Mark Silcox

Mark Silcox is a comedian and actor who has been performing since 2008. He is most known for being a stand-up, making it to the finals of the BBC New Comedy Award in 2013 and being one of several Asian comedians to be featured on BBC's The Big Asian Stand-Up, as well as for his starring role as Joe Lycett's assistant on the Channel 4 consumer rights comedy show Joe Lycett's Got Your Back.

Early life
Silcox grew up in India, where he received a Master's degree in Chemistry and worked as a lecturer. He is from Madhya Pradesh and was living near Bhopal in the 1980s. Silcox moved to UK in 1990, and completed a PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Imperial College London.

Career
A part-time teacher, Silcox is known for his experimental, deadpan style of anti-humour. He originally began performing in 2008 after attending a stand-up comedy course from City Lit. After 50 gigs, he moved to Germany to focus on a career in science, returning to the UK to start gigging again in 2012. Silcox was a BBC New Comedy Award finalist in 2013. He has performed a show at the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2014.

In 2018, Silcox starred in three episodes of the YouTube mini-series, 'Silcox Investigates', where he played a private investigator. In 2019, he was featured as Edwin Herbert, Baron Tangley in Jay Foreman and Paul Kendler's Unfinished London YouTube series.

In 2019, Silcox began appearing as Joe Lycett’s sidekick on Channel 4's Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, with a clip of him challenging Burger King on their motto "Have it your way" going viral and prompting a response from Burger King themselves.

In 2020, Silcox played the role of Raj in “The Telethon”, a bonus level of the video game Not For Broadcast.

In 2023, Silcox featured in a minor supporting role in the music video "Eggerson Keaveney" by YouTuber Jazz Emu.