Kayvan Novak

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Kayvan Novak
File:Kayvan Novak.jpg
Born (1978-11-23) 23 November 1978 (age 45)
London, England, United Kingdom
Medium Television, film
Years active 2002–present
Genres Character comedy, satire, sketch comedy
Subject(s) Practical jokes

Kayvan Novak (Persian: کیوان نوک‎‎; born 23 November 1978) is a British-Iranian actor, voice artist, and comedian.[1][2] He is best known for co-creating and starring in the comedy series Fonejacker from 2006 to 2007 with a one-off in 2012 (for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) in 2008). He is also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off series Facejacker since 2010, and for his role as Waj in the 2010 comedy film Four Lions.

Early life

Novak was born in London to Iranian parents. He was privately educated at Highgate School and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead, before attending the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]

Career

Novak initially appeared on various British shows such as Family Affairs, Holby City, and Spooks. In 2005, he and Ed Tracy created Fonejacker, a prank call show as part of Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand.[4] After the pilot, he was given a Christmas special and a six-part series, which began airing on 5 July 2007 on E4 and 7 September 2007 on Channel 4. In November 2009, he appeared on the Channel 4 show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, playing a bomb disposal officer. In April 2010, Novak began appearing in a spin-off of Fonejacker called Facejacker, in which he adopted various disguises, including several characters heard in Fonejacker. Novak announced on BBC Radio 1 in May 2012 that the character Terry Tibbs, a mainstay of both shows, would be getting a spin-off chat show which aired in August 2012.[5] Novak played Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom pilot Bad Sugar.[2]

Novak filmed a scene for This Is England '86 which was cut from the final broadcast, but was available in the DVD extras. He was also one of the main characters in the television show Sirens, which began on 27 June 2011 on Channel 4 in the UK. Novak also featured in two episodes of Phone Shop, the first in Series 1, entitled "The First Temptation of Chris", and the second in Series 2, entitled "Revenge of the Razz". He played area manager Razz Prince. In the last series of BBC 2's Rev., he played the local Imam Yussef Hasan, a local religious rival against the title character.[6] In addition to acting, Novak has made appearances as himself on shows Soccer AM, 8 out of 10 Cats, Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother, and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Novak appeared as an intelligence officer in the Academy Award-winning film Syriana. In 2008, he appeared in micro-budget B-movie The Blue Tower.[7] He also appeared in the 2010 British comedy Four Lions, in which he played the dim-witted Waj, a role for which he won the award for Best Comedy Performance in a British Film at the 2010 British Comedy Awards, beating fellow actor Nigel Lindsay for the same award in the same film.[8] Novak plans to create a film based on the Fonejacker and Facejacker characters, and in 2011 was reported to be in talks with Film4 and Hat Trick Productions.[5] In November 2012, Novak told the Metro newspaper that he hoped that such a film would be released in 2014.[9]

Novak appeared as Alok in the first series of BBC Radio 4 comedy Fags, Mags and Bags. He has provided voice work for three video games: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Perfect Dark Zero, and Kameo. He also voiced various characters in the ITV spoof sketch show Headcases, and in the 2012 Channel 4 animated series Full English. He lent his vocals to British band Beady Eye's 2013 song "Flick of the Finger".[10] In 2013, he appeared as Effy Stonem's boss in the Skins episode "Skins Fire". He voiced a Cyberman head called Handles in the Doctor Who 2013 Christmas special "The Time of the Doctor".[11] He had a starring role in the last episode of the first series of Uncle as Mo, the boss of a fictional record label.[12] In 2014, he played Paul in the second episode ("A Quiet Night In") of Inside No. 9.[13]

Since 2015, he has voiced the character of Brains in the revived ITV series Thunderbirds Are Go.[14] In 2015 he featured in the sitcom Asylum as "Rafael".[15] In May 2015 he appeared in a new comedy series called SunTrap on BBC1.

Personal life

Novak is a fan of Liverpool FC.[3]

Filmography

Films

List of film performances
Year Title Role Notes
2004 A Line in the Sand Vahid TV movie
Disappeared Arto Fazouk TV movie
2005 Disappeared Arto Fazouk TV movie
Syriana
2007 Be More Ethnic Ranjit Pradesh TV movie




2008 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year the Fonejacker
2010 Channel 4's Comedy Gala Terry Tibbs Four Lions Waj
2012 Hacks Rav TV movie
Verry Terry Terry Tibbs (Host) TV movie
Bad Sugar Simon TV movie
2013 Homeboys Sergio TV movie
2014 Cuban Fury Bejan
Walter DS Mike Minorsky TV movie
Captcha Clarence Short film
The Last Sparks of Sundown Seven Completed
Paddington Animal Supplier

Television

List of television performances
Year Title Role Notes
2002 The American Embassy Ahmed Rallah Episode: "China Cup"
Judge John Deed Ali Abdul Moncheri Episode: "Political Expediency"
Family Affairs Amir Sadati 1 episode
2003 Trial & Retribution Craig Board 2 episodes
2004 Holby City Reza Abbassi 5 episodes
Spooks Sevilin Ozal 1 episode (uncredited)
2005 Murphy's Law Masud Episode: Boy's Night Out
2006 Comedy Lab Fonejacker 1 episode (voice)
2008 Headcases Various roles 1 episode (voice)
2007-2008 Fonejacker the Fonejacker Main cast; 13 episodes
2009 Comedy Showcase Bomb Disposal Officer 1 episode
2010 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Bomb Disposal Officer Episode: "In Which Claims Are Made and a Journey Ensues"
2010-2011 Phoneshop Razz Prince 2 episodes
2011 Sirens Rachid Mansaur Main cast; 6 episodes
2010-2012 Facejacker Terry Tibbs/ Various characters Main cast; 7 episodes
2012 Full English Dusty Johnson/Jason Johnson Main cast; 2 episodes
2013 10 O'Clock Live Pat Putterson 3 episodes
Skins Jake Abbasi Series 7, episodes 1-2, "Fire"
Doctor Who Handles Episode: "The Time of the Doctor"
2014 Inside No. 9 Paul Episode: "A Quiet Night In"
Uncle Mo Episode: "Nephew"
Rev. Yussef Hasan 1 episode
Puppy Love Phil Evans Post-production
2015— Thunderbirds Are Go Brains
Ned Tedford
2015 Asylum Rafael & Creator 3 episodes
SunTrap Woody 6 episodes
Top Coppers Gerard Cliché 1 episode

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kadivar, Darius Syriana breaks Iranian stereotypes, Persian Mirror, last accessed 3 August 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Comedy Lab, Channel 4, last accessed 3 August 2007.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 International Business Times, last accessed 2 July 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588221/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  7. ↑ [1], last accessed 1 December 2012.
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