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Waen Origen Shepherd (born 23 October 1971) is an English composer, actor and comedian. He is best known for his role in The inbetweeners as Mr Kennedy . He is Originally from
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, England, he now lives in London.


Career

Following his days as a stand-up poet and fringe actor, Shepherd started out performing bizarre experimental
monologues In theatre, a monologue (from el, μονόλογος, from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes a ...
at the early ''
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'', touring with spoof
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band and
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sell-out The Pod with fellow comedian/musicians
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and
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. He hosted the underground
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''Gritty Fingers'' and smashed up
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in the guise of ranting Northern madman William Whicker. He graduated from
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in 1993, with a degree in Philosophy and
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. He went on to co-write and narrate award-winning animation ''The Wolfman'' (screened on
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and subsequently worked into an advertisement for the
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), before writing, directing and starring in his own animation ''Origen's Wake'' for
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's Comedy Lab series. Since then, Shepherd concentrated on developing a number of comedy characters on stage, partly through his work as one half of Shepherd & Farnaby in their shows ''Animal Pie'' and Peterford Golf Club, and partly through his solo work on the comedy circuit. In 2003, Shepherd created a deluded monster in the form of
Gary Le Strange Gary Le Strange is a character created by comedian Waen Shepherd. Le Strange is played as an eccentric English cult-rock composer, songwriter and performer, who believes his surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking. Le Strange's ...
, melding his love of composing with that of creating original comedy characters. He went on to win the
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''Best Newcomer'' (2003) for that debut performance. He achieved cult success, hosting a "Club Le Strange" comedy evening at ''The Albany'' in London. Shepherd enjoys portraying exaggerated or absurd characters, and appeared in two series of BBC2's science fiction comedy, '' Hyperdrive'', as Captain Helix. He has also appeared on BBC Radio 2's ''Out to Lunch'' programme. In 2007, Shepherd appeared in a short film by
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entitled ''World of Wrestling'', in which he played 'Exotic' Adrian Street, a wrestler with the flamboyance of a drag queen. He also has had two roles in Series 1 of '' We Are Klang'' as 'The Juggler' and a Hungarian prince. Shepherd played the role of peadophillic teacher,
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, in the award-winning second and third series of ''
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''. Shepherd was cited as one of the Top 50 British comedians by ''
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'' and he is included as one of the Top 50 Cult Comedian Icons in the
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series of books. Shepherd's dedication to British comedy has been honoured by the inclusion of his name on the famous Comedy Carpet at Blackpool, under the guise of Gary Le Strange. Shepherd has written several theme tunes and music for television and radio. He is the series composer for ''
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'' and '' Murder in Successville'', both produced by
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. He has composed music for several films, including the 2015 feature-film ''The Ghoul'' directed by Gareth Tunley.


Albums

*Polaroid Suitcase *Face Academy *Glamoronica *Beef Scarecrow


TV credits

*''
Action Team ''Action Team'' is a British television action comedy spoof made by Shiny Buttons Productions for ITV2. The programme follows the activities of Action Team, a team of British secret agents. Cast and characters * Tom Davis as Logan/Vlad: Team ...
'' – Series 1 ( Shinny Button/ITV) – Series Composer *'' Murder in Successville'' – Series 1,2 & 3 ( Tiger Aspect/BBC) – Series Composer *''
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'' – Series 1 - 4 ( Tiger Aspect/UKTV) – Series Composer *''
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'' – Series 1 (
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) – 2013 Victorian Policeman *''
The Inbetweeners ''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
'' – Series 2 (
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) – 2009 John "Paedo" Kennedy *''
The Inbetweeners ''The Inbetweeners'' is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 until 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager ...
'' – Series 3 (
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) – 2010 John "Paedo" Kennedy *'' We Are Klang'' – 2009 Hungarian Prince *'' We Are Klang'' – 2009 The Juggler *'' Hyperdrive'' Series Two ( BBC2) – 2007 Captain Helix *''
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'' ( ITV2 ) – 2007 Gary Le Strange *''
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– 2006 *'' Hyperdrive'' Series One – BBC2 – 2006 Captain Helix *''
Gary Le Strange Gary Le Strange is a character created by comedian Waen Shepherd. Le Strange is played as an eccentric English cult-rock composer, songwriter and performer, who believes his surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking. Le Strange's ...
'' (
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) *''Comedy Lab: Origen's Wake'' (
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) actor, writer, composer, director *PS2 "Third place" advert, actor/writer *''The Wolfman'' (C4) actor/writer *''Comedy Nation'' (BBC2) actor/writer *''The Net'' (BBC2) *''London Shouting'' (BBC2)


Film credits

*'' The Ghoul'' (Gareth Tunley, 2017) - composer *'' Aaaaaaaah!'' (Lincoln Studios, 2015) *''The Monster'' (Bob Pipe, 2015) - composer *''World of Wrestling'' (Ben Gregor 2007) *''The Incredibly Strange People Show'' (Powercage Films, 2001)


Radio credits

*''2525'' (
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) *''Tittle Tattle'' ( BBC Radio 2) *''Alice's Wunderland'' (
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) *''Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack'' ( BBC Radio 2) *''Danny Robins' Music Therapy'' (
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) - composer *''Play & Record'' (
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) *''Out to Lunch'' ( BBC Radio 2) *''The Day The Music Died'' ( BBC Radio 2) *''4 at the Store'' (
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) *''
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'' (BBC Radio 4)


References


External links

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Gary Le Strange website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd, Waen 1971 births Living people English male comedians Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford English stand-up comedians British LGBT comedians British LGBT broadcasters English LGBT people British comedy musicians British composers