Sunil Patel (comedian)
Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster
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Sunil Dinesh Patel (born 1980/1981) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster.
1980/1981
Sunil Patel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sunil Dinesh Patel 1980/1981 Bath, England |
| Occupations | Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | www |
Early life
Patel grew up on Fairfield Avenue in Bath and attended King Edward's School.[1][2] His father worked at a pub.[3] Patel first became interested in stand-up comedy when he bought Lee Evans Live on VHS.[4] After working odd jobs throughout his 20s, at 29, he lived in a flatshare with Irish comedian Rob Broderick, who encouraged him to give stand-up a try.[5][6]
Career
Patel's first gig was in 2010 at the George Pub on London's Strand.[1] He was a finalist for the 2012 BBC New Comedy Award,[5] Piccadilly Comedy Club's New Comedian of 2013,[7] the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, and Best Newcomer at the Chortle Awards.[8]
Patel collaborated with Josh Ross in 2013 and Nick Dixon on Two Wrongs in 2014 before going on to headline his own Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows Juicer and Titan in 2016 and 2017 respectively.[9][10][11]
Patel made his television acting debut in the recurring role of Sujan Stevens in the 2016 Channel 5 mockumentary Borderline.[12]
Patel featured as a fact-master in the 2018 Dave game show Beat the Internet with John Robins.[13][14] In 2019, Patel co-hosted the podcast But… Where Are You Really From? with Eshaan Akbar and Nimisha Odedra for the BBC Asian Network.[15][16] His next comedy show was White Knight, which premiered at the Aberystwyth Comedy Festival.[2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patel did a number of guest roles and comedy web series such as Save the Bill Murray, Backchat, and Pulped.[17][18] He returned to live stand-up with Faster Horses at the Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival.[19] The following year, he had a comedy special in Live at Moth Club, put on Monkey Barrel at Edinburgh,[20] and featured in the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival.[21] Also in 2022, Patel made his feature film debut as Phil in Brian and Charles, hosted the parody podcast Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency for BBC Radio 4,[22] and started the podcast Slime Country with Hugh Davies.
In addition to Sunil Patel: WIP at Edinburgh, Patel wrote the 2023 Sky Arts short Silo, appeared in A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou on Netflix, and had his own comedy special on Comedy Central. In 2024, Patel played Paul in the Channel 4 romantic drama Alice & Jack[23] and Solicitor Adam in the BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done.[24][25] He appeared in the romantic comedy And Mrs and the Sky Max film Bad Tidings. He once again hosted Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress for BBC Radio 4 and co-hosted the podcast Rural Concerns with Chris Cantrill.[26]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | I Want to Make You Happy | Phil | Short film |
| 2021 | I'm Not in Love | Sunil | |
| 2022 | Brian and Charles | Phil | |
| 2023 | Love at First Sight | Guest | |
| 2023 | The Toxic Avenger | Dr Walla (who means well) | |
| 2024 | And Mrs | ||
| TBA | Misper | Khalid | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | Borderline | Sujan Stevens | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Frightbusters | Ali | Sky Arts short |
| 2017 | Bobby and Harriet Get Married | Himself | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Stath Lets Flats | Phil Khoo | Episode: "A Completely Football" |
| 2018 | The Big Asian Stand-Up | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2018–2019 | Beat the Internet | Himself – fact-master | Quiz show |
| 2021 | Bloods | Firefighter | Episode: "Daycare" |
| This Time with Alan Partridge | Doctor | 1 episode | |
| This Way Up | Doctor Kumar | 1 episode | |
| 2022, 2024 | Mandy | Call Handler / Surgeon | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | |||
| Lazy Susan | Radio producer | 3 episodes | |
| The Witchfinder | Landlord | 1 episode | |
| Documentary Now! | Zookeeper | Episode: "My Monkey Grifter" | |
| Live at The Moth Club | Himself | Comedy special | |
| 2023 | Silo | Dipesh | Writer, Sky Arts short |
| A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou | Tom | Comedy special | |
| Comedy Central Live | Himself | Episode: "Sunil Patel" | |
| 2024 | Alice & Jack | Paul | 6 episodes |
| Things You Should Have Done | Adam Farrow | 3 episodes | |
| Beyond Paradise | PC Billy Blake | 1 episode | |
| Bad Tidings | Raj | Sky Max film | |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Reaction Crew | Mark | Main role |
| Habits | Sunil | Episode: "Arrogance" | |
| 2019 | Content | Sunil | Episode: "Brand Deal" |
| 2021 | Save The Bill Murray | Sunil | Main role, 5 episodes |
| Backchat | Ash Patel | Spoof talk show | |
| Pulped | Various | Shorts | |
| The Artists | Professor Mystico | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Late Night Forever! with Jordan Brookes | Comedy Blaps | |
| 2023 | Don't Overthink It | Burglar | Miniseries |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tales from the Unaccepted | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| 2013 | Josh Ross and Sunil Patel | ||
| 2014 | Nick Dixon and Sunil Patel: Two Wrongs | ||
| 2016 | Sunil Patel: Juicer | ||
| 2017 | Sunil Patel: Titan | ||
| 2019 | White Knight | Aberystwyth Comedy Festival Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| 2021–2022 | Sunil Patel: Faster Horses | Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival Machynlleth Comedy Festival Wells Comedy Festival Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| 2022 | Monkey Barrel | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| HowTheLightGetsIn Festival | |||
| 2023 | Sunil Patel: WIP | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
Audio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2022 | Why is Harriet Crying? | Himself – co-host | Podcast |
| 2019 | But... Where Are You Really From? | Himself – host | BBC Asian Network podcast |
| 2022 | Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency | Himself – host | BBC Radio 4 podcast |
| 2022–2023 | Slime Country | Himself – host | Podcast with Huge Davies and Ed Night |
| 2023 | Big Little Questions | Various | BBC Radio 4 comedy |
| 2023 | Nora Meadows' Week of Wellness | Brian / Anthony | BBC Radio 4 sitcom |
| 2024 | Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress | Himself – host | BBC Radio 4 podcast |
| 2024–present | Rural Concerns | Himself – co-host | Podcast |