Background
Wernham was born in Billericay, Essex. His father, Dave, helps him write his jokes and structure the routine.
Wernham was born in Billericay, Essex. His father, Dave, helps him write his jokes and structure the routine.
He also played Mitchell in Bad Education and has appeared in The Inbetweeners, School of Comedy and Some Girls. He started his stand-up comedy act at the age of eight, winning his first talent show at eight. Wernham"s favourite comedians are Editor Byrne, Peter Kay and Lee Evans.
In 2008, Wernham auditioned for the second series of the Independent Television talent show in London, where he performed a variety of jokes.
Judge Piers Morgan commented that the jokes were terrible but delivered a confident performance. Simon Cowell said that "We"ve had some rotten comedians on this show, but you"re the only one who"s made me laugh and told jokes that I could understand".
Amanda Holden commented that Wernham has "made her moan". Wernham received three "yes" votes from the judges and was put through to the next round.
He made it through to the live semi-finals.
In the semi-final on 29 May 2008, he performed a stand-up comedy routine. The performance brought largely positive comments from the judges, though Morgan and Holden said that the jokes were "terrible" but that they still loved the acting Cowell compared him to a funny version of Jim Davidson.
He failed to make it through to the final.
After the show, Wernham began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School at weekends. He appeared on the E4 comedy The Inbetweeners in the episode "Work Experience" playing Danny Moore, a pupil who beats up Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas).
He also starred in the E4 show School of Comedy, playing several characters. The show began airing on 2 October 2009.
He appeared in the third series of Harry & Paul on British Broadcasting Corporation Two in late 2010.
He also plays Mitchell in the new series Bad Education on British Broadcasting Corporation 3, written by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall. Between 2013 and 2016 he regularly appeared as Robbie Roscoe in Hollyoaks.
