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{{Infobox person
| name        = Stephen Frost
| image       = Stephen Frost Glastonbury 2019.jpg
| alt         = 
| caption     = [[Glastonbury Festival]], 2019, with the Stephen Frost Improv All Stars
| birth_name  = Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1955|12|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Redruth]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date  =
| death_place = 
| nationality = British
| other_names = 
| known_for   = 
| occupation  = Actor and comedian
| years_active = 1980–present
}}
[[File:Stephenfrost.JPG|thumb|Presenting the "Stephen Frost All Stars" improvisation show, [[Glastonbury Festival]], 2008]]

'''Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost''' (born 28 December 1955) is an English actor and comedian, best known for his work on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' as well as several projects with comedy partner [[Mark Arden]].

==Early life==
Frost was born in [[Redruth]], [[Cornwall]], and is the son of the abstract artist [[Terry Frost]] and brother of painter [[Anthony Frost]].

He joined Banbury School (now [[Wykham Park Academy]]) in north [[Oxfordshire]], part of Stanbridge Hall, in September 1967. The school had become comprehensive that term, but only in name; the buildings largely remained. The school transitioned over years. He played rugby for his county at age 16, and badminton locally, and athletics, in the [[Amateur Athletic Association of England|AAA]] five star scheme.<ref>''Banbury Guardian'' Thursday 29 October 1970, page 24</ref> His brother Simon was also athletic. He took part in many school drama productions, in the sixth form, with his brothers Simon and Matthew.<ref>''Banbury Guardian'' Thursday 29 November 1973, page 16</ref> In the sixth form he grew a beard, and worked with the [[National Youth Theatre]]. He won a playwright award from the [[Royal Court Theatre]]. The head of the school drama group was Brian Derbyshire; the teacher left the school at the same time as Stephen, in July 1974.<ref>''Times'' Friday March 29 1974, page 12</ref>

He passed two O-levels, Geography and Physics. He passed one A level, Geography.<ref>''Banbury Guardian'' Thursday 29 August 1974, page 11</ref> His headteacher was [[Harry Judge]]. He lived at 2 Old Parr Road from 1963 to 1974. In 1974 family moved to Newlyn in Cornwall. He attended the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] with Art Malik (and his wife Gina Rowe), Mark Arden and actors [[Jeremy Gittins]] and Robert McCulley.<ref>''The Stage'' Thursday 16 June 1977, page 15</ref>

==Career==
===Work with Mark Arden===
Frost is known for his work in the 1980s with [[Mark Arden]] as part of the [[double act]] [[The Oblivion Boys]] on ''[[Saturday Live (UK TV series)|Saturday Live]]''. Veterans of the [[alternative comedy]] scene, he and Arden appeared in ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', and later had their own [[television|TV series]] ''[[Lazarus and Dingwall]]'' on [[BBC Two|BBC2]]. They played the lead roles in the 1987 revival of Tom Stoppard's play, ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]]. They also played two robbers in 'Big Deal' series 2, in the episode 'Popping Across The Pond'.

In 1994 the Oblivion Boys starred opposite the comedy duo Raw Sex ([[Simon Brint]] and [[Rowland Rivron]]) in the [[improvised comedy|partially-improvised comedy]] film ''[[There's No Business... (1994 film)|There's No Business...]]''.

The duo appeared in a series of British TV advertisements ending with the catchphrase "I bet he drinks [[Carling Black Label]]". One spoofed the "[[launderette]]" commercial for [[Levi's]] in which [[Nick Kamen]] stripped to his underwear; in their [[pastiche]], Arden and Frost played launderette customers who were stripped entirely, with just strategically placed books maintaining their modesty.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCemJAd3KZA Ad] on [[YouTube]]</ref>

===Solo work===
Without Arden, Frost has appeared on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Just a Minute]]'', and the [[improvisation]] show ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''. He has appeared on three episodes of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' (there was a 13-year gap between his second and third appearance) and on ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''. He also appeared as Dirk in [[Tony Bagley]]'s series ''[[Married (radio series)|Married]]''.

He played two small roles in ''[[Blackadder]]'': a prison guard in the [[The Black Adder|first-series]] episode "Witchsmeller Pursuivant", and the overly cheerful head of a [[firing squad]] in the episode "Corporal Punishment" of ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''. He also appeared in the comedy series ''[[Mr. Bean]]'', starring [[Rowan Atkinson]], in the episode entitled "Mr. Bean Rides Again" in one of the skits where Mr. Bean is on a train.

In 2003 he appeared in a production of ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|12 Angry Men]]'' alongside [[Bill Bailey]].

Frost appeared alongside [[Tony Hawks]] and [[Angus Deayton]] in the 2012 feature film ''[[Tony Hawks|Playing the Moldovans at Tennis]]''.

===Currently===
Frost is a regular on the London comedy circuit. He is also a veteran of the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] and [[Glastonbury Festival]].

Frost still appears regularly with [[The Comedy Store Players]] in [[The Comedy Store, London]].

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|-
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''The Love Child''
| Tough Policeman
|
|-
| 1994
| ''There's No Business''
| Reg Prince
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 1995
| ''Savage Hearts''
| Concierge
|
|-
| ''[[Feast of July]]''
| Man in Restaurant
|
|-
| ''Spot's Magical Christmas''
| Deer 1
| Voice<br/> Video short<br/> United Kingdom version<br/> Credited as Steve Frost
|-
| 1998
| ''Wind''
| Policeman
| Short film
|-
| 2000
| ''The Suicidal Dog''
| Philip the Test Your Strength Man
| Short film
|-
| 2012
| ''Playing the Moldovans at Tennis''
| Steve
|
|-
| 2014
| ''The Squeakies''
| Compere
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Phase''
| Dad
|
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|-
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Tharil
| Uncredited<br/> Series 18: "[[Warriors' Gate|Warriors' Gate: Part Four]]"
|-
| 1982-1983
| ''[[Carrott's Lib]]''
|
| 8 episodes, 1 special<br/> Writer – "Best of Carrott's Lib"
|-
| 1982-1984
| ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''
| Various
| 7 episodes – 3 credited as Steve Frost
|-
| rowspan=4| 1983
| ''[[Blackadder]]''
| Soft, A Guard
| 2 episodes – 1 uncredited
|-
| ''[[Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama]]''
| Rev. Bell
| Series 1, episode 2: "Rip It Up"
|-
| ''[[Reilly, Ace of Spies]]''
| Styrne
| Episode 11: "The Last Journey"
|-
| ''Rebellious Jukebox''
| The Oblivion Boys
| Episode #1.2
|-
| 1983-1984
| ''The Entertainers''
| The Oblivion Boys
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Comic Strip Presents#The Comic Strip Presents...|The Comic Strip Presents...]]''
| Bula
| Series 2, episode 7: "Slags"
|-
| rowspan=4| 1985
| ''[[Big Deal (TV series)|Big Deal]]''
| Tony
| Series 2, episode 14: "Popping Across the Pond"
|-
| ''[[Dempsey and Makepeace]]''
| Big Mall
| Series 2, episode 5: "Tequila Sunrise" 
|-
| ''[[Happy Families (1985 TV series)|Happy Families]]''
| Village Gendarme
| Episode 3: "Madeleine"
|-
| ''[[Girls on Top (British TV series)|Girls on Top]]''
| Disco Dancer
| Series 1, episode 3: "C.O.D."
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Kit Curran]]''
| Pates
| Series 2, episode 4: "A Sick Society"
|-
| 1986-1996
| ''[[Saturday Live (British TV programme)|Saturday Live]]''
| Himself / Oblivion Boys / Various
| 10 episodes<br/> Writer – 1 episode
|-
| 1988
| ''Bust''
| Mike Benson
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1989
| ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''
| Corporal Jones
| Series 4, episode 2: "[[Corporal Punishment (Blackadder)|Corporal Punishment]]"
|-
| ''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)|Close to Home]]''
| Frank DeAngelo
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1991
| ''Lazarus & Dingwall''
| Steve Lazarus
| 6 episodes<br/> Writer
|-
| ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]''
| Sgt. Dawkins
| Series 1, episode 1: "The Case of the Missing"
|-
| 1991-2005
| ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''
| Himself / Panelist
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3| 1992
| ''[[Mr. Bean]]''
| The Laughing Man
| Episode 6: "[[Mr. Bean Rides Again]]"
|-
| ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]''
| Huge Man
| Series 2, episode 4: "Barcelona, May 1917"
|-
| ''Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery''
| Bernie Clarke
| TV movie
|-
| 1992-1998
| ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''
| Himself / Performer
| 33 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''The Almost Complete History of the 20th Century''
| Narrator
| Voice<br/> 13 episodes
|-
| 1993-1994
| ''[[Brighton Belles]]''
| Gilbert
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=5| 1994
| ''[[The All New Alexei Sayle Show]]''
| Various
| Episode 6
|-
| ''[[What's Up Doc? (British TV series)|What's Up Doc?]]''
| Steve the Security Guard / Walter Flume
| 16 episodes<br/> Credited as Steve Frost
|-
| ''[[Blue Heaven (1994 TV series)|Blue Heaven]]''
| Big Larry
| Episode 1
|-
| ''[[Frank Stubbs Promotes]]''
| Big Eddie
| Series 2, episode 5: "Mr. Chairman"
|-
| ''[[Harry Enfield & Chums]]''
| Man Painting
| Episode #1.5
|-
| 1994-1995
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| Duggan / Colin Glover
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''Jack and Jeremy's Police 4''
| Various
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan=3| 1996
| ''[[Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives]]''
| Steve / Stephen / Farmer
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Drop the Dead Donkey]]''
| Tom
| Series 5, episode 7: "Charnley in Love"
|-
| ''[[The Famous Five (1995 TV series)|The Famous Five]]''
| Dirty Dick
| Series 2, episode 6: "[[Five on a Hike Together]]"
|-
| rowspan=2| 1997
| ''Gobble''
| Gun shop assistant
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Pie in the Sky (TV series)|Pie in the Sky]]''
| Trubb
| Series 5, episode 3: "Pork Pies"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]''
| Bute Crawley
| Miniseries<br/> 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1999
| ''[[Just a Minute#TV versions|Just a Minute]]''
| Himself / Panelist
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[French and Saunders]]''
| Special – "French and Saunders: The Phantom Millennium"
|-
| 2001
| ''Mr. Charity''
| Cab Driver
| Episode 6: "The Big W"
|-
| 2002
| ''Spheriks''
| Match Narrator
| Voice<br/> Credited as Steve Frost
|-
| 2002-2005
| ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]''
| Himself
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''Working the Thames''
| Himself / Presenter
| Documentary
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Paul Merton's Adventures]]''
| Himself
| Episode 4: "Caravan"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]''
| Chief Inspector
| Series 13, episode 4: "[[The Labours of Hercules]]"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Boomers (TV series)|Boomers]]''
| German John
| Episode: "Christmas Special"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| Peter Mosley
| Series 20, episode 49: "Love Is"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Ted Lasso]]''
| Bruce
| Series 3, episode 2: "(I don't want to go to) Chelsea"
|}

==Books==
* ''Sit-Down Comedy'' (contributor to anthology, ed [[Malcolm Hardee]] & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003.  {{ISBN|0-09-188924-3}}; {{ISBN|978-0-09-188924-1}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0296571|name=Stephen Frost}}

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