Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult (born 15 May 1979) is an English actor and writer in television, radio, and theatre. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre. Career Hoult has worked in various television productions, including Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three, 2009), Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1, 2009), Angelo's (Five, 2007), Edinburgh and Beyond (Paramount Comedy Channel, 2007), Comedy Shuffle (BBC Three, 2007), The Charlotte Church Show (Channel 4, 2006), and Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1). In 2013, Hoult had a recurring role in series 5 of Being Human. In the same year, he appeared as a life coach in the BBC's Life's Too Short, starring Warwick Davis, a show written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Hoult is also known for his collaborations with Gervais, appearing on Derek as Geoff in 2014 and as Ken Otley in After Life (2020). In 2019, Hoult began appearing in the CBBC series Almost Never, in the recurring role of AJ. Hoult's radio work includes House on Fire (BBC Radio 4, 2010), Out to Lunch (BBC Radio 2, 2008), Rudy's Rare Records (BBC Radio 4), Agatha Christie's Crooked House (BBC Radio 4), Colin and Fergus's Digi Radio (BBC Radio 7), Buy Me Up (BBC Radio 2), Regressed (BBC Radio 4), 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC Radio 4), The Milk Run (BBC Radio 1), Nick Mohammed in Bits, and Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters (BBC Radio 4, 2013).