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Vic Reeves (born Jim Moir January 24, 1959), a
British comedian, best known through his double
act with Bob Mortimer. Supposedly he got the name
Vic Reeves from his favourite singers Vic Damone
and Jim Reeves. 

James Roderick Moir (known to his family as Rod)
was born in Leeds, but at the age of five, moved
to Darlington with his mother, father and younger
sister Lois. In his youth he was a fan of Monty
Python. He left school without qualifications. He
wished to attend art school but this was
unaffordable. 

Before moving to London to pursue a career in the
civil service, Jim had worked as a pig farmer, a
cabbage farmer, in cancer research and as a
factory inspector. He also formed the Fashionable
Five, a group of five friends (including Jack
Dent, who ran the original Fan Club) who would
follow bands like The Enid and Free onto stage and
perform pranks, (including Jim pretending to have
a brass hand, and following a Terry Scott
lookalike around Darlington town centre in single
file formation). Eventually, they formed their own
band. Vic had an early break through the help of
Malcolm Hardee.

In 1983 he began a part-time course at a local art
college, developed his love of painting and
eventually persuaded a local art gallery to stage
an exhibition of his unique work.

As well as working and performing in bands, in
London, Jim also joined the alternative comedy
circuit under many different guises. These
included a loudmouth American called Jim Bell, a
beat poet called Mister Mystery and, eventually,
"The North-East’s Top Light Entertainer" - Vic
Reeves. His stage show "Vic Reeves Big Night Out"
began life as a regular Thursday night gig at
Goldsmith’s Tavern. Here he met Bob Mortimer, a
solicitor who jumped up on stage one night and
ended up joining the show. His growing TV profile
led to the Big Night Out getting a slot on channel
4.

Reeves is one of the few comedians to have had a
no 1 hit in the UK chart, which he did in company
with The Wonder Stuff, singing "Dizzy" (previously
a no 1 hit for Tommy Roe). The single's B-side was
the original composition "Oh! Mr. Hairdresser",
recorded with The Images of Cream and supposedly
featuring Bob Mortimer on the mandolin. He also
released a version of "Born Free" which was
critically acclaimed and also reached the top ten.

As well as off-the-wall comedy shows (see Vic and
Bob), Reeves played Marty Hopkirk in the BBC's
1990s revival of the comedy thriller, Randall and
Hopkirk (Deceased), with Mortimer as Randall and
Tom Baker as Wyvern.

Although Reeves primarily is known as a comedian,
he is also gaining a reputation as an artist. His
drawings and paintings have been used in his
television shows and is a major part of his 1999
book, Sun Boiled Onions.

Every now and then he appears in the British
tabloids for random, bizarre acts with seemingly
little intention to attract media attention. One
such act included burying his vintage car in his
back garden.

In 2003, he and Bob were listed in The Observer as
one of the Observer's 50 funniest|50 funniest acts
in British comedy. In a 2005 poll to find The
Comedian's Comedian, he and Bob were voted the top
9th greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians
and comedy insiders.

Jim has two children, Alice and Louis, by his
first wife Sarah. He was romantically linked to
Emilia Fox, co-star of the Randall & Hopkirk
(Deceased) remake, before marrying second wife
Nancy Sorrell. In 2004 he and Sorrell were both
contestants in the fourth series of I'm A
Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

Since 1998, with his comedy partner Bob Mortimer,
Jim has lent his voice to the nodding dog in the
Churchill Insurance adverts.  He had his contract
terminated in March 2005 after being arrested for
a drink/driving offence in which he ploughed his
vintage Jaguar into a stationary car in Maidstone
before careering into a bank and hitting a fence.
For this offence he was on 21 April 2005
disqualified for driving for thirty-six months and
ordered to do 100 hours community service.

His father and grandfather share the same birthday
as Vic and are both called Jim Moir.