So… where did it all begin? As a Devonshire boy, born and bred in Plymouth, I dedicated myself to pursuing a career in the performing arts from a very early age. In 1999, I joined my local Stagecoach Theatre Arts School and throughout my 11 year journey there played a diverse range of roles in productions from Little Shop of Horrors to devised plays. This sparked my fascination in becoming an improvisational comedian alongside my acting career, which later led me into pursuing one of my childhood dreams of becoming a pantomime comic. 

 

I moved to Guildford to develop my craft further at the Performance Preparation Academy, before continuing to study Musical Theatre at the London College of Music with University of West London in 2015. Since then, I have toured around the UK – and performed many successful incarnations of my stage act, combining singing, stand-up comedy and madcap antics, all over the world on cruise ships, theatres and hotels throughout the UK and abroad.

 

2023 saw me make my television acting debut, taking on the younger incarnation of Mark Williams’ titular character in BBC's Father Brown – and shortly after offered roles in Doctors and Britbox's Sister Boniface Mysteries (both also for BBC Studios).

 

In that same year, I won a place on the world’s first year-long Masters degree in Contemporary Pantomime Practice at University of Staffordshire (previously Staffordshire University). Having become one of the first and only people to achieve the MA, with the news of my award gaining widespread media attention, I made my Panto debut in 2024 in the role of Silly Simon in Jack and the Beanstalk at The Corn Hall in Diss, Norfolk with SparkLive Pantomimes. Back by popular demand (The Corn Hall's words... not mine), I have just completed my second season as Silly Billy in the box office smash hit Beauty and the Beast, which ran from 19th December 2025 to 4th January 2026.

 

Due to be released in 2026, I have recently completed filming for the upcoming new drama series The Hairdresser Mysteries, led by Bridget Jones star Sally Phillips and produced by Mill Bay Media for BBC Studios Drama Productions. You can currently see me playing the role of Dave in Lancashire Farm Dairies’ latest TV commercial for AdSmart from Sky. Watch it here

 

As a presenter, I was invited to perform alongside and present awards to some of the UK's biggest pop groups at the 2001 and 2002 Disney Channel Kids Awards ceremonies. Over a decade later, I went on to produce and co-present my self-penned radio show The Jeff Parlett and Benny Bright Show on Blast Radio, broadcasting from the legendary Ealing Studios from 2012 to 2015.

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