James Acaster is a British

United Kingdom

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 comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 born in Kettering, Northants. He attended Montagu secondary school in Kettering. He now lives in London.

James previously played drums in local bands in Northamptonshire including Pindrop, Three Line Whip, and The Wow! Scenario.

In 2009 James performed in a show at the Edinburgh festival

Edinburgh Festival

The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...

 fringe with fellow comedians Josh Widdicombe

Josh Widdicombe

-Career:Widdicombe began performing live in 2008, and made it to the final of 'So You Think You're Funny' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival during the same year. Widdicombe has performed at the Fringe Festival every year since, co-writing and performing in the sketch show Superclump in 2009. He also...

 and Nick Helm

Nick Helm

Nick Helm is a British comedian known for his confrontational delivery. His routines have been described as "brash and bullish".He came to prominence following the success of his 2010 Edinburgh Fringe show "Keep Hold of the Gold".Nick grew up in St...

.
In 2010, he supported Milton Jones

Milton Jones

Milton Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and is a recurring guest panellist on Mock the Week...

 on tour, and will be MJ's tour support again for the summer and autumn 2011 leg of the tour.

James has appeared on Russel Howard's Good News Extra and was the internet act in Dave's One Night Stand from Bristol. In 2011 he had his first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival, "Amongst Other Things".
He appeared in Australia Versus

Australia Versus

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, and was co-host in My First Gig on Resonance FM

Resonance FM

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 radio.

He appeared in Chris Addison

Chris Addison

Chris Addison is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is known for his lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4...

's E4 programme "Show and Tell" in autumn 2011.

External links

• official website
• "The Spotlight on ... James Acaster", London is Funny, June 01 2010