Robert Popper
- January 9, 2024
- Comedian
Quick Facts
Full Name | Robert Popper |
Occupation | Comedian |
Date Of Birth | Nov 23, 1967(1967-11-23) |
Age | 57 |
Birthplace | Marylebone |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Robert Popper Biography
Name | Robert Popper |
Birthday | Nov 23 |
Birth Year | 1967 |
Place Of Birth | Marylebone |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Parents | Eve Popper |
Robert Popper is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on November 23, 1967 in Marylebone, England, United Kingdom. Robert Darren Popper was born 23 November 1967. He is a British comedian producer, actor, writer, and author. He is best known for co-creating the mock BBC documentary Look Around You and creating Channel 4’s sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Under the pseudonym Robin Cooper, he also wrote The Timewaster Letters. Return of The Timewaster Letters. And The Timewaster Diaries.
Popper played a small role in Edgar Wright’s 2004 film Shaun of the Dead. He was a news reporter and also appeared in Hot Fuzz (2007). Popper, who was a familiar face to Look Around You’s Jack Morgan, made a return appearance in Frankie & The Heartstrings’ music video for “Hunger”, their 2011 single.
Peep Show (Series 3)
Producer
Winner: British Comedy Awards, Best Comedy Series, 2006
Nominated: BAFTA, Situation Comedy 2006
Winner: South Bank Awards for Best Comedy, 2006
Nominated for a Broadcast Award, Best Comedy, 2006
Robert Popper wrote the books The Timewaster Letters and Return of the Timewaster Letters under the pseudonym Robin Cooper. The books were a set of madcap letters he wrote to weird associations and hobby groups. The books became bestsellers and have so far sold over 300,000 copies. The third “Robin Cooper” book, The Timewaster Diaries, was published in 2007, was serialised on Radio 4’s Book of the Week programme 16–20 July 2007, read by Paul Whitehouse. The Timewaster Letters was released in the US in the summer of 2008 and there are a number of Robin Cooper Timewaster Phone Calls released on the web and Popper’s website.
. Nominated: British Comedy Award for Best New Comedy 2003Look Around You (Series 1)With Peter Serafinowicz, co-writer, co-star, co-producer, and co- composer.Nominated: BAFTA for Best Comedy Series 2003. Winner: Amazon.co.uk’s UK Comedy DVD Award, 2003
Robert Popper Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Comedian |
House | Living in own house. |
Robert Popper is one of the richest Comedian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Popper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Take a look around you: CalciumCo-Writer and Co-Producer, co-Composer with Peter Serafinowicz. 20-minute comedy short film. 2001 Winner: London Portobello Film Festival (Springfest). Special Mentions: Milano, Leeds, and Bradford Film Festivals. Finalist: London Greenwich Film Festival
His series commissioning credits include Bo’ Selecta! and Black Books, Spaced and Bremner and Bird, as well as Fortune. While at the channel, he also commissioned three series for the Comedy Lab. He left to join Peter Serafinowicz on the first series, Look Around You 2002. BBC2 aired Look Around You, a comedy about educational science that was spoof. Popper, who appeared in one episode as “Jack Morgan”, also performed the rock song “Little Mouse” on screen) and Serafinowicz, who were more frequent. Popper and Serafinowicz also composed and performed all of the music for the series. Look Around You received a BAFTA nomination and a British Comedy Award nomination. Popper and Graham Linehan co-wrote Hello Friend in 2003.
In 2005, Popper returned to the screen with a second series of Look Around You, again co-written by himself and Peter Serafinowicz. Made up of six half- hour shows, Look Around You 2 resembled an early-80s Tomorrow’s World . Popper appeared in all six episodes as Jack Morgan. Besides Popper and Serafinowicz, the series featured Josie D’Arby and Olivia Colman as presenters. Look Around You 2 won the Rose D’Or TV Award in 2006 for Best Comedy Series. Popper was a programme consultant and co-writer for the TV sketch comedy The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007), in which he also made several brief on-screen appearances.
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Popper created, wrote and produced six series of the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Series 1 aired from February to April in 2011 and won the Rose D’or Award for Best Sitcom. It also received two BAFTA nominations and four British Comedy Award nominations.
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Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Robert Popper celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.
Look Around You (Series 2) Co-Writer, Co-Star, Co-Producer, Co-Composer (with Peter Serafinowicz) Winner: Best Comedy, Rose D’Or Awards, 2006 Winner: Arena Magazine Awards for Best Comedy Show 2005 DVD: Nominated for a DVDA award, Best Comedy DVD, 2006
What else did Robert Popper write?
He also wrote the books The Timewaster Letters, Return of The Timewaster Letters and The Timewaster Diaries under the pseudonym Robin Cooper.
Who wrote Friday night dinners?
Robert Popper
Is this the end of Friday night dinner?
Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper has confirmed that the show will not return for a seventh series.
Where is Friday night dinner set?
It is set in suburban North London , and filmed there, in Mill Hill. The family consists of mother Jackie (Tamsin Greig), father Martin (Paul Ritter), elder son and musician Adam (Simon Bird), and younger son and estate agent Jonny (Tom Rosenthal).
What do Martin and Jackie do for a living?
Jackie is the receptionist at some sort of medical clinic ; somewhere she could have a little snoop at patient’s records. Martin is an architect at a firm where he is seen as a bit of a dinosaur but can’t be fired (despite multiple attempts).