Richard David-Caine

Richard David-Caine (born 5 April 1987) is an English actor, writer and voiceover artist. He plays the character of Line in the CBeebies series Swashbuckle. He is also part of the key ensembles in the BBC comedies Horrible Histories and Class Dismissed; for the latter he was nominated in the 2017 and 2019 RTS Awards for Best Performance in a Comedy.

Richard David-Caine
Born (1987-04-05) 5 April 1987
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor, writer, voiceover artist
Known forSwashbuckle, Horrible Histories, Class Dismissed

Early life

David-Caine is from Ruislip, North-west London. He graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2009 with a BA (Hons) in Acting. He states one of his idols as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. He identifies as vegan.

Career

In 2009, David-Caine set up his own comedy group, Four Screws Loose, along with Joseph Elliott, Conan House and Thom Ford. The group performed five shows in successive years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as performing at Bestival, Latitude Festival, Underbelly Southbank Festival, Brighton Fringe and Adelaide Fringe Festival. They were selected as New Act of the Year (NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show) finalists 2013 and featured on BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama and BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret. The group’s style revolved around high energy routines, physical comedy and audience interaction[1] and garnered mostly positive reviews.[2]

David-Caine’s first lead TV role came when he was cast as one half of the comedy double act Cook and Line on CBeebies’ new pirate gameshow, Swashbuckle.[3] The show proved popular and lead to other appearances on the channel including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest (RSC co-productions) and the annual Christmas shows. David-Caine was also selected as part of the core cast in BAFTA-winning comedy sketch show, Horrible Histories. As well as this, he’s starred in all four series of BBC mockumentary, Class Dismissed.

In 2017 he developed, wrote and starred in his own internet comedy series, InterNOT, alongside his comedy partner, Joseph Elliott. The show satirises YouTube and cameos David-Caine’s characters from Class Dismissed, Mark and Mrs Mark. Other notable work includes BBC Three sitcoms Dead Air (as character, Hardip) and People Just Do Nothing (as Chabuddy G’s boss, Sam).

David-Caine voices a variety of characters in CBBC comedy, The Zoo and Entertainment One's animated series Ricky Zoom.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2012Skins: ReduxRupertE41 episode
2013–presentSwashbuckleLineCBeebies156 episodes
2013A CBeebies Christmas CarolPupilCBeebies
2014CBeebies Peter PanLineLineCBeebies
2015Dead AirHardipBBC Three
2015–2016Justin's HouseLine, Oogie Boogie PlantCBeebies4 episodes
2015–presentClass DismissedVariousCBBC52 episodes
2016 CBeebies A Midsummer Night’s DreamLineCBeebies
Shakespeare Live! From the RSCGabriel SpencerBBC Two
2016–presentHorrible HistoriesVariousCBBC33 episodes
2017Big FieldVariousBBC Three8 episodes
2017InterNOTVariousBBC iPlayer8 episodes
2017–2018People Just Do NothingSamBBC Three4 episodes
2019 Doctors Tahir Wakim BBC One 1 episode
2020Avenue 5WaiterHBO2 episodes

References
  1. "An Interview With Four Screws Loose".
  2. "Four Screws Loose in Screwtopia!".
  3. Carey, Catherine (28 June 2013). "A New Pirate Show Comes to CBeebies". BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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