Dave Chapman
Encyclopedia
Dave Chapman is an English actor
, television presenter, puppeteer
and voice artist.
. His puppeteering work has featured in the films Muppet Treasure Island
, 101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney Company, 1996), My Last 5 Girlfriends,and on TV, Captain Abercromby
, Carrie and David's Popshop
, Children in Need
, Doctor Who
, French and Saunders
, Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller
, The Saturday Show
, Shooting Stars
, Sport Relief
, Time Trumpet
, The Tiny and Mr Duk Show, What's Up Doc?
, Nuzzle and Scratch and Xchange
.
He has had long association with CBBC
, first working as the writer, puppeteer and voice artist for Otis the Aardvark
between 1994 and 1999. It was in this role that he first worked with children's presenters Richard McCourt
and Dominic Wood
("Dick & Dom"), prior to featuring in the BAFTA and RTS
award-winning Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
. Between 2002 and 2006, Chapman played numerous characters alongside other Bungalow regulars Ian Kirkby, Melvin Odoom
and Lee Barnett.
Chapman plays bad ventriloquist Peter Nokio in the The Slammer
and the villain Alan Draylon in Harry Batt
, both for CBBC. He has also appeared as himself on three episodes of Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
and has guested on The Chris Evans Show, The Chris Moyles Show
, The Bob Mills Show, and Woman's Hour
.
In 2001, he wrote and co-directed the short film Dinner Money. He also writes and performs live comedy in the double act 'Chapman and Crompton'.
Chapman hosts the gameshow And Then You Die
on Dave as the puppet character Barrie Stardust. He also appears in educational music show Space Pirates
for CBeebies. He has also played over sixty characters including series villain - 'The Beastmaster' in the CBBC
sitcom The Legend of Dick and Dom
, in which he stars alongside Dominic Wood
, Richard McCourt
, Chloe Bale and Steve Furst
.
He has also hosted Undercover Dads!
for CBBC
on BBC Two
which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2010.
He was born in Kent
in 1973.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, television presenter, puppeteer
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...
and voice artist.
Career
Dave Chapman trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and The Jim Henson CompanyThe Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company, an American entertainment organization, traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The Muppets helped the company gain worldwide acclaim in family entertainment for more than four decades...
. His puppeteering work has featured in the films Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 American musical film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. It is the fifth feature film to star The Muppets and was directed by Jim Henson's son Brian Henson....
, 101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney Company, 1996), My Last 5 Girlfriends,and on TV, Captain Abercromby
Captain Abercromby
Captain Abercromby was a children's TV show that was on BBC Two in 2002-2003. Its cast was puppets.-Series overview:Captain Abercromby was a puppet series about a boy named Abercromby, who is raised by his grandfather...
, Carrie and David's Popshop
Carrie and David's Popshop
Carrie and David's Popshop is a children's television series aired on Cbeebies, originally broadcast in 2008. It is presented by celebrity vocal coaches Carrie Grant and David Grant, with their pet dog Riff, puppeteered by Dave Chapman, and produced by BBC Scotland.-Overview:Carrie and David took...
, Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
, Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, French and Saunders
French and Saunders
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
, Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller
Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller
Heroes of Comedy is a British television series broadcast on Channel 4, which devotes each episode to a past legend of British comedy. It was produced by John Fisher. Beginning in 1995, it followed a 2½ hour more general programme from 1992.-Series one:...
, The Saturday Show
The Saturday Show
The Saturday Show can refer to:*The Saturday Show , an early-1980s ITV children's show*The Saturday Show , a BBC TV children's series broadcast from 2001–2005...
, Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its axing in 2011...
, Sport Relief
Sport Relief
Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
, Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet is a six-episode satirical television comedy series which aired on BBC Two in 2006. The series was written by Armando Iannucci, Roger Drew and Will Smith in a similar manner to Iannucci's earlier one-off programmes 2004: The Stupid Version and Clinton: His Struggle with...
, The Tiny and Mr Duk Show, What's Up Doc?
What's Up Doc? (TV series)
What's Up Doc? was a Saturday Morning children's variety series produced Scottish Television and aired on ITV from 1992 to 1995 and hosted by Andy Crane, Yvette Fielding and Pat Sharp...
, Nuzzle and Scratch and Xchange
Xchange (TV series)
Xchange was a factual entertainment BBC television programme for children. It was broadcast initially on BBC Two and later the CBBC Channel. The programme was transmitted live from studio TC2 at BBC Television Centre...
.
He has had long association with CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
, first working as the writer, puppeteer and voice artist for Otis the Aardvark
Otis the Aardvark
Otis the Aardvark was a puppet presenter on Children's BBC. Otis mainly presented the afternoon links on BBC One alongside the main CBBC presenters....
between 1994 and 1999. It was in this role that he first worked with children's presenters Richard McCourt
Richard McCourt
Richard "Dick" McCourt is an English actor and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom, with the other being Dominic Wood...
and Dominic Wood
Dominic Wood
Dominic Simon "Dom" Wood is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom, with the other being Richard McCourt....
("Dick & Dom"), prior to featuring in the BAFTA and RTS
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
award-winning Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was a CBBC children's entertainment television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom...
. Between 2002 and 2006, Chapman played numerous characters alongside other Bungalow regulars Ian Kirkby, Melvin Odoom
Melvin Odoom
Melvin Odoom is an English-born comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.-Career:Melvin, alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams, hosts Kiss 100′s Breakfast Show. Their on-air chemistry and entertaining mockery is a hit with the Kiss 100 audience...
and Lee Barnett.
Chapman plays bad ventriloquist Peter Nokio in the The Slammer
The Slammer
The Slammer is a Children's Talent show that has been broadcasting on BBC One since 22 September 2006.Set in a fictional prison called HM Slammer, this programme follows a variety show format where “prisoners” compete, by performing to an audience, who decide which act should be released.The show...
and the villain Alan Draylon in Harry Batt
Harry Batt
Harry Batt is a television programme starring Ian Kirkby as the fictional "Geordie copper" DI Harry Batt. The article is about both the character and the show itself.-Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow:...
, both for CBBC. He has also appeared as himself on three episodes of Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive is a British television show, first aired on BBC Three in July 2006. Devised by Paul Duddridge, it concerns the making of a comedy panel game show called Annually Retentive, themed around historical events, and hosted by Welsh comedian Rob Brydon...
and has guested on The Chris Evans Show, The Chris Moyles Show
The Chris Moyles Show
The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show presenter on 5 January 2004. From 2004 to 2007, the show was broadcast 6:55–10:00 am each weekday, but since 15 October 2007 it has started from...
, The Bob Mills Show, and Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
.
In 2001, he wrote and co-directed the short film Dinner Money. He also writes and performs live comedy in the double act 'Chapman and Crompton'.
Chapman hosts the gameshow And Then You Die
And Then You Die (TV series)
And Then You Die was a comedy panel show broadcast on the British TV channel Dave.It was hosted by a puppet called Barrie Stardust who is puppeteered by Dave Chapman....
on Dave as the puppet character Barrie Stardust. He also appears in educational music show Space Pirates
Space Pirates (series)
Space Pirates is a British children's television series originally shown on CBeebies. It is a mixture of live action and animation, set aboard a space ship which orbits Earth. It stars Luke Toulson as Captain DJ, and features the voice of Radio 1 newsreader Dominic Byrne as an alien...
for CBeebies. He has also played over sixty characters including series villain - 'The Beastmaster' in the CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
sitcom The Legend of Dick and Dom
The Legend of Dick and Dom
The Legend of Dick and Dom is a sitcom that stars Dick and Dom as two budding young princes who are on a quest to find the antidote to a terrible plague that consumed Fyredor because Dick dropped the cure. The all star cast also includes Mannitol , a wizard who is really bad at doing magic, and...
, in which he stars alongside Dominic Wood
Dominic Wood
Dominic Simon "Dom" Wood is an English entertainer, magician and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the double act Dick and Dom, with the other being Richard McCourt....
, Richard McCourt
Richard McCourt
Richard "Dick" McCourt is an English actor and presenter of radio and television, best known as one half of the comic duo Dick and Dom, with the other being Dominic Wood...
, Chloe Bale and Steve Furst
Steve Furst
Steven Larry Furst is a comedian, actor and writer. Furst says his father told him that he arrived as an immigrant from Hungary with "nothing but a violin under my arm"...
.
He has also hosted Undercover Dads!
Undercover Dads!
Undercover Dads is a cult British television programme popular with both kids and adults. It first aired on BBC2 and CBBC in 2009. Presented by comedian, actor and puppeteer Dave Chapman , the show challenges a hard-working dad to get to know his kids, bring his family closer together and win them...
for CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2010.
He was born in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
in 1973.