Vaun Earl Norman was born in the north east of England in 1966. He grew up in a working class family near Middlesbrough. He first acted at school and college, but went on to have a career in shipping and the oil and gas industry. In 2007 he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and spent 5 years having operations , chemotherapy and radiotherapy which left him disabled with chronic long term effects. However he beat the cancer and decided to go back to acting and comedy in later life. He has been a regular on Vic and Bob's Big Night Out. And appeared in several other TV shows. As of 2022 he is living near YARM and is writing comedy and performing live.
