Jim Tavare – Tom The inner Keeper from Harry Potter PRISONER OF AZKABAN and ITVs SKETCH SHOW
Jim Tavaré is an internationally acclaimed actor and comedian with a highly distinguished career. His film debut came in 2004 when he played Tom the Innkeeper in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’.
Jim also co-wrote and starred in ITV’s ‘The Sketch Show’, which won a BAFTA and syndicated worldwide. To date, ʻThe Sketch Showʼ has been remade for audiences in seven different countries. Plus he’s had his own BBC2 sketch series ‘The Jim Tavaré Show’, co-written with Ricky Gervais, who also starred.
Following three appearances on The Royal Variety Performance his success has spread to the United States – he was the winner of ‘International Starsearch’ (USA), had an episode of NBC’s ‘Wings’ written around his act. He also holds the distinction of being the only overseas act ever to reach the final of NBC’s ‘Last Comic Standing’.
As a finalist, he embarked on a 63 date national US tour with NBC as part of the ʻLast Comic Standing World Tourʼ.
Ultimately Jim is easily one of the top comedians in the world and now lives in the U.S. So he might not be back for years – if at all – so don’t miss this!