Keith Carter (comedian)


Keith Carter is a Liverpool-based comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his comic creation Nige, a caricature of a scallie from Merseyside cited by Sir Jeremy Isaacs as being instrumental in helping Liverpool's successful 2007 Capital of Culture bid.
Carter has been described as "not just a stand-up with a dressing-up box, he makes his characters live by his bearing, his gestures and by his voice".

Career

Carter began his career as a comedian in clubs in Liverpool in 2001. He has developed a number of comic characters, the most famous of which is Nige, who he claims to have based on a scouser queuing up in front of him in a dole queue; other characters Carter has created include Gerald Roberts, an opinionated driver, and Colin Kilkelly, who thinks he is Liverpool's answer to Enrique Iglesias.
Carter has made a number of appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been nominee and winner of a number of awards. His appearance in Under the Mud was described by The Guardian as an almost show stealing performance. In 2008 he co-wrote the play The Berserker Boys with fellow Liverpudlian comedian Stanley McHale. The play premièred at the Unity Theatre in February 2008.

TV Credits

Domestic, BBC 2
Comedy Shuffle, BBC 3
It's Adam and Shelley, BBC 3
Meet The Blogs, ITV
Scallywagga, BBC 3
Tonightly, Channel 4

Radio Credits

Loose Ends, BBC Radio
The Gerald Roberts Radio Show, BBC Radio
How I Won The Capital of Culture by Nige, BBC Radio
Deck of Friends, BBC Radio

Film Credits

Under the Mud.

Awards and nominations