Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television.
Skinner has appeared in numerous TV comedies, including Mike Bassett: Manager (ITV1), The Office Christmas specials (BBC1), My Family (BBC1), Yonderland (Sky1) and Coupling (BBC2).
He also had a part in the fourth episode of series one of Mongrels as an American reporter, and appeared as Captain Length-Width with his Shooting Stars host Vic Reeves in the CBBC show The Ministry of Curious Stuff.
He was originally introduced by Bob Mortimer as a competition winner, as well as a burger van owner from 'somewhere in the North East', although this aspect of his character was gradually sidelined.
As the character developed, Epithemiou showed an ongoing obsession with Ulrika Jonsson, and revealed that his burger van had been destroyed by his brother Agathius.
He also appeared in a series of YouTube clips alongside David Earl whose character Brian Gittins employed him at his cafe, and who was increasingly envious of the fame Epithemiou was gaining on Shooting Stars.
He served tinned mushroom soup with white sliced bread for the starter and employed a burger van to cook his main dish.
On 1 December 2019, Epithemiou appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch but only for the start of the show when guests are introduced followed by the first cooking item which he interrupted part-way through by walking into shot to announce that he was leaving.
[4] Skinner played several roles in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Deep Trouble, written by Ben Willbond and Jim Field Smith.
Skinner can be seen in Tim Plester's 2006 short film World of Wrestling as a fictionalised version of wrestler Dave "Fit" Finlay.