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Jim Tavare (born Essex, England, 1963) is an English stand-up comedian and musician.

Tavare moved to Cheshire with his family when he was seven and he attended art school as a teenager in Northwich before going to London, where he successfully auditioned for RADA. He later branched out into stand-up comedy with a unique act which featured his double bass - an instrument he had learned to play to a reasonable standard during his childhood. He always donned tails and a white tie outfit - the uniform of the classical musician - when performing his act, though he only played the bass in short bursts for comic effect.

After many years working the stand-up circuit and making fleeting television appearances as a guest comic, Tavare hosted a series for BBC2 entitled Jim Tavare Pictures Presents.... He also had a skit series of his own on Channel Five and an episode of the American series Wings was written entirely around his act with the bass.

Tavare, a father of two, is probably best known now for his work on The Sketch Show on ITV and also plays the role of Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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