A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Tom Basden
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Born November 30, 1980Age 45
Cast appearances (3)
A face that makes you laugh.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Tom Basden is an English actor, writer and comedian whose sketch work includes Cowards and The Armstrong and Miller Show. In the archive he appears as a surveillance operative in Really Close Surveillance and in RAF Pilots’ Enigma. His work combines ensemble sketch performance with comedy writing, acting and songs.
A former Cambridge Footlights performer, Basden won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards’ newcomer prize in 2007. He co-created the sitcom Plebs and has written for television comedy and the stage. His later projects include creating Here We Go, in which he plays Robin, and co-writing and starring in The Ballad of Wallis Island with Tim Key.
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