Dave Chapman

David Chapman is an English actor, presenter, puppeteer and voice artist. Career Chapman trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating 1992, and The Jim Henson Company, April, 1994 at Jim Henson’s creature shop, Camden. His puppeteering work has featured in the films Muppet Treasure Island, 101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney Company, 1996), My Last Five Girlfriends (Paramount), Ridley Scott's Prometheus (20th Century Fox), and Muppets Most Wanted (Disney, 2014). On TV, his puppeteering work has featured in Wizards vs. Aliens, Captain Abercromby, Carrie and David's Popshop, Children in Need, Doctor Who, French and Saunders, Heroes of Comedy: Max Miller, The Saturday Show, Shooting Stars, Sport Relief, Time Trumpet, Tiny and Mr. Duk's Huge Show, What's Up Doc?, Nuzzle and Scratch, Xchange, The X Factor and on Jim Henson Company's Pajanimals. He has had a long association with CBBC, first working as the writer, puppeteer and voice artist for Otis the Aardvark between 1994 and 1999. It was in this role that he first worked with children's presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood ("Dick & Dom"), prior to featuring in the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Dick & Dom in da Bungalow. Between 2002 and 2006, Chapman played numerous characters alongside other Bungalow regulars Ian Kirkby, Melvin Odoom and Lee Barnett. Chapman's other characters include Scratch in CBeebies show Nuzzle and Scratch, Vinnie the Ferret in CBBC's Xchange, Matt Lucas' Singing Potatoes in Shooting Stars, Tiny the Giant Hamster in The Saturday Show and Tiny and Mr Duk's Huge Show, Riff the dog in Carrie and David's Popshop and Windy the rat in Space Pirates.