Sunil Patel (comedian)
Sunil Patel | |
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| Born | Sunil Dinesh Patel 1980/1981 Bath, England |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | www |
Sunil Dinesh Patel (born 1980/1981) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster.
Early life
[edit]Patel grew up on Fairfield Avenue in Bath and attended King Edward's School.[1][2] His father worked at a pub.[3] Patel first became interested in stand-up comedy when he bought Lee Evans Live on VHS.[4] After working odd jobs throughout his 20s, at 29, he lived in a flatshare with Irish comedian Rob Broderick, who encouraged him to give stand-up a try.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Patel's first gig was in 2010 at the George Pub on London's Strand.[1] He was a finalist for the 2012 BBC New Comedy Award,[5] Piccadilly Comedy Club's New Comedian of 2013,[7] the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards.[8]
Patel collaborated with Josh Ross in 2013 and Nick Dixon on Two Wrongs in 2014 before going on to headline his own Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows Juicer and Titan in 2016 and 2017 respectively.[9][10][11]
Patel made his television acting debut in the recurring role of Sujan Stevens in the 2016 Channel 5 mockumentary Borderline.[12]
Patel featured as a fact-master in the 2018 Dave game show Beat the Internet with John Robins.[13][14] In 2019, Patel co-hosted the podcast But… Where Are You Really From? with Eshaan Akbar and Nimisha Odedra for the BBC Asian Network.[15][16] His next comedy show was White Knight, which premiered at the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival.[2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patel did a number of guest roles and comedy web series such as Save the Bill Murray, Backchat, and Pulped.[17][18] He returned to live stand-up with Faster Horses at the Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival.[19] The following year, he had a comedy special in Live at Moth Club, put on Monkey Barrel at Edinburgh,[20] and featured in the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival.[21] Also in 2022, Patel made his feature film debut as Phil in Brian and Charles, hosted the parody podcast Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency for BBC Radio 4,[22] and started the podcast Slime Country with Hugh Davies.
In addition to Sunil Patel: WIP at Edinburgh, Patel wrote the 2023 Sky Arts short Silo, appeared in A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou on Netflix, and had his own comedy special on Comedy Central. In 2024, Patel played Paul in the Channel 4 romantic drama Alice & Jack[23] and Solicitor Adam in the BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done.[24][25] He appeared in the romantic comedy And Mrs and the Sky Max film Bad Tidings. He once again hosted Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress for BBC Radio 4 and co-hosted the podcast Rural Concerns with Chris Cantrill.[26]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | I Want to Make You Happy | Phil | Short film |
| 2021 | I'm Not in Love | Sunil | |
| 2022 | Brian and Charles | Phil | |
| 2023 | Love at First Sight | Guest | |
| 2024 | And Mrs | ||
| TBA | Misper | Khalid |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | Borderline | Sujan Stevens | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Frightbusters | Ali | Sky Arts short |
| 2017 | Bobby and Harriet Get Married | Himself | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Stath Lets Flats | Phil Khoo | Episode: "A Completely Football" |
| 2018 | The Big Asian Stand-Up | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2018–2019 | Beat the Internet | Himself – fact-master | Quiz show |
| 2021 | Bloods | Firefighter | Episode: "Daycare" |
| This Time with Alan Partridge | Doctor | 1 episode | |
| This Way Up | Doctor Kumar | 1 episode | |
| 2022, 2024 | Mandy | Call Handler / Surgeon | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | |||
| Lazy Susan | Radio producer | 3 episodes | |
| The Witchfinder | Landlord | 1 episode | |
| Documentary Now! | Zookeeper | Episode: "My Monkey Grifter" | |
| Live at The Moth Club | Himself | Comedy special | |
| 2023 | Silo | Dipesh | Writer, Sky Arts short |
| A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Tom | Comedy special | |
| Comedy Central Live | Himself | Episode: "Sunil Patel" | |
| 2024 | Alice & Jack | Paul | 6 episodes |
| Things You Should Have Done | Adam Farrow | 3 episodes | |
| Beyond Paradise | PC Billy Blake | 1 episode | |
| Bad Tidings | Raj | Sky Max film |
Web
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Reaction Crew | Mark | Main role |
| Habits | Sunil | Episode: "Arrogance" | |
| 2019 | Content | Sunil | Episode: "Brand Deal" |
| 2021 | Save The Bill Murray | Sunil | Main role, 5 episodes |
| Backchat | Ash Patel | Spoof talk show | |
| Pulped | Various | Shorts | |
| The Artists | Professor Mystico | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Late Night Forever! with Jordan Brookes | Comedy Blaps | |
| 2023 | Don't Overthink It | Burglar | Miniseries |
Stage
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tales from the Unaccepted | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| 2013 | Josh Ross and Sunil Patel | ||
| 2014 | Nick Dixon and Sunil Patel: Two Wrongs | ||
| 2016 | Sunil Patel: Juicer | ||
| 2017 | Sunil Patel: Titan | ||
| 2019 | White Knight | Aberystwyth Comedy Festival Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| 2021–2022 | Sunil Patel: Faster Horses | Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival Machynlleth Comedy Festival Wells Comedy Festival Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| 2022 | Monkey Barrel | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
| HowTheLightGetsIn Festival | |||
| 2023 | Sunil Patel: WIP | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
Audio
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2022 | Why is Harriet Crying? | Himself – co-host | Podcast |
| 2019 | But... Where Are You Really From? | Himself – host | BBC Asian Network podcast |
| 2022 | Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency | Himself – host | BBC Radio 4 podcast |
| 2022–2023 | Slime Country | Himself – host | Podcast with Huge Davies and Ed Night |
| 2023 | Big Little Questions | Various | BBC Radio 4 comedy |
| 2023 | Nora Meadows' Week of Wellness | Brian / Anthony | BBC Radio 4 sitcom |
| 2024 | Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress | Himself – host | BBC Radio 4 podcast |
| 2024–present | Rural Concerns | Himself – co-host | Podcast |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Green, Dave (8 November 2016). "Dave Green's Street View Show: Series 1, Episode 2 - Sunil Patel". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b Gemmell, Katharine (29 March 2022). "Sunil Patel: White Knight". The List. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Renton, Catherine (17 August 2022). "Sunil Patel: Faster Horses - Edinburgh". The Wee Review. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Nazir, Asjad (3 August 2022). "Stand up star Sunil Patel rides Faster Horses into Edinburgh Fringe". Eastern Eye. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Sunil Patel - BBC New Comedy Awards". BBC Three. 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Ep. 123 - Sunil Patel tells us why he always felt destined for comedy and talks about how he crafts his shows". Page One - The Writer's Podcast (Podcast). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Design, Ruby (21 December 2012). "Review: Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian of 2013 Final". Beyond the Joke. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Chortle Comedy Awards 2013: And The Winners Are..." The Huffington Post UK. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Sawers, Claire (29 March 2022). "Sunil Patel: Juicer". The List. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Moody, Becca (29 July 2017). "The Edinburgh Interviews 2017: Sunil Patel". Moody Comedy. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Innis, Tom (29 July 2017). "Interview with Sunil Patel". Voice. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Laws, Roz (2 August 2016). "New Channel 5 comedy Borderline stars Guz Khan and was filmed at Coventry Airport". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Elliott, Dave (8 November 2018). "Chat with John Robins & Sunil Patel who invite you to 'Beat the Internet' on Dave this November". GeekTown. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Coles, Jonathan (6 November 2018). "'King of facts' from Bath to star in brand new TV gameshow". Somerset Live. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "'But... Where Are You Really From?' podcast hosts Q&A interview". British Comedy Guide. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (3 November 2019). "BBC To Launch New Podcast In Which Guests Discuss Their Roots". Beyond the Joke. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Patel fronts new spoof phone-in show". Chortle. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Patel". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ McCann, Thomas (15 August 2022). "Sunil Patel: Faster Horses". Entertainment Now. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Sullivan, Emma (18 August 2022). "Edinburgh Fringe 2022 review: Sunil Patel @ Monkey Barrel". The Skinny. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Patel". HowTheLightGetsIn. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Patel launches his own cryptocurrency as part of Radio 4 series". British Comedy Guide. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Hibbs, James (14 February 2024). "Meet the cast of Alice & Jack". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Patel plays deadpan solicitor Adam Farrow in Things You Should Have Done which starts tonight on BBC Three". Anthea Represents. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Things You Should Have Done - meet the cast of the hilarious, offbeat, dysfunctional family-sitcom". BBC Press Centre. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Glynn, Polly (5 February 2025). "Chris Cantrill and Sunil Patel on their Rural Concerns podcast". The Skinny. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Sunil Patel at IMDb
- Sunil Patel at Spotlight
- Living people
- 1980s births
- Comedians from Bath, Somerset
- Comedians from Wiltshire
- English male comedians
- English male radio actors
- English male web series actors
- English people of Indian descent
- English podcasters
- English stand-up comedians
- Male actors from Bath, Somerset
- Male actors from Wiltshire
- People educated at King Edward's School, Bath