Dave Chapman



Dave Chapman is a British Puppeteer who graduated [The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art] ([LAMDA]) in 1992 and trained at The Jim Henson Company puppeteering workshop in 1994. He was assistant puppeteer on Animal for [The X Factor] : The Muppets with [Olly Murs].

His film credits include

[Muppet Treasure Island] [101 Dalmatians] [Prometheus] [My Last Five Girlfriends]

Chapman first found success on live daily British TV as [Otis the Aardvark] for BBC 1 from 1994-99. He performs [Matt Lucas]' singing potatoes on '[Shooting Stars]' and David Dimbledonkey on Armando Iannucci's [Time Trumpet] Other puppet characters performed by Dave include Vinnie the ferret for CBBC, Tiny in [ Tiny and Mr Duk] for BBC1, and for CBeebies he is Scratch in [Nuzzle and Scratch], Windy in [Space Pirates], and Riff the dog in [Carrie and David's Popshop]' He provided Dalek voices alongside [Roy Skelton] for [Dr Who The Curse of Fatal Death]

Chapman plays Peter Nokio in BAFTA Winning CBBC show The Slammer, Plays over 200 characters in BAFTA Winning BBC 1 show [Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow], Alan Draylon in CBBC's [Harry Batt],and the villain - 'The Beastmaster' in BAFTA nominated seasons 2 and 3 of The Legend of Dick and Dom. Chapman hosted Undercover Dads which was BAFTA nominated in 2010.