Daniel Sloss
| Daniel Sloss | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel Sloss |
| Born |
11 September 1990 Kingston upon Thames, London, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television, writer |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | danielsloss |
Daniel Sloss (born 11 September 1990) is a Scottish comedian, actor and writer, notable for having become established as a professional live and television performer whilst still in his teens. He was the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End aged 19 and also signed a DVD deal with BBC WW's 2Entertain label. He was also commissioned by the BBC for a broadcast sitcom pilot The Adventures of Daniel, and has appeared on US television programmes including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and multiple appearances on Conan.
Sloss was born in Kingston upon Thames and moved with his family to Fife in Scotland at the age of four. He attended East Wemyss Primary School and secondary school at Waid Academy in Anstruther. He was offered a place at the University of Dundee to study history but decided to take a gap year to see if he could make comedy work as his full-time career. He rejected the offer after the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe.
When Sloss was fourteen, his mother Lesley met comedian Frankie Boyle and mentioned her son, Boyle offered Sloss work experience by writing a small amount of material for him in two series of BBC's Mock the Week. This was his first break and he credits Boyle for his initial success.
Sloss performed for the first time at The Laughing Horse in Edinburgh, August 2007, after completing a two-day stand-up comedy course.
His first Edinburgh Festival Fringe was in August 2008, where he shared a 30-minute show with fellow comic Davey See.Life in 2D ran for 10 days in the Espionage venue as part of the Free Fringe. That same Fringe, aged 17, Sloss became one of the youngest-ever finalists in the UK's premier So You Think You're Funny? comedy competition, the final of which is hosted by the Gilded Balloon venue during the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2009, he sold out his debut full length Edinburgh Festival Fringe season Daniel Sloss – Teenage Kicks and in October took this show to London to the Soho Theatre to become the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in the venue as well as in London's West End.
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