Occupation Comedian, actor Years active 1989– | Website Official website Name Dave Johns | |
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Residence New Forest, United Kingdom | ||
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Dave Johns is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer, best known for his breakthrough role as Daniel Blake in the Palme D'Or-winning film I, Daniel Blake.
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Career
Personally, Johns has appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks (four times), 8 Out of 10 Cats, Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes and as an actor, he has appeared on Mud, Time Gentlemen Please, Inspector George Gently, and Harry Hill as God.
In 2009, he and Owen O'Neill dramatised Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
In 2016, he starred as the title character in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake in a critically acclaimed performance described as "powerful", "a welcome comic touch", and "all the more moving for its restraint".