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Andrew OConnor (born 1963 in Stevenage Hertfordshire is a United Kingdom actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer

Television career

Although he enjoyed a short stint as a child actor, appearing as Tom Brill in The Canal Childrenin 1976, he made his mark as a childrens magician, and won the The Magic Circle s Young Magician of the Yearprize. He appeared in a number of variety shows on television, and was invited to join the cast of London Weekend Television s Copy Cats a show featuring impressionists such as Bobby Davro and Gary Wilmot in 1985. A second series, without Wilmot, followed in 1986. OConnor received a writing credit for each series. His own childrens show, Andrew OConnor Joke Machine soon followed, in which he told jokes and performed magic tricks and invited children to do the same. In 1986, he began appearing in [[ITV]]s popular Saturday morning children series, [[No. 73]] But shortly afterwards, he switched to the BBC to launch another Saturday morning childrens series, [[On the Waterfront (TV Series)|On the Waterfront]] alongside fellow ex-No. 73host Kate Copstick In 1991, Andrew became the 2nd actor to play The Head in CITVs arts & crafts show Art Attack presented by Neil Buchanan In 1988, OConnor also appeared regularly in short comedy sketches co-written by himself for the Observation round in ITV game show [[The Krypton Factor]] In the same year he took over from Jeremy Beadle as the presenter of the daytime game show, [[Chain Letters]] He returned to acting to play the role of the computer in early 90s childrens sci-fi show [[Kappatoo]]but it was his career as a quiz-show host that took off, and he subsequently presented the UK version of [[Talk About (game show)|Talk About]] moved to Saturday night prime time in 1991 with One to Win and returned to daytime television with The Alphabet Game This latter show was devised and produced by OConnor, having formed his production company, Objective This marked the turning point in his career, and although OConnor has made numerous on-screen appearances since then, he has mainly been working behind the camera. He has produced numerous comedy and magic related television shows, perhaps the most notable being the critically acclaimed sitcom [[Peep Show (TV series)|Peep Show]] and most of Derren Brown s programmes. OConnor presented an ITV & Family Channel game show called Family Catchphrase which was a spin off from [[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]] from 1994 until 1997. One episode featured a young Simon Amstell In 1996, a year before leaving Family Catchphrase he established Objective Productions with Michael Vine. OConnor holds the position of Chief Executive.

Film career

He directed the film [[Magicians (2007 film)|Magicians]]starring David Mitchell (actor) and Robert Webb (actor) released on May 18, 2007.

Theatre career

In 1993, OConnor played the title role in the musical BILLYat the Edinburgh Festival He then went on to play the lead role of Bill Snibson in [[Me and My Girl]]in 1994 and the title role in the revival of [[Barnum]]in 1995/6. He has also directed in theatre with productions of [[42nd Street]] [[Anything Goes]]and [[The Nerd]]on tour and [[The Odd Couple]](female version) in the West End.

Awards

OConnor has won two BAFTAs awards for The Quick Trick Showand Peep Show and Magicianswon best comedy film at the Miami film festival.

External links

*http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/o/oconnor_andrew.shtml BBC Comedy Guide] *http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Andrew_OConnor UK Gameshows] *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962335/ Internet Movie Database] *http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/presenters/o.htm The TV Cream Guide To Television Presenters] *http://www.objectiveproductions.net/ Objective Productions] Category:1963 births Category:British television presenters Category:British stand-up comedians Category:British television producers Category:British magicians Category:Living people