Born in Blackburn and raised in Southport, Lee Mack started in comedy after a series of casual jobs, including stableboy and working in a bingo hall. His first taste of stand-up came as a Pontin's bluecoat.

His frist experience of the wider circuit came in 1994, when he did his first open mike slot while a student at Brunel University, West London. Within 18 months, he had won the So You Think You're Funny new act competition at the 1995 Edinburgh Fringe and become a full-time comedian.

In 1996, he returned to the festival as part of an ensemble show, Gagging For It, and the following year he performed the solo show Return Of The Mack. He had some level of fame by then, having hosted the Channel 4 stand-up show Gas, but found the experience of performing alone disheartening.

So in 1999, he teamed up with Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski for the Fringe sketch show Lee Mack's Bits, and the 2000 follow-up was nominated for the Perrier. On the strength of that, Mack became one of the key players in ITV's The Sketch Show, which ran from 2001 to 2003. He was the only member of the UK cast to feature in the short-lived American remake, introduced by Kelsey Grammer, in 2004.

The following year he landed the job of host on BBC One sports quiz They Think It's All Over, taking over from Nick Hancock. But the programme was cancelled after one series with Mack in the chair.

He then moved to sitcom, premiering the traditional studio-based Not Going Out on BBC One in October 2006, at a time when that style was thought to be dead. The show returned for a second series in September 2007 and a third in January 2009. It has won Rose d'Or and Royal Television Society awards.

Mack is also a team captain on the BBC One panel show Would I Lie To You?

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Lee Mack = Absolute Genius!! Love the guy, hero!

Hotdog, Belfast, May 2009

For my own satisfaction, it would be nice to see Lee come up with something new. Don't get me wrong, you could just look at Lee and laugh, he is a very funny man, but tell me something funny that I haven't heard before...

graham windram, July 2008

Have seen Lee twice and both times have been crying with laughter.

sue, November 2006

Saw Lee last night in Hull. Absolutely fantastic. An hour and a half that was filled with top material and delivered better than any other comedian I have seen. His interaction with the crowd and improvisation are top notch. He has such a quick comedy mind he can find belly laughs from any any situation. If you have the chance to see Lee Mack live take it you will not be disappointed.

John Wallace, February 2006

Without doubt the funniest comedian I've ever seen. His interaction with the audience was so natural and his ad libs lightning fast. I will see him again at the earliest opportunity, I have genuinely never laughed so much.

Chris Brown, February 2006

Saw Lee last Friday in Aberdeen, my face still aches from all the laughing

Stephen, January 2006

Come back to Musselburgh soon Lee, fantastic nearly pissed myself. An English comic making Jocks laugh this much is rare.

Simon, January 2006

Utterly brilliant. Couldn't stop laughing from start to finish. One of the best

Phil, January 2006

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