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David Walliams

David’s books

David is famous for lots of things…

Raising money for charityActor

Comedian

Writer

TV judge

Charity work

David has done many things to raisemoney for charity including:• Swimming the River Thames• Swimming from England to France• Cycling from one end of England to the

other end.

DID YOU KNOW?

It took David 10 hours and 34minutes to swim the 22 milesfrom England to France.

David's Childhood

• David was born in London.He started acting when hewas at school and had towear a wedding dress whichmade people laugh.

• His mum is called Kathleenand his dad is called Peter.

• David went to school inSurrey.

David the Author• David was a famous comedian with his best friend Matt Lucas and

had his own TV show. But David had always wanted to be an author.David wanted to write how it is ok to be different to other people. Soin 2008 he published a book called ‘The Boy In The Dress’. It is abouta boy who loves to play football and likes to wear dresses. This booksold over half a million copies.

• David has now written 12 chapter books and 6 picture books.

• His books are illustrated by Quentin Blake and Tony Ross.

• Many of his books have been turned into films which David oftenappears in.

Did you know?David has an OBE. This is aspecial award given by theQueen.

When David swam the River Thames, he saved a dog from drowning!

David changed his name fromWilliams to Walliams becausethere was already a actorcalled David Williams.