In 2001 Feilder entered a talent contest on
Channel 4's
The Big Breakfast called 'Find Me A Weather Presenter' which he eventually won and became the face of breakfast TV meteorology From 2006 to 2008 he voiced the character Nobby in
Wish Films children's TV show
Jim Jam & Sunny alongside
Justin Fletcher and
Bob Golding. Following that he voiced the characters of Plex and Brobee in the UK dub of award-winning show
Yo Gabba Gabba. In his capacity as a stand-up comedian, Feilder was a finalist in The
Laughing Horse New Act of the Year, Amused Moose Comedy Awards and a Semi-Finalist in the
BBC New Comedy Awards. Between 2009 and 2016 Feilder mounted five shows at the
Edinburgh Fringe festival: •
Life of Si - with
Sy Thomas •
Life of Si: Si Harder - the follow-up •
AAA Stand-Up - A triple-hander package show selected by comedy promotor Bound & Gagged, featuring Feilder along with Joe Rowntree and Pat Burtscher • '''''All The Things I'm Not''''' - His debut solo show •
Die Trying - 2nd solo show loosely based on his
YouTube series of the same name In 2010 Feilder and Sy Thomas also appeared at the inaugural
Hollywood Fringe festival as part of 'The British Invasion' where they were awarded
Best Comedy In 2014 Feilder was the co-host of the
Ellie Taylor Show on
Fubar Radio. He would later support Taylor on several of her solo stand-up tours. Re-united with
Sy Thomas, in 2016-2017 the pair produced a series of comedy videos for kids' comic
The Beano, under the banner of 'Simon & Simon's Guide To...' In 2018 he wrote and acted in the short film 'Renaissance', which was directed by
Ben Mallaby and selected for Encounters Film Festival and the
Harlem Hip-Hop Film Festival among others. In 2018 Feilder joined the cast of
Amsterdam's
Boom Chicago comedy theatre where he created and performed in numerous improv, sketch and musical shows, shared stages with
Brendan Hunt,
Arjen Lubach,
Jason Sudeikis and the mayor of Amsterdam
Famke Halseme In 2021 Feilder started a
podcast dedicated to (
DTV) action movies called
Dodge This where he and comedian friend
Matthew Highton would talk about international and niche action movies. In later episodes Simon is joined by other comedians and film-makers and occasionally interviews up-and-coming action directors such as James Nunn and
Will Gilbey. In 2022 Feilder appeared in the Dutch nostalgic reboot movie
Costa! In 2024 he appeared in the
Bollywood movie
JIGRA alongside
Alia Bhatt and the TV series
Freedom At Midnight. ==References==