Lee and Herring's shows. He has appeared in numerous British TV and radio shows, including '' This Morning With Richard Not Judy'' (1998), '' Sir Bernard's Stately Homes'' (1999), ''

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'' (1999), '' Rock Profile'' (2000), ''

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'' (2004–2007), '' Look Around You'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2003–2005). He appeared in a minor role as a zombie in the comedy movie '' Shaun of the Dead'' in 2004, and could also be heard on the zombies' 'commentary' track on the DVD release. More recently he has appeared in the

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comedy ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' on Radio 4 in 2007, '' The Peter Serafinowicz Show'' in 2007 and '' Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'' in 2009 and 2014. He has also contributed material to programmes including ''The Impressionable

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'', ''

'', '' The Peter Serafinowicz Show'' and is a co-creator of the website "TV Dregs". In 2005, Putner took the starring role (as a mime) in the 7th district section of the film '' Paris, je t'aime'' written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film opened the " Un Certain Regard" section of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. From late 2005 until early 2007 Putner toured in the '' Little Britain Live'' show, and later appeared in Matt Lucas and David Walliams' TV follow-up, '' Come Fly with Me''. In 2010 and 2011, Putner played the ill-fated Gerald "Jelly" Kelly in the '' Only Fools and Horses'' prequel trilogy, '' Rock & Chips'', written by John Sullivan. In 2013, he appeared in

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'' ...

's sketch show, ''

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''. Also in 2013, Putner appeared in an episode of the second series of '' Wizards vs Aliens'' as a troll called Mervyn.

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