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Russell Kane
Kane in 2019
Born
Russell David Anthony Grineau

(1975-08-19) 19 August 1975 (age 49)
London, England
Occupation(s)Writer, comedian, actor,
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Sadie Hasler
​
​
(m. 2010; div. 2011)​
Lindsey Cole
​
(m. 2014)​
Websiterussellkane.co.uk

Russell Kane (born Russell David Anthony Grineau; 19 August 1975)[1][2] is an English writer, comedian, and actor.[3] He won the Best Comedy Show award in 2010 at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.

Early life

Kane was born to David and Julie Grineau in Enfield, North London and brought up in Essex, where he still lives.[1][4] He studied English at Middlesex University and graduated with a degree in Media Writing.[5]

Career

In 2004, Kane won the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year,[3] and in 2005 he came second in So You Think You're Funny. He joined Ray Peacock, Russell Howard and Reginald D. Hunter on the national Paramount Edinburgh and Beyond tour in October 2005. In November 2005, he filmed his World Comedy Tour in Australia. He also presented the live music event Guerrilla Gig, which aired on BBC Three in March 2006. He has appeared on various comedy panel shows, and filmed four other live stand-up performances. In July 2006, he wrote and presented travelogues for the newly launched Five US.[6]

In August 2006, he performed his debut comedy show The Theory of Pretension at the Edinburgh Fringe, where he was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. In 2006–07 he appeared in Fakespeare Shortcuts on the UK's Paramount Comedy Channel, which also featured his longtime girlfriend Sadie Hasler. He presented Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4 and Channel 4 in June 2007. He again toured with the Edinburgh and Beyond tour in autumn/winter 2007.

He was the host of BBC Radio 2's Out to Lunch from series 4 onwards.[7] He presents a Sunday afternoon show on the relaunched Q Radio digital radio station.[3] In August 2008 he took his stand-up show Gaping Flaws to the Edinburgh Festival, where it was nominated for the 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. He also took his hour-long play, The Lamentable Tragedie of Yates's Wine Lodge, which transferred for one night to the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

On 20 November 2008, Kane performed at the Hammersmith Apollo for the BBC's Live at the Apollo.[8] In 2009, he returned to Edinburgh with two new shows: a play entitled Fakespeare and a stand-up show entitled Human Dressage. Fakespeare was a sell-out success and went on tour in February 2010. Human Dressage saw him nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the third time, and toured from October 2009 to January 2010.[9]

He appeared on the presenting team of the 2009 ITV2 Show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now, a role which he reprised for the 2010 and 2011 edition of the show, which he co-hosted with Laura Whitmore and Joe Swash.

In April 2010, while appearing on the Australian TV show Good News Week, Kane made a joke centred on autistic children, prompting an apology from the network and criticism from the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities.[10]

Kane presented Freak Like Me on BBC Three during the winter of 2010. This programme displayed the strange habits of various members of society. He appeared periodically throughout the programme as the narrator and presenter.

In August 2011, he appeared for the first time on the BBC Radio Four comedy panel game Just a Minute, which he won.

In November 2011, he won a Children in Need edition of Celebrity Mastermind, with the specialist subject "The Life and Novels of Evelyn Waugh".[11] On 5 July 2011 and 27 March 2012, he presented Geordie Shore: The Reunion for MTV.

His debut novel, The Humorist, was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2012.[12] In 2012, he co-presented Britain Unzipped with Greg James on BBC Three, which was renamed Unzipped for series 2.[13] He was the presenter of the BBC Three show Live at the Electric, which ran for three series, and co-hosted the 2013 chat show Staying In with Greg James.

He presented the travel series Stupid Man, Smart Phone in May–June 2016.

In January 2018, Kane participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief.

In March 2018, Kane started hosting the BBC Radio 4 series Evil Genius. This programme is an exploration of famous people in contemporary history.

Awards

Personal life

Kane married fellow comedian Sadie Hasler in 2010. They met while studying at Middlesex University.[18] They divorced nine months later.[19] He married hair and makeup artist Lindsey Cole in 2014.[20] They had met when Cole had attended one of his shows and later connected through social media.[21] They have one daughter.[20]

In 2015 it was revealed that Kane had been lying about his age, claiming to be five years younger than his true vintage.[22][23][24][25]

Bibliography

  • The Humorist, 2012 (novel)[26]
  • Son of a Silverback, 2019 (memoir)[27][28]

Stand-up DVDs

  • Smokescreens & Castles Live (7 November 2011)
  • Live (30 November 2015)

References

  1. ^ a b Logan, Brian (18 September 2011). "Russell Kane: 'What am I going to do when I'm not the next big thing?'". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Dessau, Bruce (26 March 2016). "News: The Truth About Russell Kane's Youth". Beyond the Joke.
  3. ^ a b c Barnett, Laura (7 June 2010). "Portrait of the Artist: Russell Kane, comedian". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "My Secret Life: Russell Kane". The Independent. London. 11 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Comedian to tie the knot in Southchurch Hall ceremony". Basildon Canvey Southend Echo. 6 January 2010.
  6. ^ Wilkes, Neil (29 August 2006). "Russell Kane named "face" of Five US". Digital Spy.
  7. ^ "Out To Lunch – Production Details". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Live at the Apollo series 4, episode 2". BBC iPlayer. 19 May 2012.
  9. ^ Logan, Brian (28 August 2009). "Russell Kane: Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Dunkerley, Susanna (21 April 2010). "Channel 10 apologises for Good News Week autism joke". news.com.au.
  11. ^ Russell Kane - about me at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 May 2010)
  12. ^ Page, Benedicte (11 November 2011). "S&S buys debut from comedian Kane". The Bookseller.
  13. ^ "BBC Three – Britain Unzipped". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b Reddin, Lorelei (14 October 2021). "Russell Kane to play intimate warm up gig at St Mary's". Daily Echo.
  15. ^ "Edinburgh comedy awards shortlist announced". The Guardian. 23 August 2006.
  16. ^ a b c Thorpe, Vanessa (28 August 2010). "Russell Kane wins Edinburgh Comedy Award". The Guardian.
  17. ^ "Russell Kane to perform Isles of Scilly show". BBC News. 6 September 2014.
  18. ^ "Comedian to tie the knot in Southchurch Hall ceremony". Echo News. 6 January 2010.
  19. ^ Sperling, Daniel (29 December 2011). "Russell Kane uncomfortable with sex: 'I'd rather watch Dog Whisperer'". Digital Spy.
  20. ^ a b "Russell Kane says he would have postponed his wedding for a big gig". The Irish News. 22 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Russell Kane: 'I had a year of partying and it was soulless. The sex wasn't even good'". London Evening Standard. 12 June 2013.
  22. ^ "Russell Kane has been lying about his age – but WHY?!". Heat. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  23. ^ Strang, Fay (21 April 2015). "Russell Kane is older than he claims - any ideas of his age?". mirror. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  24. ^ "INTERVIEW: Russell Kane on being 'in denial' about his age, why stand-up is still his passion and being a 'lord'". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  25. ^ Strang, by Fay; Updated (21 April 2015). "Russell Kane is older than he claims - any ideas of his age?". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  26. ^ Kane, Russell (21 October 2012). The Humorist. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0857209252.
  27. ^ Kane, Russell (31 October 2019). Son of Silverback. Penguin. ISBN 9781473554160.
  28. ^ "Son of a Silverback". Penguin. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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