User:JonathanKydd/sandbox

Jonathan has his fingers in many pies in the world of entertainment. He voices, acts, produces, shoots shorts and videos and writes. His first acting jobs aged six were in the filmThe Iron Maiden (with his father Sam, who made 197 films and countless TV appearances between 1945 and 1982), and a couple of Ribena commercials (directed by Don Chaffey) His mother, Pinkie, was one of England's first female advertising copywriters. Amongst her accounts were 'Veet' and 'Jensen swim-wear'. She came up with the strap-line 'Veet. It's always summer under your arms'. Her brothers were 50s advertising luminaries Micky and Boogie Barnes. She played table tennis eleven times for England. She was the 1948 World Doubles Finalist with Hungarian Guisey Farkus. Jonathan has been in many TV commercials including Twiglets, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, and was the infamous man who had his car buried in the sand in the 1989 AA ad which ran for four years. He has also appeared in numerous radio and television series including: Pipkins, Chambers, Dial M For Pizza, Flying the Flag', The Quest, Jonathan Creek, Trial and Retribution and The Castle He recently recorded the final ep of "Cabin Pressure" and played comedian Hal Cruttenden's father in the BBC Radio series 'Hal'. He wrote 23 comedy songs for the comedian Brian Conley when he was appearing in his Saturday evening show on ITV in the early nineties, one of which Brian sang on the 1994 Royal Variety Show. He has written three musicals, "Hey Get a Life" which was on at the St Andrews Lane Theatre in Dublin in 2000 which he also directed ('Convulsed with laughter from start to finish' IRISH TIMES). His second, "The Hard Boiled Egg and the Wasp" about the Victorian comedian Dan Leno' was on at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in 2012. ('even the blackest scenes drip with humour...intriguing new musical' THE STAGE) His children's musical written like 'Wasp' with Andy Street, '27 Santas and an Elf called Kevin' is on this Christmas in the US in Peekskill and Mamaroneck in NY. He has acted in many sitcoms.including 'One Foot in the Grave' and 3 series of 'Smith and Jones' as one of the 'pals'. He was a regular on 'The Rory Bremner Show'. He voiced the cult Ferrero Rocher Ambassador's Reception television advertisement (including the immortal 'eccelente' line), and featured as the voice of Hagrid, Peeves the ghost, a death eater and sundry other wizards in all the Harry Potter computer games. He has voiced 37 games in all including the recent 'Assassin's Creed Unity'.His short film Ahaarrrr" (2007) appeared at seventeen international film festivals won Best Comedy Short at the Alex Southampton and was critics' choice at the DIY Festival in LA with a special mention at the Oxford. The Mid Ulster Film Festival described it as ‘Written by and starring top English voice over and actor Jonathan Kydd, Ahaarrr! Is a hilarious comedy that explores the almost horrific and frequently humiliating world of voice over advertising.’ His most recent short is 'Shakespeare's Wart' starring Jonathan and Peter Wight. He has voiced over 8,000 adverts, promos, documentaries, corporates, and CD rom games and has dubbed many films. He was a voice for L'Oreal adverts for 13 years. He sings and writes with comedy band "The Rudy Vees' having been in The Amazing Singing Dentists', 'The Bay Citee Molars' and 'The Kondos' who appeared on the finals of  'New Faces' in 1988, and played in his own band "Jonny Kydd", for whom he performed over 200 gigs and recorded a song for Chelsea FC called "Chelsea Blue". His 'Jonny Kydd' album 'Eggshell Heart' was out in 2005. His Bay Citee Molars comedy album 'Dentura Highway' was out in 2009. His new comedy Rudy Vees album 'The Fists of Harmonious Righteousness' will be out next year but already has two videos recorded from it: 'King of Thongs' and 'Dance Like my Dad'. He was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2000s cartoon series and regular characters in 'Dennis the Menace' 'Teddy Trucks' 'Astrofarm', and 'Hilltop Hospital'. His latest animation series are 'Mr Bean' and 'Warren United'. His latest TV appearance is in 'Holby City'. He is 'Ray-Gon' the dinosaur in 'Toy story that time Forgot'. His latest TV appearance is in 'Holby City'. He regularly podcasts about football on the Chelsea Fancast. His spoof acting guru Nathan Burbage Sinclaire is on theonlineactingclass.co.uk. His website jonathankydd.com is regularly updated