Richard Sandling
Actor
Richard Sandling is a British comedian, film reviewer, presenter, writer, director, actor and musician from South Benfleet. He won So You Think You're Funny in 2007. Sandling has said that he sought a career in comedy, and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a number of times, both as a solo act and as part of duo with Stuart Goldsmith. He is also the alter ego of Spak Whitman and has performed comedy all over the UK as well as America and Canada
Sandling runs Perfect Movie in London, a stand up and sketch comedy night all about films featuring recreations of top comedians. He also occasionally runs the Squat Betty comedy night in Southend.
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He was the Myspace.com/comedy film reviewer for a time and is featured in the documentary The People vs. George Lucas. He can also be seen in Peep Show series 7, Trinny & Susannah: From Boom to Bust and Miranda series 2.
He is a regular performer at Robin Ince's Book Club and School for Gifted Children shows in London and at Latitude Festival and in 2008 was part of the Montreal Just For Laughs Britcom Show.
Known for
Nina Forever
January 19, 2016
Graphic Desires
August 31, 2023
The People vs. George Lucas
March 14, 2010
Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild
August 8, 2013
The Nan Movie
March 18, 2022
A Fistful of Lead
December 4, 2018
Nightshooters
July 27, 2018
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
October 28, 2016
Blonde. Purple
November 30, 2021
Catherine Tate's Nan
January 4, 2014
Argh!
August 29, 2023
Godless
April 29, 2017
Acting18
- 2025The Arbiter as Les
- 2024Deathpit as Anarchie Orwell
- 2023Graphic Desires as Hipster Barman
- 2023Argh! as Attendant
- 2022The Nan Movie as Colin
- 2021Blonde. Purple as Ant
- 2021Doll Factory: The Musical as Gavin
- 2018A Fistful of Lead as Johnny Romford
- 2018Nightshooters as Tarker
- 2017Godless as The Scientist