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Taskmaster

2015

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion?

Alex Horne

Cast · Known for Taskmaster

Alexander James Jeffrey "Alex" Horne is a British comedian. Horne is the creator of Taskmaster, a comedy panel show in which he is the assistant to "Taskmaster" Greg Davies, who judges comedians on various absurd tasks they are asked to perform. He is also the host of "The Horne Section", a live music variety show which has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Kerry Godliman

Cast · Known for Taskmaster

Kerry Godliman is a British stand-up comedian and actress. She’s best known for her appearances on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Taskmaster, Hypothetical, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Royal Variety Performance and 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Fredrik Ahlén

Fredrik Ahlén is a musician who played with Alex Horne in his band, The Horne Section. He was later called up to do a few appearances in Horne's new show, Taskmaster, before he moved back to Sweden in 2017. His father is a painter and decorator, which he took up along with his music. Music is Fred's passion. His favorite food is Salisbury steak, boiled potatoes, cream sauce, fried onions, and lingonberries. Fred is afraid of failure.

Katy Wix

Cast · Known for Practical Magic 2, Torchwood

Katy Wix is a Welsh actress and comedian. She is best known for her television roles as Daisy in Not Going Out (2007–2015), Carole in Stath Lets Flats (2018–), Mary in Ghosts (2019–) and Sarah Ferguson in The Windsors (2016–). She has also appeared in Outnumbered (2010), Miranda (2009) and as a regular contestant in series 9 of Taskmaster (2019). In 2007, she joined the cast of sitcom Not Going Out as recurring character Daisy and then went on to be a regular from Series 3. In Torchwood: Children of Earth she plays Rhiannon Davies. In 2010, she presented the BBC Three series The King Is Dead. She made guest appearances on the BBC shows Horrible Histories (2009–2011), Outnumbered (2010) and Absolutely Fabulous (2011). She also appeared in the Harvey's Furniture Store sponsorship bumpers for Coronation Street. She played Phoebe in Tom Basden's stage comedy Party (2010–2012) and its subsequent three series spin-off on BBC Radio 4 also called Party. She wrote and co-starred in the same station's comedy series Bird Island (2012). In 2017, for the BBC, she portrayed Nurse Cornish in an episode of the TV crime drama Sherlock, and Florence Fagin in the TV dramatisation of Decline and Fall. She also plays Mary, one of the main characters, in the 2019 BBC One sitcom Ghosts.

Lolly Adefope

Cast · Known for Swapped

Ololade "Lolly" Adefope (born September 14, 1990) is a British stand-up comedian and actress, specialising in character comedy. As an actress, she has appeared on Together (2015), Josh (2015), Plebs (2016), Rovers (2016), and Sick Note (2017). She has also participated as a guest on Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (2016), The Last Leg (2016), Don't Ask Me Ask Britain (2017), and QI (2016). She appeared on the fourth series of the panel show Taskmaster and the 100th-anniversary suffragette special of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She was selected for the 2015 BBC Writersroom comedy programme. She first performed a solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015. In 2016, she was nominated for two Chortle Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Lolly Adefope, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Iain Stirling

Cast · Known for Taskmaster

Iain Stirling is a Scottish comedian, writer, television presenter, and narrator, born on 27 January 1988 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began performing stand-up comedy while studying law at the University of Edinburgh, becoming a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year competition. He started his television career on CBBC, later co-writing and hosting the panel show The Dog Ate My Homework. Since June 2015, Stirling has narrated ITV2's Love Island, and he took on narration duties for Love Island USA in 2022. He has also hosted the game show CelebAbility, competed on Taskmaster, and appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox and Celebrity MasterChef. Stirling has written and starred in the ITV2 sitcom Buffering and published a book, Not Ready to Adult Yet, in 2018.

Karen O'Leary

Cast · Known for What We Do in the Shadows

Karen O'Leary is a popular New Zealand early childhood educator, comedian, and actress. She is best known for her breakout role as Officer O'Leary in What We Do in the Shadows and its hit spin-off series Wellington Paranormal, as well as competing on season 4 of Taskmaster NZ.

Paul Chowdhry

Cast · Known for The Sea Beast

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry, better known as Paul Chowdhry, is an English comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. Chowdhry was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats, Comedy World Cup, and Sorry, I Didn't Know. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo twice, in 2012 and 2015. In 2016, he was one of the contestants on series three of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. Since 2021, he has been hosting the podcast The Paul Chowdhry PudCast, in which he interviews comedians. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

James Acaster

Cast · Known for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

James William Acaster is an English comedian originally from Kettering, Northamptonshire. He has performed for several consecutive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has been nominated for Best Show five times. Acaster has appeared on several panel shows, including Mock the Week, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, and Would I Lie to You?. He has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. In 2019, Acaster won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award, making him the first UK comedian to do so in nine years.

Ursula O. Robinson

Cast · Known for Beauty in Black

Ursula Oriana Robinson is the Drama Program Coordinator and a Tenured Associate Professor of Drama at South Carolina State University where she cultivates and molds young dreamers into accomplished artists. This award winning playwright is also the Artistic Director of Ursula O. Robinson Productions (UORP), a comprehensive artistic company that creates tailor-made works of art that heal, entertain, educate, and even set the mind free! Ms. Robinson is also chair of the Creative Spiritual Arts Department at Spiritual Foundation Ministries in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where she uses her God-given talents to edify the Body of Christ. She is also an accomplished Toastmaster's International award winning speech maker holding the title of District 58 Humorous Speech Winner for two consecutive years. This accomplished artist, is known for her one-woman shows, her hilarious comedy acts , and her prowess as a writer of personalized monologues. Ms. Robinson holds a BA in English, a BA in Theater Arts, and an M.F.A. in Acting. Blessed with the gifts of playwriting, performance, and practically anything artistic, Ms Robinson believes that the arts have the ability to change people's lives for the better.

George Jessel

George Albert "Georgie" Jessel (April 3, 1898 – May 23, 1981) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedic entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies. He was widely known by his nickname, the "Toastmaster General of the United States," for his frequent role as the master of ceremonies at political and entertainment gatherings. Jessel originated the title role in the stage production of The Jazz Singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Jessel (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.