Kayvan Novak

Kayvan Novak
Novak at a premiere in 2012
Born	(1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 38) London, England
Medium	Television, film
Years active	2002–present
Genres	Character comedy, satire, sketch comedy
Subject(s)	Practical jokes

Kayvan Novak (Persian: کیوان نواک‎‎; born 23 November 1978) is a British-Iranian actor, voice artist, and comedian. He is best known for co-creating and starring in the comedy series Fonejacker from 2006 to 2007 with a one-off in 2012 (for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) in 2008). He is also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off series Facejacker from 2010 to 2012 and for his role as Waj in the 2010 comedy film Four Lions.

Novak was born in London to Iranian parents. He was privately educated at Highgate School and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead, before attending the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. In one of his early Facejacker episodes, he had revisited his former school of Fine Arts College, acting as Brian Bandonde.

Novak initially appeared on various British shows such as Family Affairs, Holby City, and Spooks. In 2005, he and Ed Tracy created Fonejacker, a prank call show as part of Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand. After the pilot, he was given a Christmas special and a six-part series, which began airing on 5 July 2007 on E4 and 7 September 2007 on Channel 4. In November 2009, he appeared on the Channel 4 show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, playing a bomb disposal officer. In April 2010, Novak began appearing in a spin-off of Fonejacker called Facejacker, in which he adopted various disguises, including several characters heard in Fonejacker. Novak announced on BBC Radio 1 in May 2012 that the character Terry Tibbs, a mainstay of both shows, would be getting a spin-off chat show which aired in August 2012. Novak played Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom pilot Bad Sugar.