Simon William Day was born on 7 June 1962 and is an English comedian and actor known for his roles in the sketch show The Fast Show and the sitcom Grass.
17 Facts About Simon Day
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Simon Day then appeared on the BBC One show Paramount City as a weekly guest.
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Simon Day continued working live all over England before joining up with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for two tours and two series of Big Night Out.
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Simon Day continued to work with Vic Reeves throughout the 1990s.
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In 2009, Simon Day collaborated again with Rhys Thomas and wrote and starred in a web series of six videos as the character Brian Pern for the BBC.
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In 2010, Simon Day appeared in the long-running BBC TV series Hustle, playing Luke Baincross, a wannabe playboy with a huge country mansion.
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In May 2010, Simon Day played a hospital porter in BBC TV series Holby City on his last day at work following his resignation having won the National Lottery.
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Simon Day had an altercation with a patient's relative and received a bang on the head, and he became increasingly lairy during the episode, at one point making a pass at Connie Beauchamp; some people assumed he was drunk, but it transpired that he had developed a Subdural hematoma as a result of the knock on the head.
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Simon Day has appeared as a pundit on the long-running BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Pundit Quiz Fighting Talk on a number of occasions, and is most notable for swearing during a live broadcast during a show in 2009.
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Simon Day appeared in an online-only version of The Fast Show sponsored by Lager brand Fosters on 10 November 2011 along with original cast save for Mark Williams.
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Day has presented his own series, The Simon Day Show on BBC Radio 4 in May to June 2012.
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In 2015 Simon Day appeared as Charlie Beckett in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise episode 4.2.
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Simon Day starred as Big Gary King, father of Tom Davis' titular character in the BBC One sitcom King Gary, appearing in the 2018 pilot episode and the full series broadcast in 2020.
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Simon Day reprised his Fast Show character 'Dave Angel, Eco Warrior' in 2023 in energy usage advertising.
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Simon Day was addicted to alcohol, drugs and gambling, and spent some time in borstal for theft during his teenage years.
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Simon Day continued to take illegal drugs including cocaine and crack cocaine into the 1990s at the height of his Fast Show fame.
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Simon Day is married to Ruth, a former waitress, with whom he has two children, Lloyd and Evie.