Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was born as the youngest of three sons to a Prudential insurance broker and a home economics school teacher. He grew up in Banstead, Surrey, and attended Oakhyrst Grange School and Caterham School.
Deayton showed early promise as a footballer and had a trial with Crystal Palace. He was also captain of the Caterham U16 Rugby team. He read languages at New College, Oxford, where he was recruited into the Oxford Revue and performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Deayton's career began on Radio Active, a parody of British local radio stations broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1981 and 1987. He co-wrote and performed the show, which later transferred to television as KYTV between 1989 and 1993. He was frequently a straight man alongside Rowan Atkinson and starred with him in the Mr. Bean episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean".
Deayton was also a featured player in all three series of the Emmy award-winning sketch comedy series Alexei Sayle's Stuff. He played the role of Patrick Trench in the British suburban sitcom One Foot in the Grave and was the original presenter of the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You.
Deayton was dismissed from Have I Got News for You in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his personal life. He has since appeared in various TV shows and films, including the BBC comedy series Waterloo Road, where he played the role of George Windsor.
In his personal life, Deayton was in a long-term relationship with scriptwriter Lise Mayer from 1991 to 2015.
