Simon Amstell
Overview
Simon Marc Amstell is a BAFTA nominated, award-winning English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 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...

, television presenter, screenwriter
Screenwriter
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 and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, best known for his roles as former co-host of Popworld
Popworld
Popworld was a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4, offering pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from the most recent top artists....

, former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...

and co-writer and star of the sitcom Grandma's House
Grandma's House
Grandma's House is a sitcom television series for BBC Two. Written by Simon Amstell and long term collaborator Dan Swimer, the series stars Simon Amstell playing a version of himself: a television presenter searching for meaning in his life...

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Amstell was born in east London in 1979 and was raised in Gants Hill
Gants Hill
Gants Hill is a district of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge in northeast London, England. It is a suburban development situated north east of Charing Cross....

, London
London
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 in a Jewish
Judaism
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 family. His first television appearance was in 1993 when he appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 game show GamesMaster
GamesMaster
GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.-Origins:...

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Quotations

You just threw cheese at Sam & Mark. Don't you think they've suffered enough?!

Brit Awards Red Carpet 2005

Come on, people, it's fucking Christmas!

From all of us here, whichever religion you are, remember, only one can be right, so...let's have a war! Happy Christmas!

Never Mind The Buzzcocks Christmas Special

Penny Smith: Spitting... it would never happen on GMTV. Simon Amstell: Nothing happens on GMTV.

Jordan's third favourite tit and second favourite twat - it's Peter Andre!

"Smack my bitch up" doesn't actually mean "beat up my girlfriend." It's actually just pimp slang for getting your act together. Similarly tonight, I'm going to set fire to some orphans and eat their charred remains, have a cup of tea and a bath!

I like everything. You know everything? I like it. You know all books? I like them all.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks Series 20, episode 4

 
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