30 Facts About Sean Lock

Sean Lock began his comedy career as a stand-up comedian and in 2000, he won the British Comedy Award, in the category of Best Live Comic, and was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award.

Sean Lock was a team captain on the Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2005 to 2015, and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown from 2012 until his death in 2021.

Sean Lock's routines were often surreal and delivered in a deadpan style.

Sean Lock wrote material for Bill Bailey, Lee Evans and Mark Lamarr.

Sean Lock was a frequent guest on other panel shows, including BBC's Have I Got News for You, QI and They Think It's All Over.

Sean Lock was born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 22 April 1963, the youngest of four children.

Sean Lock was raised in Woking, Surrey, where he attended St John the Baptist School.

Sean Lock then decided to pursue acting and enrolled at the Drama Centre London, though he soon realised he had made an error.

In 1988, Sean Lock had his first official gig at a pub in Stoke Newington, London.

But, while Sean Lock was the support act, he only featured in skits in the middle of the show.

From ostensibly the same tower block, Sean Lock's character was now given a flatmate and a job at the local swimming baths, as well as a somewhat dour and intolerant demeanour.

In 1995, Sean Lock played an escaped murderer in an episode of The World of Lee Evans, alongside Lee Evans and Phil Daniels.

Sean Lock wrote the screenplay for Andrew Kotting's 2001 feature film This Filthy Earth, based on the novel La Terre by Emile Zola.

In 2004, Sean Lock had a guest appearance on television's first-ever "dope opera", Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.

Sean Lock narrated the BBC production World Cup Goals Galore in 2006.

Sean Lock appeared on many popular British TV panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, QI and They Think It's All Over.

Sean Lock became "The Curator" for the second radio series of The Museum of Curiosity, in 2009, taking over from Bill Bailey.

In 2010, Sean Lock took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at The O2 Arena.

Sean Lock appeared in a spoof video produced by Shelter, the housing charity, to highlight the problem of rogue landlords.

In 2019, Sean Lock featured in episode 4 of the BBC comedy series Mandy.

Sean Lock was known for his surreal style, deadpan delivery and dry humour.

Sean Lock said Lock's topics included political correctness, "existential woe", and the difficulties of being a football supporter which gave him "irresistible everyman quality".

Sean Lock and his wife, Anoushka Nara Giltsoff, had two daughters, born in 2004 and 2006, and a son born in 2009.

Sean Lock was diagnosed with skin cancer in 1990, attributing the condition to overexposure to the sun while working as a builder in the early 1980s.

Sean Lock was a supporter of Chelsea FC and was an active supporter of the Muswell Hill soup kitchen.

In December 2020, Sean Lock made a video to help raise funds for Edible London, a charity that aimed to provide ingredients for a million meals to help those struggling in lockdown.

Sean Lock died of cancer at his home, on 16 August 2021, aged 58.

On 19 August 2021, Channel 4 aired a tribute to Sean Lock, showing his stand-up show Keep It Light along with an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Fans of Sean Lock called for his book The Tiger Who Came for a Pint to be published, with some fans suggesting the proceeds should go to cancer research in his honour.

Sean Lock was voted the 55th-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007 and as the 19th-greatest stand-up comic in the updated 2010 list.