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'{{Underconstruction}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2008}} {{Infobox Comedian | name = Hugh Dennis | image = Now Show 2005.jpg | imagesize = 240px | caption = Hugh Dennis (left) with [[Steve Punt]] on ''[[The Now Show]]'' | pseudonym = | birth_name = Peter Hugh Dennis | birth_date = {{birthdate and age|1962|01|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] | death_date = | death_place = | medium = [[Stand-up comedy|Stand up]], [[television]], [[radio]] | nationality = [[English people|English]] | active = 1980s – present | genre = Topical comedy, [[improvisational theatre|improvisation]] | subject = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = Kate Abbot-Anderson | domesticpartner = | notable_work = [[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]], [[Mock The Week]], [[Outnumbered]] | signature = | Height = [[1.83]]. | footnotes = | current_members = | past_members = | academyawards = | emmyawards = | peabodyawards = | goldenglobeawards = | tonyawards = | baftaawards = | cesarawards = | goyaawards = | afiawards = | filmfareawards = | olivierawards = | grammyawards = | americancomedyawards = | britishcomedyawards = }} '''Peter Hugh Dennis''' (born 17 January 1962) is an English [[actor]], [[comedian]], [[writer]], [[impressionist]] and [[voice-over artist]], best known for his work with comedy partner [[Steve Punt]]. He uses his middle name Hugh as his stage name, because [[Equity (trade union)|Equity]] already had a Peter Dennis, who was on the management panel.<ref>Hardwick, Viv (7 April 2007). "A headline act". ''The Northern Echo'' (Newsquest North East): p. 26.</ref> == SHARON SUCKS MASSIVE COCK == ==Early life == {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2009}} Dennis, whose father, [[John Dennis (bishop)|John Dennis]], was the [[Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich]], grew up in [[Mill Hill]] in [[North London]], though was born in [[Northamptonshire]]. He was educated at [[University College School]], an [[independent school]] for boys in [[Hampstead]] where he was appointed head boy in his final year, and at [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's College]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], where he read [[Geography]]. He was a member of the [[Footlights|Cambridge Footlights]], but after university worked for [[Unilever]] for six years. However, with Punt, whom he met at university, he continued performing comedy at venues including [[The Comedy Store, London|London's Comedy Store]]. As mentioned on an episode of ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'', he attended [[University College School]] with [[Will Self]] where they played [[rugby union|rugby]] together. == RORY AND JORDAN LOVE MADDIE == ==Radio and television career == {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2009}} A skilled [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]], Dennis did voices for ''[[Spitting Image]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/may/17/broadcasting.uknews|title=Spitting Image plans TV comeback}}</ref> and appeared with Punt as resident support comics on two TV series hosted on the [[BBC]] by [[Jasper Carrott]]. The pair then formed half of ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]'' on [[BBC Radio 1]], later graduating to a television series. His radio work with Punt includes over a decade of performing ''Punt and Dennis'', ''[[It's Been a Bad Week]]'' and ''[[The Now Show]]'' and a current run of writing ''[[The Party Line (radio)|The Party Line]]'' (a topical political satire that is written and performed the day prior to transmission). On ''[[The Now Show]]'' he is in a line up including Punt, [[Mitch Benn]], Laura Shavin, [[Jon Holmes]] and [[Marcus Brigstocke]]. Dennis has performed on various TV and radio shows, including ''[[Mock the Week]]'', ''[[The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show]]'', ''[[New Tricks (TV series)|New Tricks]]'' in the episode "Fresh Start", ''[[Outnumbered]]'' and [[sitcom]] ''[[Me, You and Him]]''. He has guest hosted ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'' and played obnoxious [[General practitioner|GP]] Piers Crispin in BBC sitcom ''[[My Hero (TV series)|My Hero]]''. He is friends with [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]] and has had cameos on ''[[Brass Eye]]''. In response to a news story in November 2003 about [[Rupert Murdoch]] giving jobs to his children, Hugh's son, then aged six, made a cameo appearance on ''The Now Show''. Dennis took part in the 2007 [[L'Étape du Tour]], cycling an open stage of the [[Tour de France]] for amateurs which was held in the mountains 2 weeks before the main event. This was discussed in the fifth series of ''[[Mock the Week]]'' and also [[QI]] series six, episode 5 'France'. He started in 2400th place of 8000 entrants, finishing in 3400th from 4000 who completed it, 5 hours behind the winner. Since August 2007, Dennis has starred in the BBC comedy ''[[Outnumbered]]'', a semi-improvised sitcom based around family life. <ref name=outnumbered>{{cite web |author= | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/08_august/17/outnumbered.shtml | title=Outnumbered Press Pack |work=[[BBC]] |date=2007-08-17 | accessdate=2009-12-22}}</ref> Hugh is a regular panellist on ''[[Mock The Week]]'' and has appeared in every episode. He has several [[running jokes]] on the series such as references to the dark lord [[Imhotep]],repeated references to [[Showaddywaddy]] with a [[Jimmy Savile]] impersonation and often using the phrase from UK TV adverts "Are you paying too much for your car insurance?" in the segment "Scenes We'd Like To See". He also does voice-overs on political or royal videos from the week in a round entitled ''[[Mock_the_week#Newsreel|Newsreel]]''. In December 2009, Dennis joined [[Oz Clarke]] in presenting the 60 minute christmas special ''[[Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas]]'' broadcast on [[BBC Two]]. ==Personal life== Dennis lives in [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]] with his second wife, Catherine ("Kate") Abbot-Anderson whom he married in 1996. They have two children, a son called Freddie (born March 28 1997) and a daughter called Meg (born July 2 1999).<ref>[http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp Marriages England and Wales 1984-2005]</ref> On 10 July 2008, Dennis received an [[Honorary degree|Honorary Fellowship]] from the [[University of Northampton]].<ref>[http://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/release/?id=UON8251 Hugh Dennis welcomed to The University of Northampton] Northampton.ac.uk</ref> ==External links== * {{imdb|name=Hugh Dennis|id=0219465}} * [http://web.archive.org/web/20060104113342/www.footlights.org/past/1983 Cambridge Footlights 1983] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thepartyline The Party Line] * [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2838646.ece ''Independent'' 5 minute interview August 2007] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/sep/11/mondaymediasection2 ''Guardian'' September 2006 article] ==References== {{refs}} {{Mock the Week}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Dennis, Hugh |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Dennis, Peter |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Comedian |DATE OF BIRTH = 1962 |PLACE OF BIRTH = |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis, Hugh}} [[Category:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Mock the Week]] [[Category:English comedians]] [[Category:English comedy writers]] [[Category:English satirists]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Old Gowers]] [[Category:People from Farnham]] [[Category:People from Kettering]] [[category:English Christians]] [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[nl:Hugh Dennis]]'