Simon Bird Biography

Fast Facts

• Went to Queen's College at Cambridge University and became President of their sketch group, The Footlights
• While studying at Birkbeck College, London, he met Joe Thomas (The Inbetweeners) and started a sketch comedy group called The House Of Windsor
• Performed with Joe Thomas at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007 and 2008
• Took part in Chortle's National Student Comedy Awards between 2005-2008
• Appeared in British sitcom The Inbetweeners that started in 2008
• Was awarded the British Comedy Award for Best Male Newcomer 2008 for his part in The Inbetweeners
• Created and hosted in comedy panel show The King Is Dead in 2010
• Co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in Channel 4 pilot Chickens with Joe Thomas
• Starred in British sitcom Friday Night Dinner in 2011