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Peter Serafinowicz (born 10 July 1972 ) is an English comic actor, Voice Artist and composer of Polish Descent . He made his broadcasting debut in 1993 on Radio 1 show ''The Knowledge'', a spoof documentary about the music industry. From there he went on to perform in Radio 4 shows '' Weekending '', '' Harry Hill's Fruit Corner '', ''Grievous Bodily Radio'' and ''The Two Dannys''. In 1998 he appeared on TV in ''Comedy Nation'', following that up with a role in Simon Nye written sitcom '' How Do You Want Me? ''. Also in 1998 he starred in ''You are Here'', where he met Robert Popper , with whom he was to create '' Look Around You ''. In 1999 he made a number of appearances in Channel 4 sitcom '' Spaced '', playing principal character Tim Bisley's ( Simon Pegg ) arch-nemesis Duane Benzie. In 2000 he had a memorable appearance in an episode of the first series of the Channel 4 sitcom '' Black Books '' as Hywel Granger, a character with an abnormally deep and silky voice who worked as a radio announcer, perhaps a joke about Serafinowicz's career as an in-demand voice artist. In 2001 Serafinowicz took the lead in BBC2 sitcom '' World Of Pub '', playing the same character as he had done in the show's run on Radio 4. He was also in '' The Junkies '', the world's first Internet Sitcom . In 2002 '' Look Around You '' debuted on BBC2. A series of 10 minute 70s school science video spoofs, they were critically acclaimed. Serafinowicz wrote the show alongside Popper, and appeared as a scientist in it. The show returned in 2005 as a spoof of 80s '' Tomorrow's World '', with Serafinowicz playing Peter Packard, one of the presenters. In 2003 he appeared in another Nye-written sitcom, '' Hardware '', in which he played the affable Kenny. The series returned for a second series in 2004 . Also in 2004 he appeared in British rom-zom-com '' Shaun Of The Dead '', playing the tidy flat-mate Pete of principal characters Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed ( Nick Frost ). He also appeared in boxing movie '' The Calcium Kid ''. His most high profile role as a voice artist was as '', which was referenced in his appearance during the second series of ''Spaced''. His voice overdubbed that of Ray Park , who portrayed Darth Maul in costume. Serafinowicz has done many adverts and voice-overs and is a talented impressionist. He impersonated Terry Wogan in a 2003 Comic Relief spoof of '' Blankety Blank '', and he regularly utilises his array of impressions when performing. He also provided the voice of Captain Ardias in THQ's Warhammer 40,000: Firewarrior. In the week before the 2006 Academy Awards a video circulated on the Internet of a fake news item (called "O! News", a parody of E! News ) about a new Oscar statue, in which Serafinowicz imitated Alan Alda , Paul McCartney and Al Pacino . A second O! News video later appeared, parodying the 2006 Apple Corps V. Apple Computer lawsuit. He also provided the voice for '' Darth Chef '' in An Episode of '' South Park '' in 2006 , as a parody of his Star Wars role''. Serafinowicz had also made a number of guest appearances on television, including the comedy shows '' Smack The Pony '' and '' Hippies '' (both 1999), '' Black Books '' (2000), '' I'm Alan Partridge '' (2002) and '' Little Britain '' ( 2003 ), comedy drama '' Murder Most Horrid '' (1999) and ITV Drama series '' Marple '' (2005). He has made a number of guest appearances on both television and radio panel shows. He regularly appeared on '' The 99p Challenge '' and appeared on '' Have I Got News For You '' in 2005 and 2006, '' 8 Out Of 10 Cats '' in 2005, and '' QI '' in 2003. He plays 'Uncle Jimmy' in British film '' Sixty Six '', a true story about a Jewish boy whose Bar Mitzvah is scheduled for the same day as the 1966 World Cup final. He is currently filming a new comedy series, "The Peter Serafinowicz Show", for BBC2 . As a composer and musician, he produced virtually all of the music for ''Look Around You'', under the pseudonym Gelg. PERSONAL LIFE Serafinowicz was born in Liverpool and went to Our Lady of the Assumption RC Primary School and St Francis Xavier's College. He is brother-in-law to Graham Linehan , co-writer of '' Father Ted ''. He is in a relationship with Smack The Pony and Green Wing actress, Sarah Alexander . Their first child was born in April 2007. His brother James is a writer and director. 1 and can be seen wearing his Liverpool Blue Coat School uniform at the beginning and end of each Look Around You episode. WORK CREDITS On television:
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