Neil Cole
Neil Cole (born 1 March 1972) is an English television presenter, comedian, radio broadcaster and actor.
Early life
Cole was born in Bristol in 1972, and attended King Edward Grammar School in Chelmsford. He studied English and French Literature at Bristol University.
Stand-up comedy
As a comedian, Cole was half of successful but short-lived stand-up double act Hitchcock's Half Hour, who won the coveted Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1998. They supported Harry Hill and Ennio Marchetto in West End Theatres, and appeared on BBC1's The Stand Up Show, BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends and contributed to Channel 4's The Eleven O'Clock Show before splitting up in 2000.
Cole returned to the stand-up circuit as a solo comic in February 2007, and supported Russell Brand on his UK Tour over the summer 2007, as well as MCing live music events at the Royal Albert Hall. In March 2010 Cole's debut hour-long solo stand-up show - "Neil By Mouth" - premiered at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, and ran throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe August 2011, at Cabaret Voltaire. He was one of the first UK comedians to perform at the improvised stand-up phenomenon Set-List, in Edinburgh and subsequently in London.
Neil Cole (politician)
Neil Donald Cole (born 25 May 1957) is an Australian playwright, researcher and former politician.
Early life
Cole was born in Millicent, South Australia, and spent his early years in Malaysia where his father was a military police officer in the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police stationed at RAAF Butterworth in Penang. When his father was reassigned to Point Cook, the family moved into the housing commission high-rise flats in North Melbourne where Cole attended Flemington High School, and Kyneton High School in 1974. In 1980, he graduated with a law degree from the University of Melbourne, and in the same year, founded the Flemington Community Legal Service where he worked as a community lawyer for seven years.
Political career
Cole first entered politics at a local level, serving on the Melbourne City Council for three years in the 1980s.
In 1988, Cole decided to run for the safe Labor seat of Melbourne in the Victorian Parliament. Preselection for Melbourne was considered "unwinnable", given that the candidacy for the seat was already earmarked for ALP state secretary Jenny Beacham. Aware that he was "supposed" to lose by nine votes, Cole worked the numbers and managed to win preselection, subsequently winning the seat at the 1988 state election. In 1992, he was promoted to Joan Kirner's shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Attorney-General.
Neil Cole (disambiguation)
Neil Cole is an actor and presenter.
Neil Cole may also refer to:
See also
Cole, Neil Filmography
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