Dai Henwood is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 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...

 and interpretive dancer . He is best known for his hosting of several television shows found on C4 but also performs stand up comedy.A little known fact on Dai is that he has spent a year in Northern America as expedition leader for a privatley funded sasquatch discovery team. Unfortunaley for Dai whilst showering one morning in the densest forests of America one of the expedition members mistook Dai for the mythical beast, due to his expansive and often noted luxuriant body hair and shot him with a tranquiliser dart. Dai was quoted later on as saying that laser hair reduction treatment was on his list of priorities.

Life and career

Henwood was born in 1978 to Ray and Carolyn Henwood. Henwood studied Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...

, graduating with a BA in eastern religions, before winning 'Best New Face' on TV2's Pulp Comedy in 1999 and a Billy T Award

Billy T Award

The Billy T Award is New Zealand’s most prestigious comedy award recognizing New Zealand comedians with outstanding potential. It has been presented annually since its inception in 1997 when Cal Wilson and Ewen Gilmour shared the award...

 in 2002. In 2004 and 2005 he toured the shows The Hot Stepper and Champagne Table Tennis, and also performed at the Tokyo Comedy Store

Tokyo Comedy Store

The Tokyo Comedy Store is an English-language comedy show held in central Tokyo, which features stand-up comedians and improvised comedy.The Tokyo Comedy Store was founded in 1994 as the "Tokyo Comedy Club" by Kevin Burns. Burns gathered together stand up comics and even a hypnotist by placing...

 and in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and around Britain

United Kingdom

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. Henwood has stated his great-grandfather was Welsh international rugby player, Dick Jones

Dick Jones (rugby player)

Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...

 Henwood spent a period on TV3

TV3 (New Zealand)

TV3 is a New Zealand commercial television network, owned by MediaWorks New Zealand. Launched on 26 November 1989, the first private television network in New Zealand...

's Sunrise

Sunrise (New Zealand TV program)

Sunrise was a New Zealand breakfast television news and current affairs show which was broadcast live on TV3. It aired from 7.00am to 9.00am weekdays, and the show featured all the latest current affairs, News, Sport, Business and Weather...

 morning show, as the gadget guy, giving humorous reviews of the latest gadgets. He has recorded a DVD titled Dai Another Day, released by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 in late 2009.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Insert Video Here	Host
	VNZMAs	Host
	Roll The Dai	Host
	Dai's Protege	Host
	7 Days 7 Days (New Zealand) 7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar to the British program Have I Got News for You, hosted by Jeremy Corbett. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.-Show format:At...	Host
	The Jono Project

Awards And Nominations

Year	Award	Result
1998	Dynamic Innovative Video Awards	Winner
1998	Best New Face Award	Winner
2002	Billy T James Comedy Award	Winner
2004	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards	Winner - Best Male Comedian
2005	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards	Winner - Best Male Comedian
2006	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards	Winner - Best Television Performance
2006	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards	Best MC
2007	TV Guide Best On The Box Awards Nomination	Winner - Funniest Person On Television
2007	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards Nomination	The Kevin Smith Memorial Cup for Best Artist Achievement
2007	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards Nomination	Best New Zealand On Screen Comedy Performance
2007	The New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards Nomination	Best Male Comedian
2007	Cleo Music Awards	Best Music TV Presenter
2007	Best New Zealand Comedian	The Fred Award

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