# Ed Aczel

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British stand-up comedian

**Edward Aczel**, also billed as **Ed Aczel**[1][2] is a British stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his "[anti-comedy](/source/Anti-humor)" style of clumsy delivery presenting as uninterested and lacking belief in both his material and performing skills.

His 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, "Do I Really Have to Communicate with You?", was described by [Zadie Smith](/source/Zadie_Smith) in [The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker) as "one of the strangest, and finest, hours of live comedy I’d ever seen".[3] James Kettle in [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) called him "perhaps Britain's greatest living anti-comedian".[4]

Winner of the 2008 [Malcolm Hardee Award](/source/Malcolm_Hardee#The_Annual_Malcolm_Hardee_Awards) for Comic Originality,[5] he was the runner-up in both the 2005 [BBC New Comedy Awards](/source/BBC_New_Comedy_Awards)[6] and [Jimmy Carr](/source/Jimmy_Carr)'s Comedy Idol in 2004, which was filmed for the extras on Jimmy's 2005 *Live* DVD).[7]

His 2010 Edinburgh show featured in the BBC Comedy Collection.[8]

As an actor, he has appeared in two episodes of the soap opera *[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)*,[9] 2018 film *[The Favourite](/source/The_Favourite_(2018_film))*, series 2 of *[Mandy](/source/Mandy_(TV_series))*, *[Lee and Dean](/source/Lee_and_Dean)* and *[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))*.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2016/ed_aczel/](https://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2016/ed_aczel/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://www.ebdonmgt.com/actor/ed-aczel/comedy](https://www.ebdonmgt.com/actor/ed-aczel/comedy)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dead Man Laughing"](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/22/081222fa_fact_smith?currentPage=all). *The New Yorker*. 22 December 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kettle, James (23 January 2010). ["This week's comedy previews"](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jan/23/comedy-previews-the-guide). *The Guardian*. London.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Young, Kevin (23 August 2008). ["Stand-up Aczel wins comedy award"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7577789.stm). BBC.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Actor scoops BBC New Comedy Award"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4524442.stm). BBC. 13 December 2005.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLr9rZyw1mg&pp=ygUUZWQgYWN6ZWwgY29tZWR5IGlkb2zSBwkJsgkBhyohjO8%3D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLr9rZyw1mg&pp=ygUUZWQgYWN6ZWwgY29tZWR5IGlkb2zSBwkJsgkBhyohjO8%3D)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Edinburgh 2010 - Show Four"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/collections/p00964lh/video/p009p0g8/edinburgh_2010_edward_aczel). BBC.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5506784/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5506784/)

## External links

- [Edward Aczel on Chortle](http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/e/549/edward_aczel)

- [Edward Aczel on The British Comedy Guide](http://www.comedy.co.uk/fringe/2010/edward_aczel_ever_tried_ever_failed/)

- [Edward Aczel on Comedy CV](http://www.comedycv.co.uk/edwardaczel/index.htm)

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