Addy Van Der Borgh

Who is Addy Van Der Borgh?

Addy van der Borgh is a British stand up comedian who appeared on the BBC One ‘Stand-up Show’. He has subsequently appeared on ‘Live at Jongleurs’ and ‘The World Stands Up’ for Sky TV and the BBC3 series from Baby Cow Productions, 'Brain Candy'. He has also written and co-presented twenty episodes of 'TV Meltdown' for Sky 1 with Kirsty Gallacher, has acted in a number of voiceovers for radio and television and has appeared on many radio shows including the legendary ‘Loose Ends’ on Radio 4.

Van Der Borgh was the only British comic invited to appear in the Twentieth Century Fox Comedy Showcase in Los Angeles in September 2003 and was subsequently signed to the Hollywood agents Paradigm, and he recently played the starring role of ‘Jack Watson’ in his first film, ‘Little Things’ for Pandelic Films, directed by Steven Alan Green.

Van Der Borgh studied clowning and physical theatre at LAMDA and is well known for his animation of inanimate objects and physicality. He performed complete sellout runs at the South Africa Comedy Festival in Cape Town and the New Zealand International comedy Festival in Auckland as well as writing and performing three sell out one man shows at the Edinburgh festival.