David Walliams
English comedian
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| October 26 2023 | Released 'Little Monsters Rule!' picture book. |
| July 6 2023 | Published The World's Worst Monsters, the latest book in the short story collection series. |
| April 5 2023 | Published children's novel 'Robodog', a story about a police dog school recruit saving his city from evil criminals. |
| 2022 | Served as a judge on the tenth season of Australia's Got Talent. |
| 2022 | Appears in 'Comic Relief: Rock Profile' with Matt Lucas, judges Australia's Got Talent, and stars in 'Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!' and 'Red Riding Hood: After Ever After' |
| December 8 2022 | Published 'Grannysaurus' picture book. |
| November 2022 | Recordings of Walliams' inappropriate comments from the 2020 Britain's Got Talent filming emerged, leading to public controversy. |
| November 2022 | Following controversy over leaked disparaging comments, Walliams decided to leave Britain's Got Talent after a ten-year run and was replaced by Bruno Tonioli. |
| September 2022 | Published children's novel 'Spaceboy'. |
| April 28 2022 | Published The World's Worst Pets, illustrated by Adam Stower, marking a change from the previous Tony Ross illustrations. |
| February 17 2022 | Released 'Marmalade: The Orange Panda' picture book. |
| 2021 | Walliams features in various TV shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Masked Dancer, and Hansel and Gretel: After Ever After |
| 2021 | Played the role of Losberne in the film 'Twist' |
| 2020 | Won Best TV Judge at the National Television Awards. |
| 2020 | Published 'Code Name Bananas', a book set in World War II-era Britain, announced on his Instagram. |
| 2020 | David Walliams won a gold prize at the British Podcast Awards for his children's classical music podcast 'David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast', which was produced by Classic FM. |
| 2020 | Walliams appears in multiple television projects including Sandylands, Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After, and The Jonathan Ross Show |
| 2020 | David Walliams was a special guest star in The Comeback at the Noël Coward Theatre |
| October 15 2020 | Published 'Little Monsters' picture book, illustrated by Adam Stower. |
| July 2020 | Published The World's Worst Parents book, following the structure of previous short story collections. |
| June 2020 | David Walliams and Matt Lucas issued identical public apologies on Twitter, acknowledging their past use of racial impersonations and expressing regret for portraying characters of other races. |
| June 2020 | Netflix, Britbox, NOW TV, and BBC iPlayer removed 'Little Britain' and 'Come Fly With Me' due to controversial use of blackface and stereotypical portrayals of various groups, following increased awareness from the Black Lives Matter protests. |
| June 27 2020 | Published The World's Worst Teachers book. |
| January 2020 | During a Britain's Got Talent recording at the London Palladium, David Walliams made sexually explicit and derogatory remarks about contestants. |
| 2019 | Won Best TV Judge at the National Television Awards. |
| 2019 | Performed voice roles in two films: 'Missing Link' as Mr. Lemuel Lint and 'Murder Mystery' as Tobias Quince |
| December 12 2019 | Released 'The Creature Choir' picture book. |
| October 2019 | Walliams became the new host of the National Television Awards (NTAs) for 2020, taking over from Dermot O'Leary. |
| 2018 | Won Best TV Judge at the National Television Awards. |
| 2018 | David Walliams starred in the British Airways Safety video, collaborating with Comic Relief and providing a notable lifejacket instruction segment. |
| November 2018 | Published 'The Ice Monster'. |
| November 15 2018 | Published 'Geronimo' picture book. |
| July 26 2018 | Released 'Boogie Bear' picture book. |
| May 2018 | Published third The World's Worst Children short story collection, maintaining the series format with Tony Ross illustrations. |
| January 2018 | David Walliams hosted the Presidents Club Charitable Trust charity auction for the third time, offering a character naming opportunity in a future book as an auction prize. The event later became controversial due to reports of sexual harassment of hostesses by male attendees. |
| 2017 | Matt Lucas published his autobiography 'Little Me', which discussed the controversial 'Hide the Sausage' sketch and the violent reactions from theatre audiences towards David Walliams' performance. |
| 2017 | Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Birthday Honours for services to charity and the arts. |
| November 2017 | Published 'Bad Dad' and sold £16.57 million worth of books. |
| November 2017 | David Walliams sparked controversy by posting a Halloween costume photo on Twitter dressed as Kim Jong-un, wearing a black suit, wig, and prosthetics that altered his appearance, which was widely criticized as racist and insensitive due to the North Korean leader's human rights record. |
| May 2017 | Published second The World's Worst Children short story collection, continuing the series with Tony Ross illustrations. |
| 2016 | Appeared in the television film adaptation of his children's book Billionaire Boy. |
| December 2016 | Walliams hosted the final comedy show 'Thrills and Spills' in Louisville, Kentucky, and presented the Royal Variety Performance and a Christmas special of Blankety Blank on ITV. |
| November 2016 | Published 'The Midnight Gang'. |
| September 19 2016 | Published 'There's a Snake in My School!' picture book. |
| May 2016 | Published first The World's Worst Children short story collection, illustrated by Tony Ross, featuring 'five beastly boys and five gruesome girls'. |
| 2015 | Starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC drama series Partners in Crime. |
| 2015 | Won Best TV Judge at the National Television Awards. |
| 2015 | Walliams appeared in Comic Relief, playing Lou Todd and Stephen Hawking alongside Catherine Tate. |
| November 5 2015 | Released 'The Bear Who Went Boo!' picture book. |
| September 2015 | Walliams began filming for his BBC sketch show 'Walliams & Friend', which premiered on Christmas Eve and featured Joanna Lumley and Morgana Robinson. |
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