Tom Machell

Tom Machell is an actor, writer and comedy performer originating from Newcastle upon Tyne. He trained at The New York Film Academy and makes up 1/5 of the surreal, award-winning comedy group zazU. zazU have had sell out runs at the Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and are currently developing their work for television and radio.

As an actor, Tom most recently appeared in the viral sketch show ‘Every Blank Ever’ for Comedy Central and in the feature film ‘Dinosaur Hunter’ starring Jenny Agutter. Other screen credits include ‘Babs’ (BBC), the forthcoming feature film ‘Trautmann’, BFI funded shorts ‘Sticky’ and ‘Litterbug’ and the short film ‘The Bucket’, which Tom also wrote. Stage credits include ‘Life According to Saki’ (Off Broadway – New York Theatre Workshop), ‘Benighted’ (Old Red Lion), ‘The Comedy of Errors’ (Off Broadway – The Drilling Company) and 3 runs of Guinness World Record holding comedy show ‘News Review’, which he also writes for.