Personal Life
He attended Selwyn Jones High School, which was later known as Newton-Le-Willows High School and has now been demolished and rebuilt as Hope Academy, in Newton-Le-Willows and turned his attention mainly to playing Rugby League, before rekindling his performance interests and successfully applying to Bretton Hall. After graduation he relocated to London and was briefly active in Fringe Theatre (Appearing in Lead Roles in Chekhov's The Bear and The Proposal) before turning his hand to comedy.
He is well-documented as being an obsessive fan of The Muppets, Randy Newman, John Updike, Lemony Snicket and Star Wars.
He is a fanatical supporter of St Helens RLFC, comic book collector and an accomplished artist.
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