Patrick Marber
| Patrick Marber | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 September 1964 Wimbledon, London, England |
| Occupation | Comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Debra Gillett (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter.
Marber was born and raised in Wimbledon, London, the son of Brian Marber, a leading and highly regarded technical analyst. He was educated at Rokeby School, St Paul's School, Cranleigh School, and Wadham College, Oxford.
After working for a few years as a stand-up comedian, Marber was a writer and cast member on the radio shows On the Hour and Knowing Me, Knowing You, and their television spinoffs The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge.
Amongst other roles, Marber portrayed the hapless reporter Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan in both On the Hour and The Day Today, and was involved in a dispute with the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring, who had written for On the Hour, about who had invented the character. Lee and Herring's TV show Fist of Fun would later make several references to their feud with Marber, calling him a "Cornish playwright" and "Cornish curmudgeon". In Stewart Lee's 2010 book, How I Escaped My Certain Fate, Marber is referred to as a "new Shakespeare". Marber reunited with the Knowing Me, Knowing You team in 2003 to record commentaries for the DVD release of the show. He also contributed some new in-character audio material to the DVD release of The Day Today in 2004.
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