David Walliams
David Walliams was born David Williams in England on August 20, 1971.
David Walliams went to Reigate Grammar School.
In a revealing interview with Walliams and Lucas on how they met, how they work together and where the Little Britain characters came from, Matt Lucas explained that:
"We met in the National Youth Theatre, which is like a voluntary organisation for aspiring actors that takes place in the summer holidays ...We also loved Frankie Howard and Kenneth Williams and things like that. Campery ... We were friends for four years before we even wrote a word together."
David Walliams and Matt Lucas both went on to study drama at the University of Bristol. Also there, was Jason Bradbury, who later became presenter of The Gadget Show, with whom David Walliams formed a comedy partnership.
In 1995, however, David Walliams teamed up with Matt Lucas.
David Walliams and Matt Lucas initially made an impact through comedy tours and also short films on Paramount Comedy Channel, including their sketches revolving around Sir Bernard Chumley.
David Walliams and Matt Lucas were still not breaking through into the mainstream, although they gained critical acclaim for Rock Profile, their spoof chat show hosted by Jamie Theakston.
Walliams then notched up a miscellany of TV credits, before he and Matt Lucas had their huge breakthrough with Little Britain.
Initially a Radio 4 series in 2001, Little Britain was commissioned for BBC Three in September 2003, before being repeated on BBC2.
Little Britain went on to enjoy enormous success both on television and as a stage show.
After Little Britain, David Walliams became a regular in the UK press.
In 2006, David Walliams's successful swim of the English Channel for Sport Relief was widely reported.
In April 2008, the BBC reported that David Walliams has written his first children's book, about a boy who wears a dress.
