Simon Bird Movies and Career Information

Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for playing Will McKenzie in E4’s BAFTA-winning TV comedy The Inbetweeners. Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey, a son of Heather (née Gage) and Graham Bird, an economics professor at University of Surrey (England). He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford before studying at Queens' College, Cambridge. Bird was the President of Cambridge University's sketch group, The Footlights. He is also a Crystal Palace FC fan. While completing an MA in Cultural & Critical Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, Bird set up the sketch comedy group 'The House of Windsor' with Joe Thomas (who plays Simon Cooper in The Inbetweeners) and Jonny Sweet. They performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007 and in 2008 with a show called The Meeting, described as a site-specific comedy installation set in an actual boardroom, which received national media attention and a clutch of five-star reviews. Bird and Thomas were also regulars on series 1 and 2 of The Weekly Show, a podcast for Channel 4 Radio (2006-7). Bird also performs stand-up comedy and took part in Chortle's national student comedy