Mike Wozniak
Biography
Mike Wozniak is a British comedian, writer and actor who began in live sketch comedy in the late 1990s and took up stand-up in 2007. Born in Oxford and raised in Portsmouth, he trained in medicine and worked as a doctor before turning to comedy. He won the Amused Moose Laugh-Off at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008 and was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Comedy Show in 2013. His first major television role came in 2013, as the strait-laced financial adviser Brian in the Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, and in 2015 he wrote the Sky Arts physical comedy Ruby Robinson. He played Josh in Alice Lowe's Prevenge (2016) and made his directorial debut with the short dramedy Sump in 2017. He came second in series 11 of Taskmaster, broadcast from 2021, and started the Three Bean Salad podcast.
46years old
Turns 47 on November 8in 26 days
- Born Oxford
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 8 years2016 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024TimestalkerIMDb rating 5.5
- 2019Dial M for MiddlesbroughIMDb rating 5.8
- 2016PrevengeIMDb rating 5.9
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A change of course
Wozniak studied medicine at St George's, University of London, then spent several years working as a doctor before he turned to comedy.
Big break
Wozniak's first major television role came in 2013 when Greg Davies cast him in Man Down, the series Davies created and starred in, as strait-laced financial adviser Brian.
A first
Wozniak won the original Edinburgh Fringe version of Taskmaster in 2010, years before he appeared on the televised series 11 and came second.
Behind the camera
Wozniak's directorial debut was a dramedy called Sump, which came out in 2017 and was shown at various film festivals. The film runs 14 minutes.
Behind the camera
In 2015, Wozniak wrote the physical comedy Ruby Robinson for Sky Arts. A troupe of acrobats appeared in it alongside Kim Cattrall.
Behind the award
Wozniak's podcast Three Bean Salad, started in 2021 with Henry Paker and Benjamin Partridge, won Best Comedy Podcast at the Chortle Awards in March 2024.
Mike Wozniak movies on Netflix
Most often with
Alice Lowe directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kate Dickie's page
Alice Lowe's page
Dan Renton Skinner's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.