Geoffrey Frank Norcott was born on 16 December 1976 and is an English comedian, writer and political commentator.
21 Facts About Geoff Norcott
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Geoff Norcott first performed in 2001 and has appeared on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and Question Time, and written for The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and Spiked.
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Geoff Norcott's father was a draughtsman for British Telecom and an active trade unionist.
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Geoff Norcott's parents divorced when he was nine, and his mother moved with him and his elder sister to a council estate in Mitcham.
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Geoff Norcott attended Southfields Secondary School, before moving to Rutlish School in Merton Park, the same school attended by Conservative Prime Minister John Major.
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Geoff Norcott performed at his first comedy gig in September 2001, initially performing as a way of supplementing his teaching income.
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In 2003 Geoff Norcott performed at Balham's Banana Cabaret, alongside Paul Tonkinson and Michael McIntyre.
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In 2005, Geoff Norcott was approached to appear on radio and television, as a panellist and presenter on shows for Talksport, Nuts TV and the BBC.
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Geoff Norcott received an Operational Service Medal for five frontline tours entertaining the troops in Afghanistan.
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Geoff Norcott returned to the Fringe in 2015 with The Look of Moron, a further development of his voice as a political comic, and again in 2016 with Conswervative, which received wide political acclaim and a successful sold-out run.
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In early 2017, Geoff Norcott made his first of several appearances on the BBC's Question Time and made his debut as a regular on BBC Two's The Mash Report, a programme he has appeared on, including after 2021 when it relocated to Dave post-cancellation.
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Geoff Norcott took another show, Right Leaning, But Well Meaning, to the Fringe the same year to further acclaim, and the show was later recorded as a radio special for BBC Radio 4, airing in 2018.
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Later the same year, Geoff Norcott appeared on Mock the Week for the first time, being the first openly pro-Brexit comedian on the show.
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Geoff Norcott has appeared on several UK political debate shows, including Politics Live and Daily Politics.
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Geoff Norcott has written for a number of UK television shows, including A League of Their Own, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Frankie Boyle's New World Order.
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Geoff Norcott has spoken of the irony of having, as a "straight, white, middle-aged man", taken advantage of diversity quotas to further his career.
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In February 2019, Geoff Norcott launched a podcast titled What Most People Think, in which he aims to "get to the heart of what ordinary people think about social and political issues".
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In reading out listener contributions, Geoff Norcott often adopts exaggerated regional accents reflecting whichever part of the country the correspondent come from.
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In 2014 the couple's daughter Connie, was still-born at 34 weeks, Geoff Norcott has spoken openly of their loss and in May 2021 on an episode of Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast podcast.
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Geoff Norcott has previously claimed to be the only outspoken Conservative Party supporter on the British comedy circuit and more recently suggested that he is one of only "about six" right wing comedians.
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Geoff Norcott attended the 1988 FA Cup Final and he used to sell programmes during the Dons' time at Kingsmeadow, in addition to hosting an event at the new Plough Lane.