Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, Karl Theobald was a stand-up comedian before graduating from the Drama Centre in 2000, and subsequently joining theatrical touring companies such as Complicite . In both 2000 and 20001 he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, in 2001 as a member of the prestigious Comedy Zone. He has also travelled throughout Great Britain performing his one-man show entitled Mr. Tinnamen's Travelling Medicine Show. In addition to his appearances as a comic actor, notably on television's 'Green Wing', '2012' and as the grasping landlord in Roman set 'Plebs', he is also a writer and in 2002 he was part of the team who collected a British Academy award for Best Television Comedy Series for scripting 'The Sketch Show.'