Daniel Sloss has toured internationally, released a stand-up comedy DVD through BBC Worldwide's 2Entertain label when he was 20, and has appeared on US television shows such as Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
26 Facts About Daniel Sloss
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Daniel Sloss was born in Kingston upon Thames on 11 September 1990, the oldest of four children.
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Daniel Sloss's sister, Josie, was born with cerebral palsy and died at age 7.
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Daniel Sloss moved with his family to Scotland at the age of four, settling in Fife.
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Daniel Sloss attended East Wemyss Primary School and Waid Academy in Anstruther.
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Daniel Sloss was offered a place at the University of Dundee to study history, but decided to take a gap year to see if he could make comedy work as a full-time career.
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When Daniel Sloss was sixteen, he was put in contact by his mother with comedian Frankie Boyle, who performed at a conference she was attending.
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In October 2007, Daniel Sloss performed his first stage gig at The Stand in Edinburgh, which lasted five minutes.
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Daniel Sloss performed his first show called "Life in 2D" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008 alongside fellow comic Davey See, which ran for 10 days as part of the Free Fringe.
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Daniel Sloss subsequently performed this show at 2014's Sydney International Comedy Festival and Perth International Comedy Festival.
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In 2015, Daniel Sloss wrote and subsequently performed his 7th show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe DARK.
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Daniel Sloss opened for Dave Chappelle's two shows as well as starred in the "Best of Edinburgh" line-up at San Francisco's Sketchfest and returned to New York for the second off-Broadway run of his award-winning show DARK at the SoHo Playhouse.
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In February 2018, Daniel Sloss taped his comedy special DARK at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
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Daniel Sloss has claimed that Jigsaw caused over 120,000 break-ups, over 300 divorces, and hundreds more cancelled engagements.
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On 25 October 2023, Daniel Sloss opened for The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice, Critical Role's live show at OVO Arena Wembley where the cast reprised their characters from their second campaign.
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Daniel Sloss was the first stand-up comedian to perform on Channel 4's The Paul O'Grady Show and was commissioned by the BBC in April 2010 for a broadcast sitcom pilot, The Adventures of Daniel, which transmitted on 23 August 2010.
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Daniel Sloss featured on series 2 of BBC1's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow on 18 September 2010, and two weeks later on the first series of BBC2's The Rob Brydon Show alongside Stephen Fry as well as on Channel 4's 8 out of 10 Cats.
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In October 2012, Daniel Sloss appeared in the seventh series of Russell Howard's Good News.
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Daniel Sloss appeared on the Pete Holmes Show, @Midnight, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and back in the UK was featured on ITV's Sunday Night at the Palladium.
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Daniel Sloss appeared in Beardyman's One Album Per Hour as part of Beardyman's 2 part YouTube series; other guest producers included Tim Minchin and Jack Black.
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Later that autumn Daniel Sloss appeared on Comedy Central's Roast Battle with his episode's battle with USA's Desiree Burch getting the highest ratings of the series.
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In 2018, Daniel Sloss appeared on the second series of Roast Battle, winning the battle against Phil Wang.
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In February 2021, Daniel Sloss announced he was engaged to Kara Mitchell.
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Daniel Sloss' hobbies include gaming, watching Robot Wars, comedy films, and playing football.
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Daniel Sloss is a supporter of English football team Chelsea FC.
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Daniel Sloss has several tattoos such as a portrait of Nikola Tesla, cartoon tigers drawn in the style of Calvin and Hobbes, a picture of Anthony and the Aardvark, and an image of the Joker.