- His show, Something Wicked This Way Comes, won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment Show 2006.
- Other than his main work, he is also an artist who paints caricatures of famous people.
- A principle demonstrated at one of his stage shows, of how the distraction of counting ping-pong ball transits prevents one from noticing the guys in gorilla suits entering the edge of vision, was used in a Mayor of London 2008 awareness campaign advert that alerted motorists to the need for looking out for unexpected cyclists.
- Is a fan of Taxidermy.
- Has one brother, Dominic, who is nine years younger.
- Studied Law and German at Bristol University.
- Is the patron for The National Parrot Sanctuary and its registered Charity - Parrot Line.
- Owned a parrot called Figaro for ten years, that went to live at The National Parrot Sanctuary in Friskney, Lincolnshire, UK, before passing away.
- Has a parrot named Rasputin.
- Lives in Marylebone, London.
- Attended Whitgift School, Croydon.
- Used the song "Can you Feel It?" by the Jackson 5 to make a point about Anchoring as part of his "Heist" Trick. Years later, Amazon used the same song on a TV Advert.
- Had two dogs as a child called Tammy and Lucy.
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