  simon alvin day (born 7 june 1962 in camberwell, london) is an english comedian most famous for his roles in the sketch show the fast show, sitcom grass and a series of comedic adverts for powergen. ==career== day rose to fame as a stand up comic, winning the time out new act of the year in 1991 with his music hall character tommy cockles. he then appeared on the bbc one show paramount city as a weekly guest. he continued working live all over england before joining up with vic reeves and bob mortimer for two tours and two series of big night out. he continued to work with vic reeves throughout the nineties. in 1994 he appeared as a cast regular in saturday zoo, channel 4's saturday night extravaganza where he appeared as his groundbreaking white rapper ice pick. tv credits include heartbeat, jonathan creek, sensitive skin, love soup, driving school, and skins. film credits include shakespeare in love, as a ferryman on the thames. also in 2005/2006 he collaborated with the transit kings on their soaring ambient track "the last lighthouse keeper" which appears on their debut album living in a giant candle winking at god. he is also known for playing geoff, an alcoholic car salesman in the tv sitcom swiss toni, also starring charlie higson and rhys thomas as his colleagues. in 2008 day embarked on his first solo uk stand-up tour entitled 'what a fool believes' that saw him play 36 dates during the period 30 october - 15 december. in 2009 day collaborated again with rhys thomas and wrote and starred in a web series of six videos as the character brian pern for the bbc. in 2010, day appeared in the long-running bbc tv series hustle, playing luke baincross, a wannabe playboy with a huge country mansion. in may 2010, day played a hospital porter in bbc tv series holby city on his l
1962_births Alumni_of_the_University_of_East_Anglia British_comedians Living_people People_from_Blackheath,_London People_from_Camberwell