English actor (born 1963)
David Schneider
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Born
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1963-05-22
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22 May 1963
(age 61)
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Education
| City of London School
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Alma mater
| Exeter College, Oxford
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Occupation(s)
| Actor, comedian, director
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Years active
| 1980s ? present
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Height
| 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
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David Schneider
(born 22 May 1963) is an English actor,
comedian
, and
director
. His acting roles include the role of Tony Hayers, in the
Alan Partridge
franchise.
Early life
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David Schneider was born in
London
, England on 22 May 1963 to a Jewish family.
[1]
He was educated at the
City of London School
, an
independent school
for boys in the
City of London
, before going to
Exeter College, Oxford
, where he studied
modern languages
,
[2]
and studied for a
doctorate
in
Yiddish Drama
. During his time at university, Schneider performed a predominantly
physical comedy
act that contrasted with the trend towards
stand-up comedy
in live performance comedy in the 1980s. It was at this time that he met
Armando Iannucci
, who in 1991 recruited him for news-radio spoof
On the Hour
. He is a fan of
Arsenal F.C.
[3]
Career
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He performed in the BBC Sketch show
Up to Something
(1990) with
Shane Richie
,
Suzy Aitchison
, Frances Dodge, &
Lewis MacLeod (actor)
.
Schneider performed in
The Day Today
, the television spin-off from
On the Hour
and also appeared in the spin-offs
Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
and
I'm Alan Partridge
where he played the fictional
BBC
commissioning editor
, Tony Hayers. In 1994, he made an appearance on
Mr. Bean
, in
Back to School Mr. Bean
, as the judo teacher. In 1996, Schneider wrote
The Eleventh Commandment
, a play for the
Hampstead Theatre
about a
Jew
marrying a
gentile
. In the late 1990s he appeared in the topical satire
The Saturday Night Armistice
(subsequently retitled
The Friday Night Armistice
) alongside
Armando Iannucci
and
Peter Baynham
. In 1997 and 2000, Schneider played the part of Bradley Wilson in the BBC sitcom
The Peter Principle
.
Schneider wrote the screenplay for the 2001 feature film
All the Queen's Men
, directed by
Stefan Ruzowitzky
and starring
Matt LeBlanc
and
Eddie Izzard
. Schneider has also performed in the BBC sitcom
Gimme Gimme Gimme
and appeared on
BBC Radio 4
panel show
The 99p Challenge
. He had small roles in several movies, including
The Saint
,
28 Days Later
,
A Knight's Tale
and
Mission: Impossible
, where he played the driver of the
Eurotunnel
train. In 2004, Schneider played
Joseph Goebbels
in the
satirical
tongue-in-cheek comedy
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
. Following this, in 2006 Schneider took his first lead role when he made
Uncle Max
, a series of 13 dialogue-free shorts for
CITV
. They focus on
slapstick
humour, with Schneider saying he wanted to be "a human cartoon".
[4]
In April 2008, he featured in an episode of
Hotel Babylon
as a magician, a character not dissimilar to Tony le Mesmer whom he played in an episode of
Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
. Schneider provides the voice of Blink for the CBBC series
One Minute Wonders
. In 2008, he took part in BBC Three's
Most Annoying People of 2008
, relaying his views about celebrities including
Prince William
,
Mark Ronson
and
Peaches Geldof
. In 2009, Schneider explored his
Yiddish
heritage with a 30-minute documentary for
BBC Radio 4
,
My Yiddisher Mother Tongue
, with contributors including family members, academics,
Colin Powell
and
Michael Grade
.
[5]
He has written a play, called
Making Stalin Laugh
, based on the slaughter of the
Moscow State Jewish Theatre
on the orders of
Joseph Stalin
.
[6]
He also directed a sitcom pilot in 2007 called
Up Close and Personal
, set in the offices of a celebrity magazine and starring
Raquel Cassidy
. The pilot was subsequently rejected by
ITV2
.
[7]
[8]
In 2011, he played Soggy Sid in
Horrid Henry: The Movie
, and in 2012, appeared in ITV drama
Whitechapel
, series 3, as murder suspect and taxi driver Marcus Salter. His radio sitcom
Births, Deaths and Marriages
, set in a register office and starring himself, premiered on
BBC Radio 4
in May 2012.
In 2014 he co-founded That Lot, a social media agency alongside writer David Levin and David Beresford. In 2018 they sold the company to the PR firm
Weber Shandwick
.
[9]
Schneider appeared in the fifth episode of the second season in the TV show
Plebs
in 2014, portraying a slave auctioneer called Agorix. In 2017, Schneider wrote the screenplay of
The Death of Stalin
with
Armando Iannucci
.
[10]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Television
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1990
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Up to Something!
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Various
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Writer
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1991
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Screen Two
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Stamford Hill Cowboy
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Series 7, episode 1: "Heading Home"
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1992
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Fireworks Safety
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Ed Banger
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TV short
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1994
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Mr. Bean
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Judo Instructor
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Episode 11: "
Back to School Mr. Bean
"
Act 3:
The Judo Class and the Toilet
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Paris
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Butler
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Episode 5: "La solitude"
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The Day Today
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Sylvester Stewart / Alex - The Bureau / Brant / Adam Neils /
Anthony Parr - Managing Director / Anton Sampson / Various
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7 episodes
Credited as Dave Schneider - 1 episode
Writer - 7 episodes
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1994?1995
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Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
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Tony Hayers / Adrian Finch / Clown Leader /
Clive Sealey / Tony Le Mesmer
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7 episodes
Writer - 2 episodes
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1995
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The Glam Metal Detectives
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Constable / The Beefeater /
Lucifer / Old Peg Legs
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4 episodes
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Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge
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Martin
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Series 2, episode 6: "Life's a Bitch"
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The Friday Night Armistice
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Writer
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1995?2000
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The Peter Principle
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Bradley Wilson
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Also known as
The Boss
Main role; 13 episodes
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1996
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Kavanagh QC
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Martin Haslam
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Series 2, episode 5: "A Stranger in the Family"
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1997
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I'm Alan Partridge
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Tony Hayers
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4 episodes
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1998
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The Tribe
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Man in Waiting Room
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TV film
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2000
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Gimme Gimme Gimme
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Neville
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Series 2, episode 5: "Glad to be Gay?"
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The Canterbury Tales
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Voice
Series 2, episode 1: "The Journey Back"
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2001
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The Armando Iannucci Shows
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Tooth Fairy
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Episode 7: "Morality" - Uncredited
Writer and program consultant - Episode 1: "Twats"
Director - Episode 3: "Communication"
Producer
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2002
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Look Around You
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Man Outside Toilet
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Ucredited
Series 1, episode 4: "Germs"
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2004
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Shane
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Bazza
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Animate Tales of the World
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Voice
Series 3, episode 1: "The Shoemaker's Son"
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2005
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Nathan Barley
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Man in porn film
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Episode #1.3
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2006
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The Ten Commandments
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Tobia
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Miniseries
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2006?2008
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Uncle Max
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Uncle Max
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26 episodes
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2008
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Clive Hole
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Clive Hole
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TV movie
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2009
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One Minute Wonders
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Blink
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Voice
Main role; 13 episodes
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2010
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Little Howard's Big Question
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Alan Monster
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Series 2, episode 2: "How Can I Make a Monster?"
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How Not to Live Your Life
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Derek
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Series 3, episode 2: "Don's Angry Girlfriend"
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2011
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My Family
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Solicitor
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Series 11, episode 6: "A Decent Proposal"
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Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
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Ernst Bratfisch
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Voice
Episode: "The Silver Turk"
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2012
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Whitechapel
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Marcus Salter
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2 episodes
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2013
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Fit
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Writer - Episode #1.2
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2016?2017
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Josh
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Writer - 12 episodes
Director - 18 episodes
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2014
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BBC Comedy Feeds
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Director - Series 3, episode 1: "Josh"
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Plebs
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Agorix
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Series 2, episode 5: "The New Slave"
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2020
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Avenue 5
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Director - Series 1, episode 8: "This Is Physically Hurting Me"
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