1. Sam Wills was born on 28 August 1978 and is a New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime artist residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
19 Facts About Sam Wills
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Sam Wills was half of the two-person act Spitroast and sometimes performed under his own name, Sam Wills.
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Sam Wills has been featured in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, the World Buskers Festival, and was a finalist on Season 11 of America's Got Talent.
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Sam Wills uses a diverse range of performance styles and skills.
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Sam Wills holds a diploma in New Circus from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's Circus School where he has taught juggling for two years.
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Until 2001, Sam Wills was active in the Christchurch entertainment scene, appearing at balls, private functions and corporate events; running weekly comedy nights and appearing on local television.
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In 2008, Sam Wills took his show The Boy With Tape On His Face to the Melbourne Comedy Festival, where it received critical acclaim.
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Sam Wills met his future wife, English burlesque performer Felicity Redman, in 2007.
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Sam Wills rarely gives interviews to maintain the impression of not speaking, which was created by taping his mouth for performances.
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Sam Wills performed as the MC of the Late Club at the Auckland Festival in 2005 and for First Night at the Aotea Centre.
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Sam Wills performed at the World Buskers' Festival in 2004,2005 and 2008.
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Sam Wills was a regular performer on Pulp Comedy, during its three seasons on TV2.
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Sam Wills performed on the red carpet for the World Premier of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Wellington.
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Sam Wills was the support act for David Strassman's 2003 tour of New Zealand.
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Sam Wills has performed at private functions for the former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and the King of Tonga George Tupou V In the UK, he made an ITV appearance on Comedy Rocks hosted by Jason Manford, and appeared at the first BBC Comedy Prom at London's Royal Albert Hall on 13 August 2011.
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In Week 8 of AGT, during the Judges' cuts round, Sam Wills successfully auditioned through to the live shows.
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Sam Wills appeared in 2019 on Week 4 of America's Got Talent: Champions, on Monday, 28 January, where he placed in the top 4 of that night's acts.
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When Sam Wills is on tour, his doppelganger T2 performs in his place at House of Tape Theater in Harrah's Las Vegas.
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Sam Wills is slated to appear in the fifth season of Canada's Got Talent in 2025.