1. Paul Julian Whitehouse was born on 17 May 1958 and is a British actor, writer, presenter and comedian.
18 Facts About Paul Whitehouse
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Paul Whitehouse's father, Harry, worked for the National Coal Board and his mother, Anita, was a singer with the Welsh National Opera.
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Paul Whitehouse attended the University of East Anglia reading for a degree in Development Studies from autumn 1976, where he became friends with Charlie Higson.
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Paul Whitehouse dropped out and squatted in a council flat in Hackney, east London and occasionally worked as a plasterer.
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Paul Whitehouse created Enfield's character Stavros, and then Loadsamoney ; he appeared as Enfield's sidekick Lance on Saturday Live.
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Paul Whitehouse's characters included Rowley Birkin QC, Unlucky Alf, Arthur Atkinson, Ron Manager and Ted.
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Paul Whitehouse wrote, produced and appeared with Chris Langham in the 2005 comedy drama Help, for the BBC.
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Paul Whitehouse starred alongside Charlie Higson in the BBC2 comedy series Bellamy's People, with the first episode broadcast on 21 January 2010.
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In October 2014, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse revived the classic characters Frank and George from Harry Enfield and Chums, in a sketch for Channel 4's testicular cancer awareness comedy series The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night.
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Paul Whitehouse will portray Argus Filch in HBO's television adaptation of the Harry Potter series.
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Depp appeared in the 2000 finale of The Fast Show, and he and Paul Whitehouse have appeared in five films together: Finding Neverland, Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonderland and its sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Mortdecai.
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In 2001, when asked about comedians who had influenced him, Paul Whitehouse said that Monty Python, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were the main influences from when he was young.
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Paul Whitehouse married Fiona Wightman in 1992, and the couple had two daughters before separating in 2000.
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Paul Whitehouse supported his ex-wife in a civil action she has pursued against a national newspaper, for accessing her medical records.
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Paul Whitehouse had a third daughter with costume designer Natalie Rogers.
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Paul Whitehouse met Mine Conkbayir, who is of Turkish heritage, when she was aged 23, and 22 years his junior.
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Paul Whitehouse was working in a health food shop while studying.
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Paul Whitehouse is a fan of Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur.