Known for TV presenting Education Aberystwyth University Role TV presenter | Name Sy Thomas Website www.sythomas.com | |
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Born 24 August 1979 (age 44) ( 1979-08-24 ) High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Occupation Television personality, standup comedian, actor | ||
Sy Thomas - Presenting Showreel 2008
Sy Thomas (born 24 August 1979 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is a British TV presenter, stand-up comedian and actor.
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Early years and career
Thomas attended Aberystwyth University, Wales, where he studied drama from 1998 to 2001 and received a BA upper second.
In 2005, Thomas took part in a documentary film with Alexis Dubus about the Plymouth to Banjul Challenge. The project involved buying a car for £100 and attempting to drive it 4,000 miles through seven countries and the Sahara Desert before auctioning it off for local charities in the Gambia. He has referred to this as a life-changing experience.
In 2006 he started presenting comedy characters on Nickelodeon which led to a full presenting role on ME:TV and the UK Kids' Choice Awards in 2007.
Thomas is a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his comedy partner Simon Feilder.
Thomas appeared in a viral Vodafone campaign alongside Lewis Hamilton
He was the lead presenter on the first two series of the TV programme The Cool Stuff Collective by Archie Productions on ITV.
In June 2011, Thomas began demonstrating products from the Argos catalogue, such as backpacks and camcorders, on home shopping channel Argos TV.
From September 2012, Thomas has starred as Archie in the CBBC sitcom The Revolting World of Stanley Brown.