Thomas Upton

"Thomas Upton" (born on December 26 (Boxing Day), 1975) is a Eruowoodian stand-up comedian, actor, and singer. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Barry Gold (a show off, who thinks he's a TV personality star) and Harbour Master Jones (a comical alcoholic harbour master, known for his sea-shanty's), which he uses as alter egos in performances.

Beginning his career in stand up comedy, he got his first role on television in 1996, when he joined the cast of "Skid's Skits", in the 2nd season. His characters where sited as some of the best on the show, with the most popular being Barry Gold, who was so popular, that he was given his own show in 2001 on ERPT 3.

He has won at least 16 awards, mostly for "Outstanding Stand-Up Comedy", "Best Comedy Album", "Best Comedy Television Program", "Outstanding Comedy Series", "Outstanding Acting in a Comedy Series", and "Best Animated Comedy Movie" to name a few.

Discography
Comedy and music albums:
 * Thomas Upton in: What Goes Upton! (1998)
 * Thomas Upton: What Am I To Be Exact? (1999)
 * Jones's Shanty's, That Aren't Utter Sh*t (2001)
 * Barry Gold's Stories: Dreadful Dave (2001)
 * Barry Gold's Stories: A Tale of Tom (2002)
 * Barry Gold's Stories: Fairly Tales of Unfairness (2002)
 * The Barry Gold Show Christmas Special Soundtrack (2002)
 * Harbour Master Jones's Songs for Seamen (men at sea to exact) (2004)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 1 (2004)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 2 (2005)
 * A Tale of Tom: The Soundtrack of the Animated Film (2006)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 3 (2008)
 * Thomas Upton: Perfect Skits & Songs for When You Are Stuck in Traffic Jams (2008)
 * Barry Gold's New Decade Special Soundtrack (2010)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 4 (2012)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 5 (2014)
 * Master Jones & Barry Gold's Best Songs (Compaliation Album) (2016)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence: Vol 6 (2018)
 * Thomas Upton: Cheering You Up While You Are Stuck at Home (2020)

Filmography

 * Skid's Skits (TV Show) (1996-2000) (Joined During Season 2)
 * Thomas Upton Live! at the Eruowood Arena (Recording of the Live Special) (1998)
 * The Barry Gold Show (TV Show) (2001-2005, 2008-2010, 2016-2019) (The Original Run lasted from 2001 to 2005, before the series was revived in 2008, and again in 2016)
 * The Barry Gold Show Christmas (Special of the TV Show) (2002)
 * Barry Gold Live! (Special of the TV Show) (2004)
 * A Tale of Tom (Stop-Motion Animated Film) (2006) (based on his comedy album "Barry Gold's Stories: A Tale of Tom" from 2002)
 * Thomas Upton's Meaning of Existence Live Show (Recording of the Live Special) (2007) (based on the first 2 volumes of the Meaning of Existence comedy albums, with some new material that would appear in the 3rd volume)
 * Barry Gold's New Decade Special (Special of the TV Show) (2010)
 * Thomas Upton Presents: Harbour Master Jones in: What's a Cracking, Kraken? (TV Special) (2013)
 * Barry Gold: The El Kadsre Trip (TV Mini-Series) (2014-2015)
 * Thomas Upton's Look on Stand-Up Comedy (TV Documentary) (2018)

Trivia

 * Upton is a huge fan of animation, growing up with episodes of "Postman Pat" on VHS as a kid, in interview from 2005, he states that: "I love animation, it's so intreasting, how we can do loads to make these fictonal characters act out in ways we could not even imagen, this is the reason why I wanted to addapt A Tale of Tom into an animated movie".
 * In a 2018 interview, he stated that his favorite shows are "American Dad!", "Only Fools and Horses....", & "Seinfeld".
 * He also states he is a huge fan of anime, with "Neon Genesis Evangelion" & "Kill la Kill" being his favourites.
 * His inspirations for being a comedian are George Carlin (who he listed to a lot of his Comedy Albums as a teenager) & Rowan Atkinson (for creating the popular character of Mr Bean).
 * He is married to Marry Lee, who has also been his agent since 2000.