Scott Capurro

Scott Capurro born 10 december 1962

Scott Capurro is a stand-up comedian and writer based in San Francisco and London. His comedy material is deliberately provocative, referring often to gay life and culture, politics, race and racism, and popular culture.

In 1994, he was awarded the Perrier Award for best newcomer, at the Edinburgh Festival.

He first became known in the UK for appearing on late 80s/90s Channel 4 improvisation comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?

In 2002, he presented a light-hearted documentary on Channel 4 called The Truth About Gay Animals which examined the subject of homosexuality in the animal world. Capurro visited various collections of captive animals to observe animals which had been reported to exhibit homosexual behaviour, and interviewed the staff about this. The show also included an interview with anti-gay rights campaigner Baroness Young, where Capurro showed Young a video of a variety of male-male intercourse in various animal species, and then asked her to comment on whether this influenced her views about its 'unnaturalness'.

His 1999 novel Fowl Play describes the decline of the central character Tom's comedy career, and onset of depression, drug and alcohol abuse.

He provided one of the voices for the character Fode and Beed in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and also appeared in the movie Mrs Doubtfire as Harvey Fierstein's character's life partner.

Capurro appeared on Australian show Rove Live and shocked the host, Rove, with an explicit routine. His material was no more bawdy than usual but it was particularly unsuitable for the target demographic. Rove apologised immediately after the performance.