Chris Grimes - Actor, Comedy Improvisation Performer, Comedy Writer/Creative, Short Film Maker, Voice-over Artist, Drama Workshop Leader and...Washing Machine Impressionist...yes, Washing Machine Impressionist - read the reviews then click on the Washing Machine below to view the video!

Chris Grimes: Director, founder member and regular performer with the Bristol-based and highly acclaimed Comedy Improvisation Company, INSTANT WIT. Also co-director of the highly acclaimed Creative Development & Corporate Entertainment Company, BARKING PRODUCTIONS. Click on the banners to the right to take you straight to the respective websites - but don't forget to come back! - or click on the words INSTANT WIT or BARKING PRODUCTIONS to take you to some "Information about" pages on this site.   Director of WIBBLE FILMS. I formed Wibble Films in December 2005 as a portal for my creative writing ideas and with the aim of producing a series of short films over the course of 2006/7. My first film "Knock Knock..." has just been completed and accepted into the Cardiff Film Festival 2006, with lots of other Film Festival submissions to follow.  If you'd like to receive a free DVD of the film then by all means contact me at chris@chrisgrimes.co.uk  "Knock Knock..." will be available to view as Quicktime Movie on a dedicated Wibble Films website to be launched soon. If however you have seen the film and are now visting to view the out-takes, as prompted by the advertising flyer for "Knock Knock..." then please click here to see them (do make sure you've seen the film first though as the out-takes do give away the main twist of the film!).   Graduate both of the Central School of Speech & Drama in London and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. I have worked extensively in Theatre, Radio, Television, Commercials (both Foreign & UK) and Voice-overs since 1988. I co-founded Barking Productions & Instant Wit in 1996. Recent examples of my work (more examples in the Showreel section)   Recent T.V. part playing various comic cameo roles in the BBC Historical re-enactment Series, "Historyonics" in episodes of "DickTurpin", "Robin Hood" & "Richard 111". Click here to view an extract, with a longer version (and additional scenes) in the Showreel section.   I recently spent a fantastic and most creative week with Forkbeard Fantasy Theatre Company at their studios in Devon, got obsessed with their speciality of "crossing the celluloid divide" and this is what I came back with! Click here or on the picture to watch...   My most recent commercial, filmed in Prague and now showing all over Europe (but not in the UK) for the next 18 months. Click here or on the picture to see it.   2 Year TV & Radio Voice-Over Campaign for "Queensgate Shopping Centre, Peterborough" featuring singing penguins in Santas Grotto. Click here to hear it!   A promotional video of INSTANT WIT: The quick-fire Comedy Improvisation show recorded earlier this year in front of a live T.V audience at the Bristol Old Vic and presented by Chris Grimes. Click here to see the film.   "Motion Ripper" research project undertaken by Granada, the University of Bristol and 3CR to develop new animation software and featuring Chris Grimes as the voice of Father/Mouse. "No Easy Way" has been nominated for an award at IMAGINA 2000, the foremost event for Interactive Content creations for professionals in Europe. Click here to see the film.   HOME   |    TRAINING   |   SHOWREEL   |   WASHING MACHINE   |   CONTACT   Click on the washing machine below to see the video: So, here's your chance - pop in your smalls and stand well clear!