Jonny Sweet
Introduction '''Jonathan Huw Sweet''' (born 1985) is a British comedian and the recipient of the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer.
Early life Sweet was born in Nottingham and educated at the local independent school Nottingham High School. He read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge and met writing partner Joe Thomas, and both were members of the Footlights. Sweet served as vice-president to Simon Bird while Thomas was secretary. After graduating, the three shared a flat together before their big break into comedy and television. He graduated with a first and was expected to follow his father into the legal profession but joined Endemol UK on an internship instead.He is a supporter of Nottingham Forest Football Club.
Career In 2009 Sweet won The Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer for his show 'Mostly About Arthur'. He also starred in Tom Basden's debut play ''Party'' alongside Basden himself, 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Tim Key, Anna Crilly, Katy Wix and Nick Mohammed. The play won a Fringe First before travelling to the Sydney Arts Festival and appearing in London's West End and in adaptation as a BBC Radio 4 sitcom.Sweet became known for playing posh characters after his role as future Prime Minister David Cameron in the 2009 More 4 satirical show ''When Boris Met Dave'', which details how Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson first met. He also appeared alongside Alistair McGowan, Adrian Edmondson and Hugh Dennis in ''Pete and Dud: The Lost Sketches'', a revival of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's works on BBC Two.In 2012, he had a small role in BBC's ''Him & Her'' as one of Paul's newly found relatives.He is also writing partner with ''Inbetweeners'' stars Simon Bird and Joe Thomas and together they make up the sketch group ''The House of Windsor''. Following their critically acclaimed Edinburgh show ''The Meeting'', they are now developing projects together for TV and film. Their period sitcom ''Chickens'', about 3 conscientious objectors during World War I was broadcast in Autumn on Sky One, also starring Barry Humphries. Thomas and Sweet have also performed as a double-act, garnering many rave reviews and being nominated for a Writer's Guild Award.He has recorded two series of his Radio 4 sitcom, ''Hard to Tell'', a romance, starring Charlotte Ritchie as his love interest. The structure mainly consists of conversation between Tom (Sweet) and his sister Maeve (Katy Wix) telling his side of the developing romance, and between Ellen (Ritchie) and best friend Hermione (Sarah Solomani). In 2013, he was nominated for the Best Breakthrough Artist at the British Comedy Awards.In 2014 Sweet starred as Tom Oliver in the Channel 4 police comedy-drama series ''Babylon''. In 2015, Sweet created, wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom ''Together'' based loosely on his radio series ''Hard to Tell''. He also wrote an episode of Tom Basden's E4 series ''Gap Year''.In mid-2017 Sweet starred in the sitcom ''Loaded'' (Channel 4), about a group of IT entrepreneurs who become millionaires when their company is bought out.
Filmography ===Film===YearFilm Role Director Notes2011 ''A Trick of the Light''Jonny Vanessa WhyteShort filmAlso co-writer2012 ''Get Lucky''Christopher Hound Norma BurkeShort film2012 ''Asylum Seekers''Begbie Adams Hollie EbdonShort film2016 ''The Darkest Universe''Howard Will SharpeTom Kingsley2018 ''Dead to the World''Ben Freddie HallShort film2018 ''Johnny English Strikes Again''Tour Guide David Kerr2019''Greed''JulesMichael WinterbottomTBA''Wicked Little Letters''Thea SharrockFilming===TV series===YearTitleRoleNotes2008 ''Delta Forever''Johnny 1.01 "Pilot"2009 ''Not Safe for Work''Andy Television film2009 ''Brave Young Men''Mr. Knowles Television film2009 ''The Inbetweeners''Dean Episode: "A Night Out in London"2009''When Boris Met Dave''David CameronTelevision documentary2009 ''Off the Hook''Figaro 1.06 "Series 1, Episode 6"2010 ''Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches''Performer Television film2010 ''Popatron''Giles Stone 3 episodes2011 ''Comedy Showcase''Bert Walpole 3.01 "Chickens"Also co-writer2011–2013 ''Chickens''Bert Walpole 7 episodesAlso co-writer2012–2013 ''Him & Her''Ian 5 episodes2012 ThreesomeBilly 2.02 "Vacuum"2012 ''Games On''1.01 "Curby"2012 ''Twenty Twelve''Justin Carter 2.01 "Boycott: Part 1"2013 ''Playhouse Presents''Freddie Fleet 2.06 "Stage Door Johnnies"2014 ''Plebs''Julius Priscus 2.06 "The Candidate"2014 ''Babylon''Tom Oliver 7 episodes 2015 ''Together''Tom 6 episodes Also creator and writer2017 ''Loaded''Ewan 8 episodes 2022''I Hate You''Bob Oxygen5 episodes
Writing credits  Production Notes Broadcaster/Distributor''Comedy Showcase''*"Chickens" (2011)Channel 4''A Trick of the Light''*Short film (co-written with Joe Thomas, 2011)Cargo Collective''Chickens''*5 episodes (2013)Channel 4''Together''*6 episodes (2015)BBC Three''Gap Year''*"Kuala Lumpur: The Expats" (2017)E4
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