David Armand

David Armand (born David Whitehead) is an English comedian and actor and a member of the comedy troupe The Hollow Men. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has performed for television, stage, film and radio. He co-wrote and starred in The Hollow Men TV series for Comedy Central in the US, and their BBC Radio 4 series. He also starred in the Five sketch show Swinging, and the BBC Three sitcom Pulling. He made himself famous when he did a mime style interpretive dance of Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" in early 2005 (in character as "Johann Lippowitz" - an Austrian "interpretive dance artist") that was presented on HBO Comedy and was spread later on through the Internet. David Armand performed his famous dance on stage live with Natalie Imbruglia at the 2006 Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International. The performance started with Armand dancing with Imbruglia singing live vocals backstage, then on-stage, and concluded with Imbruglia performing Armand's dance moves alongside him. Armand has also mimicked on 2 other songs so far; "Wherever I Lay My Hat" by Paul Young and "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis.