Dan Renton Skinner

Dan Renton Skinner

Born: January 1, 1973
Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Skinner often performs as the character Angelos Epethemiou and is also one half of the Brian and Roger podcast.

Movies for Dan Renton Skinner...

Dodger Special: Coronation
Title: Dodger Special: Coronation
Character: Maurice
Released: November 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Dodger and the gang return to London to pull off their biggest mission yet: to rob the Crown Jewels ahead of the Queen's Coronation.
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Title: Still Up
Character: Clyde
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: TV
Bonded by insomnia, best friends Lisa and Danny stay connected to each other late into the night and find their way through a world of wonderfully weird surprises as their relationship deepens.
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Title: The Hunt for Raoul Moat
Character: Dave Rathband
Released: April 16, 2023
Type: TV
Follows the police operation in 2010 to apprehend fugitive Raoul Moat. He went to Northumbria after killing one person and wounding two others.
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Burial
Title: Burial
Character: Cpt. Vadim Ilyasov
Released: September 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German ‘Werewolf’ partisans and picked off one-by-one. Brana leads her surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their ‘cargo’ doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would see it buried in order to hide the truth forever.
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Title: The Witchfinder
Character: Beekeeper
Released: March 8, 2022
Type: TV
A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
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The Toll
Title: The Toll
Character: Sergeant Simon
Released: August 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time.
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First One Away
Title: First One Away
Character: Paul
Released: June 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Paul desperately tries to get away from a lads night out. But in order to do so, he must play by the 'rules' and tell the group a story.
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Title: Murder, They Hope
Character: Devon
Released: May 8, 2021
Type: TV
After their trip to Middlesbrough turned a little more explosive than they thought, Gemma and Terry finally decide to pack up the smouldering remains of their coach tour business and set out on a new adventure as fully-fledged private detectives.
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Surge
Title: Surge
Character: Theo
Released: June 17, 2020
Type: Movie
A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive.
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Title: Brassic
Character: Phil Brilliance
Released: August 22, 2019
Type: TV
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
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Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Title: Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Character: Chief of the Army
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
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Title: Sadie Sparks
Character: Melvin Perry
Released: April 20, 2019
Type: TV
Sadie finds a magician's hat and meets its tenant, Gilbert, a magical bunny and assistant to the most famous wizards throughout history.
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Title: Sex Education
Character: Swimming Instructor
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
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The Ghoul
Title: The Ghoul
Character: Jim
Released: August 4, 2017
Type: Movie
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.
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Title: Little Boy Blue
Character: DCS Brian 'Dixie' McNeill
Released: April 24, 2017
Type: TV
Based on a true story, this four-part drama tells the story of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool, in 2007. It explores Melanie’s and Steve’s ordeal, and tells of how Rhys’ murderer and associates were eventually brought to justice.
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Prevenge
Title: Prevenge
Character: Mr. Zabek
Released: February 10, 2017
Type: Movie
A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.
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Title: The Crown
Character: Alastair Burnet
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: TV
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
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Swallows and Amazons
Title: Swallows and Amazons
Character: Zukin
Released: August 19, 2016
Type: Movie
Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When finally given permission to camp on their own on an island in the middle of a vast lake, they are overjoyed. But when they get there they discover they may not be alone… The battle for ownership of a lonely island teaches them the skills of survival, the value of friendship and the importance of holding your nerve.
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Notes on Blindness
Title: Notes on Blindness
Character: John Hull
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.
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High-Rise
Title: High-Rise
Character: Simmons
Released: November 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
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Title: The Kennedys
Character: Tony Kennedy
Released: October 2, 2015
Type: TV
Multi-generation family sitcom set in the 1970s, loosely based on Emma Kennedy's memoirs. The Kennedy family pursue every opportunity they can to climb the social ladder on their housing estate.
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One Crazy Thing
Title: One Crazy Thing
Character: Charlie
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Jay is a former daytime TV star whose life has hit rock bottom until he meets his dream girl. Hannah is bright, beautiful and hates modern life. There's just one problem. How does Jay tell Hannah about the leaked sex tape which made him an internet sensation?
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Title: Cockroaches
Released: January 13, 2015
Type: TV
Tom and Suze, two nineteen-year-olds both dreaming of the future, have sex when nuclear war strikes. Unfortunately, they then survive. Awkward. Cockroaches is a post-apocalyptic comedy about one family trying to survive in a wasteland of cannibals, perverts and one insufferable-ex. Our heroes struggle with boredom, fear and the ethics of cooking with their own body fluids.
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Daddy Christmas
Title: Daddy Christmas
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Blue-Zoo Animation presents a festive animated short "Daddy Christmas"... Merry Christmas from all at Blue-Zoo!!
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Title: House of Fools
Character: Bosh
Released: January 14, 2014
Type: TV
Surreal sitcom with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. A series of anarchic affairs featuring the uninvited lodgers and guests that cause chaos and disruption in their home.
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Title: Yonderland
Character: Peter
Released: November 10, 2013
Type: TV
A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.
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Title: Them From That Thing
Character: Various
Released: August 21, 2012
Type: TV
Them From That Thing is a sketch show featuring a host of Channel 4 comedy stars. The series features Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Kayvan Novak (Facejacker), Sally Phillips (Smack The Pony) and Morgana Robinson (Very Important People) alongside with a host of famous faces from the world of drama. Set in the modern world where serious characters say and do very stupid things, Them From That Thing combines the look and feel of great British drama with a silly and slightly unhinged comic sensibility.
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Title: The Angelos Epithemiou Show
Character: Angelos Epithemiou
Released: July 13, 2012
Type: TV
Angelos Epithemiou presents his own six-part studio entertainment show with best mate and sidekick Gupta, while love interest Gabby Logan appears throughout the series and the guests have to earn the right to be on the show by facing some crazy challenges...
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Angelos Epithemiou and Friends
Title: Angelos Epithemiou and Friends
Character: Angelos Epithemiou
Released: November 28, 2011
Type: Movie
Hello everybody, Now then as some of you might know, I was made to go off round the country earlier on this year and do a show to loads of people. It wasn't my idea, I was made to do it by that lot what pull all the strings. I went everywhere, up north, down south and I even had to go to Scotland, but you have to do these things you see. If I'd have had my way I wouldn't have gone, I'd have stayed at home with my feet up watching Dragons Den with a box of Magnums, but it wasn't my way..So in the end what happened was, I got to this one place in Digbeth, which is in Birmingham and they've got a load of video cameras there and they say right we're gonna film this and I shrugged my shoulders and said OK. So they did and this is what you've got in your hands, the DVD of it, so have a look at it and see what you think. OK bye, From Angelos
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Title: Spy
Character: Bike Shop Owner
Released: October 14, 2011
Type: TV
When an underachieving single father inadvertently becomes an MI5 agent, he must keep his government job a secret while battling his ex-wife for custody of their precocious son.
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Title: Let's Dance for Sport Relief
Character: Angelos Epithemiou - Contestant
Released: February 20, 2010
Type: TV
Celebrities perform famous dance routines in front of a panel of judges to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal, with viewers voting for their favourites.
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Title: Home Time
Character: Mad Gary
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
Gaynor Jacks, aged 29, returns to her mum and dad's house in Coventry after running off to find her place in the big wide world when she was 17-years-old.
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Title: Headcases
Released: April 6, 2008
Type: TV
Headcases was an ITV satirical animation show based on current affairs. It employed the same satirical style as Spitting Image, 2DTV and Bo' Selecta! but using 3D animation created by UK Visual Effects and animation house Red Vision. Red Vision evolved a series of unique production techniques and a sophisticated animation pipeline to deliver the weekly topical elements of the series to hitherto impossible deadlines. The programme's first series began on 6 April 2008, with weekly episodes until 11 May 2008, airing on Sundays at 10 pm. A seventh episode was televised on Friday, 30 May at 10:30 pm, and an eighth at 10 pm on Sunday, 15 June. The show included celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family in their animated form, taking a role in sketches including scenarios from their own topical issues. The show's name comes from the fact that all the subjects' caricatured faces are out of scale with the rest of their bodies.
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Cass
Title: Cass
Character: Northern Comic
Released: January 8, 2008
Type: Movie
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
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The Only Boy for Me
Title: The Only Boy for Me
Character: Waiter
Released: September 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Annie, a single mother who is devoted to her son Charlie, starts a relationship with Mack. The problems start when Mack asks Annie and Charlie to move to New York with him.
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Title: The Robinsons
Released: May 5, 2005
Type: TV
The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson, who realises that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life.
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Title: Coupling
Character: Husband (as Renton Skinner)
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: TV
Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Angelos Epithemiou
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Angelos Epithemiou
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: TV
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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The Glove
Title: The Glove
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Vic & Bob are on a road trip across England as they search for an elusive piece of celebrity memorabilia - Michael Jackson's "training" glove.