Years active 2003–present Name Marc Wootton | Role Comedian | |
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Full Name Marc James Wootton Occupation Comedian, actor, writer Nominations British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Newcomer Movies and TV shows Nativity!, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger, Nativity 3: Dude - Where's, Frequently Asked Question, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman Similar People Debbie Isitt, Jason Watkins, Ben Wilby, Gareth Carrivick, Catherine Tate | ||
Nativity 2 danger in the manger marc wootton and ben wilby on lorraine 13th nov 2012
Marc James Wootton is an English character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman and La La Land.. Wootton is also known for his role as Mr Poppy in the Nativity! film series. He currently appears on Counterfeit Cat as the voice of Max.
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Career
Wootton previously starred in the Channel 4 comedy show The Eleven O'Clock Show, BBC Three show Cyderdelic the Channel 4 comedy gameshow My New Best Friend, in which contestants had to convince their closest friends and relatives that the most awful of people (played by Wootton) were their new best friends for a prize of £10,000, E4 comedy The Pilot Show and the BBC Two Sitcom Thin Ice. He also wrote and starred in the BBC Three sketch show, Marc Wootton Exposed, the first series of which started on 13 January and finished on 25 February 2008.
Wootton played the role of a softly spoken dating agent, Gary Furze (Lasso The Moon agency) in the first series of Julia Davis' Nighty Night, in the second series he played Dennis, Linda's aggressive husband. He also starred and co-wrote with Julia Davis again in the semi-improvised character comedy 'Couples' for BBC Radio 4.
He also played a small role in the 2006 Debbie Isitt wedding film Confetti as a best man, Snoopy, and has completed filming Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a science fiction comedy film with Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly and Anna Faris, which was released in UK cinemas on 24 April 2009. The DVD was released in the UK on 7 September 2009.
In Autumn 2008 he completed filming Nativity in the role of Mister Poppy. Nativity was released on 27 November 2009, and was directed by Debbie Isitt. The sequel Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger was released in November 2012.
Wootton made a cameo appearance as Duncan in series 2 episode 4 of Gavin & Stacey on BBC Three broadcast on 30 March 2008 and starred alongside Tom Basden in the BBC Three comedy Brave Young Men broadcast 22 March 2009.
His 6 part show La La Land premiered on the Showtime USA network on 25 January 2010 and premiered on BBC Three on 27 April 2010.
Wootton starred in Inside No 9.
Wootton is the voice of Max from Counterfeit Cat.