Steen Raskopoulos

Comedian

Birthday July 3, 1987

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Sydney, Australia

Age 36 years old

Nationality Australia

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1987

Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and improviser.

He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows, playing Dr. Evan in The Duchess (Netflix), Pete Lewis in Feel Good (Netflix), John Mahogany in BBC Three's Top Coppers, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia and as one half of the award-winning improvisation duo The Bear Pack.

Raskopoulos was born in Sydney.

His father is FFA Hall of Fame footballer Peter Raskopoulos and his sister is comedian and singer Jordan Raskopoulos.

He studied at the University of Sydney where he first started improvising and performed Theatresports at Manning Bar.

He is the co-founder of Improv Theatre Sydney.

2008

Raskopoulos is also the youngest Theatresports National Champion of Australia, winning the title in 2008 with Simon Greiner and two members from The Axis of Awesome, Jordan Raskopoulos and Lee Naimo.

Raskopoulos has starred on the sketch show This is Littleton (ABC), SlideShow (Channel 7), Legally Brown (SBS), It's a Date (ABC), The Code (ABC), Utopia (ABC), True Story with Hamish & Andy (Nine) Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia (Comedy Channel), Squinters (ABC), Feel Good (Netflix), The Duchess (Netflix), Out of Her Mind (BBC 1) and lead in the BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers

2013

Raskopoulos debuted his first solo sketch show Bruce springSTEEN LIVE IN CONCERT at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

He was nominated for Best Newcomer, and won the same award at the Sydney Comedy Festival later that year.

2014

In 2014, he returned with a new show, I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business.

He sold out his seasons in Melbourne, Sydney, London and Edinburgh and was nominated for the Fosters Comedy Awards Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Character Assassin earned him a Barry Award nomination for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

2018

He won the Directors Choice award at the 2018 Sydney Comedy Festival for his solo sketch show 'Stay'.

2020

Raskopoulos has been married to the British comedian Sara Pascoe since 2020.

The couple have a son born in February 2022.

The couple have announced that they are expecting their second child following issues with fertility.