David Fynn

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David Fynn
NationalityBritish-Irish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter

David Fynn is a British-Irish[1] actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom Undateable.[2]

He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical School of Rock (based on the 2003 film with Jack Black) in October 2016 at the New London Theatre, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017.[3][4]

Theatre[edit]

His theatre credits include She Stoops to Conquer at the National Theatre (Evening Standard Nomination), Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Donmar Warehouse, Mojo at the Royal Shakespeare Company, After the Party in the West End and Starving at Theatre 503. He trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Television[edit]

His other television appearances include Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Doctor Who, The Inbetweeners, The Job Lot, Banana, Big Bad World, Mayday, Black Mirror, Life’s Too Short, Pete versus Life, Peep Show, and Spooks.[5][6] In January 2021 he appeared as one of the lead characters, journalist Jonathan Hill, in the ITV miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders.[7] In 2022 he played the part of a journalist in ITV’s ‘’The Thief, his Wife and the Canoe’’, and Alex in BBC’s ‘’Am I Being Unreasonable?’’.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "School of Rock's David Fynn on Why London's Pledged Allegiance to the Band, Dying in GOT & Mormon Dreams". Broadway.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ Pedersen, Nellie Andreeva,Erik; Andreeva, Nellie; Pedersen, Erik (20 February 2019). "Marley Shelton, NeNe Leakes & David Fynn Lead Casts Of Pop Comedy Pilots 'Ride Or Die' & 'Best Intentions'". Deadline. Retrieved 8 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Thomas, Sophie (13 January 2020). "David Fynn to reprise role of Dewey Finn in School of Rock". London Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ Guiltenane, Christian (7 September 2017). "Interview: David Fynn, Brit star of US sitcom 'Undateable'". Attitude. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ "David Fynn | Cast | School of Rock the Musical". School of Rock. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ "David Fynn – Independent Talent". Independent Talent. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ^ "The Pembrokeshire murders cast: who stars with Luke Evans in the ITV series, and what time it starts tonight". i newspaper. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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