Dan Antopolski (born 22 August 1972) is a British comic, actor and writer.

[3] He has appeared at international comedy festivals in Montreal, Melbourne and New York.

[4] Antopolski has been a regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, had minor roles in films[5] and appeared in a number of panel shows.

The joke, "Hedgehogs – why can't they just share the hedge?

", went viral and Antopolski's agents had to issue a cease and desist order to a T-shirt company reproducing the joke.