"Funniest Comedian DAVID WALLIAMS vs GREG WALLOCH"

DAVID WALLIAMS

David Edward Williams OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television persona...

David Edward Williams OBE (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Rock Profile (1999–2000, 2009), Little Britain (2003–2007), and Come Fly With Me (2010–2011). Since 2012, Walliams has been a judge on the television talent show competition Britain's Got Talent on ITV. He is also a writer of children's books, having sold more than 37 million copies worldwide. Walliams played the role of Greville White in the television film Capturing Mary (2007). He wrote and starred in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014), playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. In 2015, Walliams starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC drama series Partners in Crime, and wrote and starred in his own sketch comedy series Walliams & Friend. He has won the award for Best TV Judge for his work on Britain's Got Talent at the 2015, 2018 and 2019 National Television Awards. Walliams began writing children's novels in 2008 after securing a contract with the publisher HarperCollins. His books have been translated into 53 languages, and he has been described as "the fastest-growing children's author in the UK", with a literary style compared to that of Roald Dahl. Some of his books have been adapted into television films, which he has also appeared in, such as Mr Stink (2012), Gangsta Granny (2013), and Billionaire Boy (2016). Walliams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts. His charity work includes swimming the English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar and River Thames, raising millions of pounds for the BBC charity Sport Relief.

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GREG WALLOCH

Greg Walloch (born July 8, 1970 in San Bernardino, California) is an American comedian, actor, author, and monologist. Walloch is best known for hi...

Greg Walloch (born July 8, 1970 in San Bernardino, California) is an American comedian, actor, author, and monologist. Walloch is best known for his autobiographical performance monologues, which deal with events from his own life, in a style characterized by humor, poignancy, and sexuality. Walloch has cerebral palsy. Walloch was a member of the experimental theater ensemble Theater of Life from May 1986 to April 1989 in Southern California. Walloch often collaborated on works combining movement and spoken word with fellow Theater of Life alum and noted author Gayle Brandeis. His first solo performances were developed at Highways Performance Space and L.A.C.E – Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions from July 1990 to August 1992 in Los Angeles. Walloch moved to New York in the summer of 1992 and continued to explore his work at the heart of New York's East Village experimental performance scene appearing at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Soho, P.S. 122, Dixon Place, and Knitting Factory. From November 1997 to February 2000 Walloch was the featured emcee and a founding member of the popular comedy troupe Living Room Live. Walloch received notice and praise for his comedic turn from Village Voice critic Michael Musto and continued to gain mainstream popularity after appearing on The Howard Stern Show on E! Entertainment Television in August 1998. Walloch is possibly most noted for his live one-man show "White Disabled Talent". "White Disabled Talent" extensively toured Europe and the United States. The show was featured with Lily Tomlin’s "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in October 1999 and appeared Off-Broadway at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in New York City in April 2001. In July 2001 the concert/documentary film "F**k The Disabled" starring Greg Walloch, Stephen Baldwin, Anne Meara, Michael Musto, Deborah Yates, Michael Lucas, and Jerry Stiller premiered in Ireland at The Galway Film Fladh. Walloch was also featured in the November 2002 television series "The Moth" on Trio: Pop, Culture, TV. Several anthologies and newspapers feature Walloch's writing, such as the Lambda Award-winning anthology Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories. Walloch has appeared in Moscow, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Tel Aviv and across the United States. In popular disability culture, Greg Walloch is widely admired as a very talented artist and entertainer with a successful career inclusive of his disability.

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