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David Walliams (born '''David Williams''', August 20 , 1971 ) is a British comedy Actor , best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show '' Little Britain ''. Born to Peter (a London Transport engineer) and Kathleen Williams (a lab technician) Walliams was raised at Banstead in the county of Surrey . He has a sister named Julie, and two nephews, named Ben and Joe. Walliams was educated at Reigate Grammar School where he was a contemporary of Robert Shearman . Walliams was a member of the National Youth Theatre where he met comedy partner Lucas, and later studied Drama at Bristol University , where he was in the year below Simon Pegg . Walliams is a professional name, for Equity purposes. This was sent up in ''Rock Profile'', in which Robbie Williams is always referred to as 'Robbie Walliams'. There are many rumours that Walliams is bisexual. However in an interview with Queerday, {Link without Title} , Walliams stated that life would be easier if he were attracted to men - implying that he is not. CAREER One of David's earliest TV appearances was as "The Lift" on the first series of the CBBC gameshow '' Incredible Games '' in 1994. David appeared in the video of the Fat Les song Vindaloo , the unofficial anthem for the England National Football Team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup . Together with The League Of Gentlemen 's Mark Gatiss , he wrote and appeared in ''Doctor Who'' Parodies ''The Pitch of Fear'', ''The Web of Caves'' and ''The Kidnappers'' for BBC2 's "''Doctor Who'' Night" in 1999. He later performed in the Big Finish Productions ''Doctor Who'' audio play '' Phantasmagoria '', written by Gatiss. He appeared in an episode of '' Black Books '' in which he complained about getting second-hand smoke from the main character, who waved him off saying, "Forget about it, you can buy me a drink sometime." In 2003 he appeared in an episode of '' EastEnders ''. He also appeared in the first episode of ''Agatha Christie's Marple''. In 2006 he will make appearances in the movies '' '' Walliams and Lucas He and Lucas have also appeared as grotesque Caricature s of various Rock Musicians in the series '' Rock Profile '', and in the Spoof Documentary series '' Sir Bernard's Stately Homes ''. Among the characters played by Walliams in ''Little Britain'' are Emily Howard , the "rubbish Transvestite ", the mad Scottish hotel owner, Ray McCooney , and Sebastian Love , a camp aide (or ''aide de camp'') to the Prime Minister , on whom he has a huge crush. |
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