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Waen Shepherd

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Director
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Waen Shepherd was born in 1971 in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Oriel College, part of Oxford University, where he became a member of the Oxford Revue where he continued to explore his creative talents as a performer and writer,

Waen is versatile comedy character actor, well known for his musical characters such as electro-pop artist, Gary Le Strange and surf-rock legend, Colin Watson. These characters have their own songs and several albums, which can now be accessed online through tools like Spotify and also purchased via ITunes. Waen has enjoyed making many radio recordings at the BBC over the years and he has developed a way to be able to record broadcast quality music and audio using his own home studio set up.

Waen has always enjoyed exploring the darker, stranger (and more interesting) sides of the human psyche through his characterisations, so it was no surprise when he was asked to consider playing the geography teacher, Mr Kennedy, in "The Inbetweeners" TV series.

Waen is a gifted composer, writing original incidental music, TV theme tunes and bespoke pieces for a variety of creative media projects and production companies, including being series composer for Crackanory and the BBC's ground-breaking comedy series Murder in Successville. Having scored several award-winning short films, Waen recently composed a feature-length soundtrack for The Ghoul (2014), an Independent British film by Gareth Tunley and Ben Wheatley.
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    Known for

    Crackanory 2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    The Wolf Man (1999)
    The Wolf Man
    6.5
    Short
    • Scientist
    • Wolfman
    • 1999
    Kevin Eldon, Nick Frost, and Miranda Hart in Hyperdrive (2006)
    Hyperdrive
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Captain Helix
    • Captan Helix
    Comedy Lab (1998)
    Comedy Lab
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Composer(original music by)

    Credits

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    Composer



    • Elaine Cassidy, Sally Lindsay, Adam John Richardson, Tom Meeten, Helen Behan, and Sonny Poon Tip in Intruder (2021)
      Intruder
      4.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Gwyneth Keyworth in The Diary of My Broken Vagina (2019)
      The Diary of My Broken Vagina
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Action Team (2018)
      Action Team
      4.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • Murder in Successville (2015)
      Murder in Successville
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2015–2017
    • James Wren, Richard Glover, Rachel Parris, and Simon Cotton in Godless (2017)
      Godless
      8.8
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Crackanory (2013)
      Crackanory
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2017
    • The Baby's Crying (2016)
      The Baby's Crying
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Tom Meeten in The Ghoul (2016)
      The Ghoul
      5.6
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Richard Glover and Helen George in The Monster (2015)
      The Monster
      7.6
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Beattie Edmondson, Josh Widdicombe, and Elis James in BBC Comedy Feeds (2012)
      BBC Comedy Feeds
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Crackanory 2
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • Pond (2013)
      Pond
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • The Baron
      6.2
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • How Not to Make a Short Film (2013)
      How Not to Make a Short Film
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! (2013)
      The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2013

    Actor



    • Tom Meeten in The Ghoul (2016)
      The Ghoul
      5.6
      • Gav
      • 2016
    • Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
      Aaaaaaaah!
      4.5
      • Manager
      • 2015
    • The Last Summer on Earth
      Short
      • Dad
      • 2013
    • Steve Delaney and Rory Kinnear in Count Arthur Strong (2013)
      Count Arthur Strong
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Ripper Guide
      • 2013
    • The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! (2013)
      The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Club Singer
      • Tourist
      • 2013
    • Robert Webb, Katherine Parkinson, and Ambra Lily Keegan in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2011)
      The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Butcher
      • 2012
    • Peeder Jigson's Video Diary
      TV Series
      • Howard Shore
      • 2012
    • Rufus Jones and Andy Heath in Mongrels (2010)
      Mongrels
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Postman
      • 2011
    • BBC Nought
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Rave
      • 2011
    • James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Simon Bird, and Joe Thomas in The Inbetweeners (2008)
      The Inbetweeners
      8.4
      TV Series
      • John Kennedy
      • 2009–2010
    • Greg Davies, Marek Larwood, and Steve Hall in We Are Klang (2009)
      We Are Klang
      6.5
      TV Series
      • The Juggler
      • Hungarian Prince
      • 2009
    • The Golf War
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Bob
      • 2007
    • World of Wrestling (2007)
      World of Wrestling
      6.7
      Short
      • Exotic Adrian Esq
      • 2007
    • Kevin Eldon, Nick Frost, and Miranda Hart in Hyperdrive (2006)
      Hyperdrive
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Captain Helix
      • Captan Helix
      • 2006–2007
    • The World Stands Up (2004)
      The World Stands Up
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Gary Le Strange
      • 2005–2007

    Director



    • Comedy Lab (1998)
      Comedy Lab
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001

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      • Waen Shepherd Official Website
      • Waen Shepherd Official Website
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • 1971
      • England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Katy DarbyJuly 29, 2000 - present

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      Waen is best known to British comedy goers as the new romantic crooner 'Gary Le Strange'. In 2003 he won the Perrier best newcomer at the Edinburgh fringe festival with his show 'polaroid suitcase'.

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