Lee Cornes

Who is Lee Cornes?

Lee Cornes is an English television actor.

Cornes appeared in three series of Blackadder, as a talking extra, in two episodes of The Young Ones and in the TV show Bottom, as barman Dick Head. He made an appearance in the first episode of Filthy, Rich & Catflap as a binman. He also starred in children's drama Grange Hill as Mr. Geoff Hankin; provided voices for characters in children's television series TUGS, and featured in the Doctor Who story Kinda as the Trickster. He also appeared in Red Dwarf as Paranoia in the series one episode "Confidence and Paranoia." He also appeared several times in the BBC Scotland sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt, once as a DSS Clerk and again as a barman in a highland pub. He appeared in the 2002 S Club Juniors video "One Step Closer." In November 2010 he appeared as 'Dave' in Episode 6 of E4 comedy Phoneshop.

Cornes is the lead writer for Mr Bean, The Animated Series.

In an interview in The Times on 20 February 2010, Lee Cornes was cited as one of fellow comedian Sean Lock's biggest comedic influences. Lock said: "He’s not very well known but he is my main influence — he used to compere at the Comedy Store. He’s the comedians’ comedian. He used to be very unpredictable, which is a great skill in a comedian, not knowing where to go next. He also used to play the physics teacher in Grange Hill."