Heydon Prowse

About Heydon Prowse

Who is it?: Actor, Writer, Director
Birth Year: 1981
Birth Place:  London, England, United Kingdom
Medium: Stand-up, television, film, radio
Years active: 1993–present
Genres: Topical comedy/satire
Subject(s): Politics, current affairs

Heydon Prowse

Heydon Prowse was born on 1981 in  London, England, United Kingdom, is Actor, Writer, Director. Heydon Prowse (born 1981) is a British activist, journalist, satirist, director and comedian. He is best known for writing and performing in BBC Three's Bafta-winning The Revolution Will Be Televised alongside Jolyon Rubinstein. As part of that show he gave George Osborne a GCSE maths text book, a stunt that featured on the front cover of the Daily Telegraph and other publications.
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Biography/Timeline

2004

Prowse was educated at King Alfred School, London and the University of Sussex where he studied philosophy, graduating in 2004. Heydon made national news in the UK in 2009 when a secret recording he made of Conservative Politician Alan Duncan in the Houses of Parliament resulted in Duncan's dismissal. As a schoolboy he played Colin Craven in the 1993 film The Secret Garden.

2013

Heydon Prowse is Director and talent with the viral creative agency Don't Panic for whom he has created a number of award winning films. In 2013, Prowse directed his first VICE show, presented by Nimrod Kamer at the Venice Film Festival.

2015

For the United Kingdom general election, 2015, Prowse changed his name to Michael Green via deed poll to stand as an independent candidate against Grant Shapps in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency. The name Michael Green is a pseudonym of Shapps which has attracted controversy. He secured 216 votes in the election, placing sixth out of seven candidates.

2016

Prowse also acted as the presenter for the BBC documentary show The Town That Took on the Taxman shown in January 2016, where businesses in the small Welsh town Crickhowell attempted to minimise their tax burden using the same ways as large corporations.

2017

Prowse is known for prank calling notable figures in politics and entertainment. In February 2017 he duped Number 10 Downing Street claiming the US President wanted to send Theresa May her favourite bouquet as a special gift [1]. On May 2017 he called Jeremy Corbyn who has mistook Prowse for Stormzy and discussed making a grime video together [2].

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