Daniel Rigby graduated from RADA in 2004, and his stage credits include Yukio Ninagawa's Hamlet for the Barbican, a version of Midsummer Night's Dream in New York and London.

He started comedy in 2006, and won the Laughing Horse new act of the year competition the following year. In 2009, he made his Edinburgh debut the following year with Mothwokfantastic.

His other TV work includes roles in The Street, Ideal and spin-off series Spooks Code Nine – but it was his portrayal of a young Eric Morecambe in the 2010 biopic Eric And Ernie which propelled him to prominence, and won him a Bafta for best actor.