Nick Helm
| Nick Helm | |
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| Birth name | Nicholas Tristan Phillip Helm |
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1 October 1980 London, England |
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| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | nickhelm |
Nick Helm (born 1 October 1980) is an English comedian, actor and rock musician known for his comedic confrontational delivery. His routines have been described as "brash and bullish". Many of his performances begin with him acting calmly and see him gradually getting more and more enraged about what he is talking about. He came to prominence following the success of his 2010 Edinburgh Fringe show Keep Hold of the Gold. In 2014, Helm made his main acting debut as lead character Andy in the BBC Three sitcom Uncle.
Helm was born in St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and raised in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He attended Cunningham Hill Primary School, after which he graduated to Sandringham Secondary School.
While at secondary school Helm began writing and performing. In 1997, when he was in the sixth form, his drama teacher Louise Hows brought the school's production of Romeo and Juliet to the Edinburgh Festival. Helm played the part of Prince Escalus.
With friends, Helm began taking shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the early 2000s with increasing levels of success.
By 2007, Helm began performing solo stand-up, but also maintained his theatrical work with a 2008 Fringe show called I Think You Stink, which gained critical acclaim. Comedian Richard Herring called it a "lovely little hidden gem... funny, silly and slightly chilling... something very new and special".
Helm has worked closely with his friends on the stand-up circuit, performing mixed bill standup shows at the Fringe before his first fully solo show, Keep Hold of the Gold, in 2010.
In 2011, the follow up, Dare to Dream, saw him nominated for the Fosters best comedy show and a joke lifted from the show won Dave's award for the funniest joke of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe: "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves".
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