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Steen Raskopoulos - Wikipedia

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Steen Raskopoulos
Raskopoulos in 2016
Born	Steen Raskopoulos (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 37) Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)	Comedian, actor, improviser
Known for	The Duchess Top Coppers
Spouse	Sara Pascoe (m. 2020)
Children	2
Father	Peter Raskopoulos
Relatives	Jordan Raskopoulos (sister)

Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and improviser. He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows,^[1] playing Dr. Evan in The Duchess (Netflix), Pete Lewis in Feel Good (Netflix), John Mahogany in BBC Three's Top Coppers,^[2] Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia and as one half of the award-winning improvisation duo The Bear Pack.^[3]

Early life and education

Raskopoulos was born in Sydney. His father is FFA Hall of Fame footballer^[4] Peter Raskopoulos and his sister is comedian and singer Jordan Raskopoulos. He studied at the University of Sydney where he first started improvising and performed Theatresports at Manning Bar. He is the co-founder of Improv Theatre Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

Live comedy career

Raskopoulos debuted his first solo sketch show Bruce springSTEEN LIVE IN CONCERT at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.^[5] He was nominated for Best Newcomer, and won the same award at the Sydney Comedy Festival later that year.^[6] In 2014, he returned with a new show, I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business.^[7] He sold out his seasons in Melbourne, Sydney, London and Edinburgh and was nominated for the Fosters Comedy Awards Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.^[8] Character Assassin earned him a Barry Award nomination for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.^[9] He won the Directors Choice award at the 2018 Sydney Comedy Festival for his solo sketch show 'Stay'. Raskopoulos is also the youngest Theatresports National Champion of Australia, winning the title in 2008 with Simon Greiner and two members from The Axis of Awesome, Jordan Raskopoulos and Lee Naimo.

Television career

Raskopoulos has starred on the sketch show This is Littleton (ABC), SlideShow (Channel 7), Legally Brown (SBS), It's a Date (ABC), The Code (ABC), Utopia (ABC), True Story with Hamish & Andy (Nine) Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia (Comedy Channel), Squinters (ABC), Feel Good (Netflix), The Duchess (Netflix), Out of Her Mind (BBC 1) and lead in the BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers ^[10]

Personal life

Raskopoulos has been married to the British comedian Sara Pascoe since 2020.^[11] The couple have two sons, born in February 2022 and October 2023.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Polygamist	Steve	Short film
2014	Twisted	The Guy	Short film Credited as Steen Raskopoulous
2015	Holding the Man	Older Paul Caleo
2017	The Record: World's Largest Biological Family	Frank Belami	Short film Writer

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Ronnie Johns Half Hour	N/A	Writer - Episode #1.6
2014	This Is Littleton	Various	Writer 4 episodes
	The Code	Edan	4 episodes
	It's a Date	Juzzy	Season 2, episode 4: "How Much Research Should You Do Before Dating?"
2015	Fresh Blood	Various	Writer Season 1, episode 4: "The Record"
	Utopia	Ethan	Also known as Dreamland Season 2, episode 6: "Starting the Conversation"
	Top Coppers	John Mahogany	6 episodes
2016	Halloween Comedy Shorts	Elliott	Writer Season 1, episode 2: "Steen Raskopoulos's Horror: Scare BnB"
2016-2017	Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia	Himself	10 episodes
2017	True Story with Hamish & Andy	Nurse Craig	Season 1, episode 3: "Sammie's Fainting Story"
2018	Squinters	Ned	6 episodes
2020	At Home Alone Together	Personal Trainer Nic / Nick	2 episodes - 1 episode credit only Writer - 2 episodes
	The Duchess	Evan	6 episodes
	Out of Her Mind	Imaginary Brother	Episode 6: "The Beautiful Garden"
2020-2021	Feel Good	Pete Lewis	6 episodes
2021	Grave New World		Miniseries Episode 3: "Theme Parks, Exercise, Fizzy Drinks"
	The Moth Effect	Open Mic Cop	Episode 6: "Have you heard of the White Ant?"
	The Emily Atack Show		3 episodes
2024	The Office	Nick Fletcher	Main role

Video games

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Bleeding Edge	Makutu	Voice

Awards and nominations

2008 National Theatresports Champion
2013 Best Newcomer Sydney Comedy Festival
2013 Best Newcomer Nomination Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2014 Best Newcomer Nomination Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2014 Sydney Fringe Laughs Award (The Bear Pack)
2014 Australian Writers Guild Comedy - Sketch or Light Entertainment This Is Littleton (2014)^[13]
2015 Best Newcomer Nomination Chortle Awards
2015 Best Character/Sketch Nomination Chortle Awards^[1]
2015 Barry Award Nomination^[14] Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 Directors Choice Award Sydney Comedy Festival

References

^ ^a ^b "Two Chortle Award nominations for Steen Raskopoulos". comedy.com.au.
^ "BBC - Filming gets under way for BBC Three comedy Top Coppers - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ Elissa Blake (4 May 2015). "The Bear Pack and the art of improvisation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Wainwright, Raskopoulos and Ogston inducted into FFA Hall of Fame". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ Craig Platt (15 April 2013). "Steen Raskopoulos - Melbourne International Comedy Festival". The Age. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ Sydney Comedy Festival#Awards 2
^ "Steen Raskopoulos – I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business review". Time Out London. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards".
^ "Who will win comedy fest's top gong?". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ "Barry Award 2015 WINNERS announced!!". comedyfestival.com.au.
^ "Fans Of The Duchess Will Definitely Recognise Sara Pascoe's Husband". Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Great British Sewing Bee star Sara Pascoe's private family life with rarely-seen two children". HELLO!. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
^ http://www.highwirefilms.com.au/littleton-nominated-awards/ ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Annabel Ross (15 April 2015). "Melbourne International Comedy Festival: 2015 Barry Award nominees announced". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links

Steen Raskopoulos at IMDb

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