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Jeremy still sucks his thumb

Jokes that the reason he does not act in the League of Gentlemen is that he is allergic to halogen lights. In reality he believes that, unlike the other three Gentlemen, he has had no formal training and is not a good enough character actor.

When writing for The League of Gentlemen he writes with Mark Gatiss. Whilst Shearsmith writes with Pemberton. This is to avoid arguments.

In 1997 along with his fellow League of Gentlemen (Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss & Reece Shearsmith)he won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They became the first sketch group to win since the Awards began in 1981. The first Sketch group to win was The Cambridge Footlights which featured Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Paul Dwyer and Paul Shearer.

In 2002 he was nominated along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss & Reece Shearsmith for Best Entertainment at the Olivier Awards for their show The League of Gentlemen: Live at Dury's Lane. They lost out to " Shockheaded Peter " created and devised by Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Julian Crouch, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Jo Pocock, Phelim McDermott, Michael Morris and The Tiger Lillies (Martyn Jacques, Adrian Huge and Adrian Stout)

Plays keyboard in a band called Rudolph Rocker

In 2002 he was nominated along with Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss & Reece Shearsmith for Best Entertainment at the Olivier Awards for their show The League of Gentlemen: Live at Dury's Lane.