Draft:Sunil Patel (comedian)

Sunil Dinesh Patel (born 1980/1981) is an English stand-up comedian and actor.

Early life
Patel grew up on Fairfield Avenue in Bath and attended King Edward's School. His father worked at a pub. Patel first became interested in stand-up comedy when he bought Lee Evans Live on VHS. 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.

Career
Patel's first gig was in 2010.

finalist for the 2012 BBC New Comedy Award, 2013 Best Newcomer Chortle Awards

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.

Patel made his television acting debut in the recurring role of Sujan Stevens in the 2016 Channel 5 mockumentary Borderline.

Patel featured as a fact-master in the Dave game show Beat the Internet with John Robins.

In 2010, he co-hosted the podcast But… Where Are You Really From? with Eshaan Akbar and Nimisha Odedra for the BBC Asian Network.

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. He returned to live stand-up with White Horses at the Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival. The following year, he had a comedy special in Live at Moth Club, put on Monkey Barrel at Edinburgh, and featured in the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival. 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, 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 and Solicitor Adam in the BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done and appeared in the romantic comedy And Mrs. He once again hosted Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress for BBC Radio 4.