Stefan Pejic
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Stefan Pejic is a Welsh
actor
, comedian
, singer, and entertainer born in Neath
and raised in Swansea
, Wales
. He is a former Butlins redcoat.
, and being cast in a production for Tigerlilyfilms.
From the ages of ten to thirteen, he attended the Mark Jermin Stage School and appeared in many childrens television shows for CITV such as Jungle Run
and Mad for it
, adverts for WHSMITH (1998),McDonalds (1999),Kelloggs Crispix (2000)and Krazy Kids,Nickleodeon (2001) and television productions such as The Gormenghast Trilogy, Goodbye Mr Chips, Teachers, Kids Say The Funniest Things and 2 for 2000.
Pejic left Pontardulais Comprehensive School, Swansea aged thirteen with a GCSE in Drama
and was the youngest student ever to be enrolled on a National Diploma Performing Arts course.
It was at Butlins
, Minehead
that he furthered his performing and comedic skills. He was invited to have work experience as a Redcoat, thus becoming the youngest ever Butlins Redcoat and such was his success and popularity, Pejic was invited back over four consecutive years.
At sixteen Pejic began teaching drama in various stage schools and helped deliver PSE programmes around primary and secondary schools in the Swansea/Neath/Port Talbot areas of South Wales.
In 2002, He played the role of 'Spikey' in series 3 of the award winning HTV Wales drama
Nuts and Bolts.
In films, Pejic has appeared in About a Boy
. His initial scene was cut before filming, so the producers created a role especially for him, where He is seen briefly throwing an apple at Hugh Grant as he sings 'Killing me softly' at the end of the film.
He was also an extra in the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
Further television credits include 'Andy Belden' in BBC medical drama Casualty
(2004), 'Davey Campbell' in BBC daytime soap Doctors(2006), 'Jack' in the television film, Re-run and 'Simon' in the BAFTA Cymru award winning, S4C drama Compassionate as well as appearing in the BBC series Sherlock.
Pejic has also enjoyed success on stage,performing his comedy and magic in the West End,starring as 'Dan' in the stage version of Closer,as 'Ethan' in The Full Monty and as the male lead 'Alfie' in the highly acclaimed musical Swansea Women.
Other theatre roles have included 'Mr Mushnik', Little Shop of Horrors
(2004),'Cosmo Brown', Singin' in the Rain
(2005), 'Colonel Pickering', My Fair Lady
(2005), 'Spider', Jekyll & Hyde (2006), 'Edwin', Summer Holiday (2006) (2009), 'Britney Spears', We Will Rock You
(2007), 'The Cat', Honk!
(2008) and 'The Scarecrow', The Wizard of Oz
(2008) as part of the Sir Harry Secombe Trust performing group at the Swansea Grand Theatre
.
He has also appeared in several pantomimes,including 2009's Robinson Crusoe
at the theatre elli, Llanelli
where He played 'Captain Jack Sparrow', 2009/2010s Beauty and the Beast
playing 'Willy Doo it' and will soon be embarking on his Christmas 2010 role playing 'Simple Simon' in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Brian Hibbard
at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
.
As well as the aforementioned, Pejic is also a comedian, most notably in the guise of the spoof
character Donovan, who is also an 'agony uncle' for Frost magazine, loved for his biting come backs to hecklers and pun and props style material. Pejic has also recently created Chad Lovejoy for a one off event at the 'Itchy Beaver :Catch 22' comedy night.
Pejic is co-founder and writer of comedy double act "Mayhem Troop" with Simon Emanuel, as well as co-creating, writing and producing the sketch based comedy group "Le 122" alongside Ceri Phillips
.
In 2009, Pejic became the father of a baby daughter, Scarlet Faye.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, singer, and entertainer born in Neath
Neath
Neath is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a population of approximately 45,898 in 2001...
and raised in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. He is a former Butlins redcoat.
Career
Pejic started his professional career at the age of seven whilst attending the Stagecoach Theatre SchoolStagecoach Theatre Arts
Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc is a professional theatre arts school, operating in thousands of locations around the world, with over 600 schools in the United Kingdom...
, and being cast in a production for Tigerlilyfilms.
From the ages of ten to thirteen, he attended the Mark Jermin Stage School and appeared in many childrens television shows for CITV such as Jungle Run
Jungle Run
Jungle Run was a British television series which aired on CITV as part of the ITV network from 1999 to 2006. It is a game show similar to Fort Boyard and The Crystal Maze...
and Mad for it
Mad for It
Mad For It was a British game show for children which was produed by Carlton Television broadcast on CITV from 1998–2000. Series 1 was hosted by former Nickelodeon presenters Yiolanda Koppel and Mike McClean. In 2000, Yiolanda was replaced by Nigel Mitchell and Danielle Nicholls...
, adverts for WHSMITH (1998),McDonalds (1999),Kelloggs Crispix (2000)and Krazy Kids,Nickleodeon (2001) and television productions such as The Gormenghast Trilogy, Goodbye Mr Chips, Teachers, Kids Say The Funniest Things and 2 for 2000.
Pejic left Pontardulais Comprehensive School, Swansea aged thirteen with a GCSE in Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and was the youngest student ever to be enrolled on a National Diploma Performing Arts course.
It was at Butlins
Butlins
Butlins is a chain of large holiday camps in the United Kingdom. Butlins was founded by Billy Butlin to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families....
, Minehead
Minehead
Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park...
that he furthered his performing and comedic skills. He was invited to have work experience as a Redcoat, thus becoming the youngest ever Butlins Redcoat and such was his success and popularity, Pejic was invited back over four consecutive years.
At sixteen Pejic began teaching drama in various stage schools and helped deliver PSE programmes around primary and secondary schools in the Swansea/Neath/Port Talbot areas of South Wales.
In 2002, He played the role of 'Spikey' in series 3 of the award winning HTV Wales drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Nuts and Bolts.
In films, Pejic has appeared in About a Boy
About a Boy
About a Boy is a 1998 novel by British writer Nick Hornby. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2002.-Plot summary:The novel is about Will Freeman, a 36-year-old bachelor, and Marcus, an introverted, bullied 12-year-old who lives alone with his suicidal mother, Fiona...
. His initial scene was cut before filming, so the producers created a role especially for him, where He is seen briefly throwing an apple at Hugh Grant as he sings 'Killing me softly' at the end of the film.
He was also an extra in the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone.
Further television credits include 'Andy Belden' in BBC medical drama Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(2004), 'Davey Campbell' in BBC daytime soap Doctors(2006), 'Jack' in the television film, Re-run and 'Simon' in the BAFTA Cymru award winning, S4C drama Compassionate as well as appearing in the BBC series Sherlock.
Pejic has also enjoyed success on stage,performing his comedy and magic in the West End,starring as 'Dan' in the stage version of Closer,as 'Ethan' in The Full Monty and as the male lead 'Alfie' in the highly acclaimed musical Swansea Women.
Other theatre roles have included 'Mr Mushnik', Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
(2004),'Cosmo Brown', Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain (musical)
Singin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original...
(2005), 'Colonel Pickering', My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
(2005), 'Spider', Jekyll & Hyde (2006), 'Edwin', Summer Holiday (2006) (2009), 'Britney Spears', We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...
(2007), 'The Cat', Honk!
Honk!
Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles...
(2008) and 'The Scarecrow', The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz may refer to:*The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a 1900 book by L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow*The Wizard of Oz , a musical by L...
(2008) as part of the Sir Harry Secombe Trust performing group at the Swansea Grand Theatre
Swansea Grand Theatre
The Grand Theatre is a performing arts venue in the centre of Swansea, Wales. The theatre stages plays, pantomimes and touring theatrical acts visiting Swansea. The Grand Theatre is the base for the UK's only Russian ballet company, the Swansea Ballet Russe....
.
He has also appeared in several pantomimes,including 2009's Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and...
at the theatre elli, Llanelli
Llanelli
Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...
where He played 'Captain Jack Sparrow', 2009/2010s Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...
playing 'Willy Doo it' and will soon be embarking on his Christmas 2010 role playing 'Simple Simon' in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Brian Hibbard
Brian Hibbard
Brian Hibbard is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets.Hibbard was born in Ebbw Vale, and after various job including teacher, steel worker, barman and chimney sweep, he formed the Flying Pickets with a group of other actors who had practised...
at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl
The Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl, Bridgend County Borough, Wales, was opened in 1932. It is well-known for its octagonal dome and striking frontage. Originally intended as a Palm Court for hosting Tea Dances, Balls and Civic functions, the Pavilion is an extremely versatile venue.Construction of...
.
As well as the aforementioned, Pejic is also a comedian, most notably in the guise of the spoof
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
character Donovan, who is also an 'agony uncle' for Frost magazine, loved for his biting come backs to hecklers and pun and props style material. Pejic has also recently created Chad Lovejoy for a one off event at the 'Itchy Beaver :Catch 22' comedy night.
Pejic is co-founder and writer of comedy double act "Mayhem Troop" with Simon Emanuel, as well as co-creating, writing and producing the sketch based comedy group "Le 122" alongside Ceri Phillips
Ceri Phillips
Ceri John Phillips is a Welsh actor, writer and stand-up comic, best known for playing Ollie in BBC Three sitcom Coming of Age.-Early life and career:...
.
In 2009, Pejic became the father of a baby daughter, Scarlet Faye.
External links
- Stefan Pejic at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...