![]() In 2013, Walliams appeared in two episodes of the comedy series Blandings as Rupert Baxter, an efficiency expert hired to serve as Lord Emsworth's secretary. Also in 2012, he narrated Are You Having a Laugh? TV and Disability on BBC Two, and the ITV2 series Top Dog Model. In April 2012 Walliams appeared in an episode of ITV's Perspectives programme entitled "David Walliams: The Genius of Dahl". Walliams played the strange mole-like alien Gibbis in the sixth series of Doctor Who, in the episode " The God Complex", broadcast on BBC One in 2011. In 2010, Walliams appeared with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell in the comedy Dinner for Schmucks. He portrayed comedian Frankie Howerd in the BBC Four television film Rather You Than Me. In 2007, he returned to non-comedy television, garnering positive reviews for his portrayal of a suave and dangerous manipulator in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary. Later in the year, Walliams presented a documentary on James Bond, entitled David Walliams: My Life with James Bond. In 2005, Walliams, Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis and Lauren Laverne starred in the video for Charlotte Hatherley's single "Bastardo". Walliams performed in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Phantasmagoria, written by Mark Gatiss in 1999. He changed his stage name to David Walliams when he joined college Equity, as there was already a member named David Williams. During university holidays in 1990, Walliams performed with the National Youth Theatre, where he met future comedy partner and friend Matt Lucas. From 1989 to 1992, he studied at the University of Bristol, where he resided at Manor Hall and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Drama). He was educated at Collingwood Boys' School in Wallington, and Reigate Grammar School in Surrey, where he was a contemporary of writer Robert Shearman. Walliams grew up in Banstead, Surrey, specifically in the residential area of Nork, with his mother, father and sister Julie. ![]() He is the son of Peter Williams (1936–2007), a London Transport engineer, and Kathleen Williams (née Ellis), a laboratory technician who worked at Sutton Grammar School. Walliams was born at St Teresa's Maternity Hospital in Wimbledon, in the London Borough of Merton, in 1971. ![]() His charity work includes swimming the English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar and River Thames, raising millions of pounds for the BBC charity Sport Relief. ![]() Walliams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts. Some of his books have been adapted into television films, which he has also appeared in, including Mr Stink (2012), Gangsta Granny (2013) and Billionaire Boy (2016). His books have been translated into 53 languages, and he has been described as "the fastest-growing children's author in the UK", with a literary style compared to that of Roald Dahl. Walliams began writing children's novels in 2008 after securing a contract with the publisher HarperCollins. In 2022, he was a judge on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent. Walliams has won the award for Best TV Judge for his work on Britain's Got Talent at the 2015, 2018, 20 National Television Awards. In 2015, he starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC drama series Partners in Crime, and wrote and starred in the sketch comedy series Walliams & Friend. From 2013 to 2014, he wrote and starred in the BBC One sitcom Big School. Walliams played the role of Greville White in the 2007 television drama film Capturing Mary. He is also a writer of children's books, having sold more than 37 million copies worldwide. ![]() From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly With Me (2010–2011). David Edward Williams OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams ( / ˈ w æ l j ə m z/), is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. ![]()
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