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Tim Key is a renowned English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter, and radio personality. He is known for playing Alan Partridge’s sidekick Simon in Mid Morning Matters, Alpha Papa, and This Time. Key is also a member of the comedy group Cowards and has an extensive list of performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In addition, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009.
Tim Key Age
He was born on September 2, 1976, in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Key is 46 years old.
Tim Key Height
He is a man of average stature. Key stands at the height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.7 m).
Tim Key Family
He was born to his supportive parents in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Key holds British nationality. He is a secrative person as he has kept information regarding his parents and/or siblings whearbouts away from the limelight.
Tim Key Partner
He is possibly single and not dating anyone. However, key maintains a low profile when it comes to his personal life. Thus there are no previous details regarding him as married or engaged.
Tim Key Education
He studied at the intertwined villages of Histon and Impington before moving on to Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. Key later enrolled at the University of Sheffield, where he studied Russian. Upon graduating, he returned to Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights, despite not being a student of Cambridge University.
Tim Key Peep Show
Key had a minor role in the British television sitcom, Peep Show as Jerry. The sitcom was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2003 until 2015 and it became the longest-running comedy in Channel 4 history in terms of years on the air in 2010. Further, the show follows the lives of Mark Corrigan and Jeremy “Jez” Usbourne, two very different, dysfunctional best friends who share a flat in Croydon. Additionally, the sitcom contains 9 series in 54 episodes.
Tim Key Taskmaster
He worked as a panelist on the first series of Taskmaster and was credited as a “Task Consultant” since the show’s second series. The panel game show was created by comedian and musician Alex Horne and presented by both Horne and Greg Davies.
Tim Key Tour
As a comedian, he plans to tour around the United Kingdom and present his comedy to his fans.
- From October 31, 2022, to November 12, 2022, he will be at Arcola Theatre, London
- On March 15, 2023, he will be at Mulberry Glee, Nottingham
- On March 16, 2023, at The Dukes, Lancaster
Buy Tickets - March 17, 2022, at Mulberry in Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Buy tickets - March 18, 2023, at Mulberry in Town Hall, Bakewell
Buy Tickets - March 19, 2022, at Mulberry in Leadmill, Sheffield
Tim Key Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- Christmas at the Riviera as Gary in 2007
- The Honeymoon Suite as Samuel in 2010
- One Day as Customer in 2011
- The Double as Care Worker in 2013
- Very Few Fish as Jimbo in 2013
- Two Films About Loneliness as Jonathan Smallman (voice) in 2014
- The Overcoat as The Narrator in 2017
- Days of the Bagnold Summer as Dale in 2019
- Love Wedding Repeat as Sidney in 2020
- Talk Radio as Danny Mallard in 2020
- See How They Run as Commissioner Harold Scott in 2022
Tv shows
- Saxondale as Promotions Guy in 2006
- Annually Retentive as Kim in 2007
- Life’s Too Short as News Reporter in 2011
- Games On as Dan in 2012
- Chickens as Thomas in 2012
- Playhouse Presents as Jonah in 2014
- Cradle to Grave as Stutely in 2015
- Peep Show as Jerry in 2015
- Drunk History: UK as Various Characters from 2016 to 2017
- Zapped as Sextus in 2017
- This Time with Alan Partridge as Simon Denton from 2019 to 2021
- The Irregulars as Gregson in 2021
- After Life as Rude Date in 2022
- Here We Go as Ray in 2022
- The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off as Himself / Contestant in 2023
Tim Key Poet
When he returned to Cambridge and joined the Cambridge Footlights, Key met Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, and Lloyd Woolf, and they formed the sketch group Cowards. In 2001, he had his first appearance with the Footlights was in the stage production Far Too Happy. The show was presented to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and it was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. Moreover, he did a solo poetry show The Slutcracker won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2009.
He was also nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality and later took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2010. In September 2013, he co-starred in Daniel Kitson’s play Tree at the Royal Exchange, Manchester as it premiered. Also, he appeared alongside Paul Ritter and Rufus Sewell in Yasmina Reza’s Art at The Old Vic, directed by Matthew Warchus, from December 2016 to February 2017. His comedy show Megadate toured from 2017 to 2018. Further, he has regularly been heard on BBC Radio 4 since 2006, when it commissioned All Bar Luke.
Key appeared as Duncan in the radio sitcom Party and also reunited with Basden for Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme in 2012. In November 2010, Invisible Dot Ltd / Angular Records released his first album, Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat. He had a starring role in the BBC Two comedy series The Witchfinder in 2022 and was a panelist on the first series of Taskmaster. Key appeared as “Sidekick Simon” alongside Steve Coogan on Mid Morning Matters in November 2010. In addition, he starred alongside Steve Coogan in Greed and played Commissioner Harrold Scott in See How They Run in 2022.
Tim Key Net Worth
Through his successful career as a poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter, and radio personality he has attained decent fortune. Key’s net worth is $3 Million.
How Old Is Tim Key
Key is 46 years old born on September 2, 1976, in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
Who Is Tim Key
Key is a renowned English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter, and radio personality. He is known for playing Alan Partridge’s sidekick Simon in Mid Morning Matters, Alpha Papa, and This Time. Key is also a member of the comedy group Cowards and has an extensive list of performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Is Tim Key Married
He is possibly single and not dating anyone. However, key maintains a low profile when it comes to his personal life. Thus there are no previous details regarding him as married or engaged.
Key’s Social Media Account
Instagram – timkeypoet
Twitter – @timkeyperson