the Prisoner of Azkaban as Tom the Innkeeper. In 2008, he finished in fourth place on the American show Last Comic Standing 6, having been the only overseas act ever to have reached the final show. He performed a 63-date national tour with the other four Last Comic Standing finalists throughout the US. He appeared in the fifth series of the David Duchovny comedy-drama Californication as an English butler to a hip-hop mogul played by Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA. He made a guest-star appearance in season 5 of the comedy and spy drama Chuck, the TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and on Comedy Central's Tosh.0. In September 2013, he began filming the role of The Dog Catcher in Syco Entertainment's feature film Pudsey: The Movie alongside David Walliams, Jessica Hynes, and John Sessions. In 2017, Tavaré was in an intensive care unit after being injured in a collision with a car. After suffering catastrophic injuries (over 30 broken bones, including 14 broken ribs, collapsed lungs, multiple fractures, broken neck and a hand that detached from the wrist) Tavare returned to the stage with a new show about his experiences entitled "From deadpan to bedpan". References Sources Sit-Down Comedy (contributor to anthology, ed. Malcolm Hardee & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003. ; 1963 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English comedians People from Northwich Alumni of RADA English double-bassists Male double-bassists English male comedians English male film actors English male television actors Last Comic Standing contestants Male actors from Essex 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century British male musicians