Born in January 1957, Frank grew up in Oldbury and Smethwick; West Midlands. After various jobs, he performed his first stand up gig in December 1987 and went on to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival. He has enjoyed unrivalled success, both as a phenomenally popular stand-up comic and with his hit TV series, The Frank Skinner Show , Fantasy Football, Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned and his sitcom Shane.The multi-award winning comic has also achieved two number one hits in the UK music charts with the football anthem Three Lions alongside David Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds.