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Inside the Life of a Full-Time David Brent Impersonator

“I never talk about money. I do okay. It allows me to drive a nice car and live in a house and go on holidays, put it that way.”

Since 2004, the year after the hit show ended its original run in the U.K., Oliver has performed as a David Brent impersonator, and to this day, he makes his living pretending to be one of the most iconic comedy characters of all time. Oliver is hired for almost every imaginable event: bachelor parties (called “stag dos” in the U.K.), weddings, promotional videos, awards ceremonies, corporate speeches. Oliver, whose voice and mannerisms are startlingly similar to Brent even when he is not performing, talked earlier this month about his strange 20-year career playing the character and what it’s like to make a living as someone else.

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