As he draws closer, there's something familiar about this guy. When he drops the LA drawl and speaks in his natural London twang, it's Kevin Bishop, smiling through the make-up and prosthetic nose.
We've come to see the award-winning actor and comedian film the second series of his self-titled show which returns to Channel 4 on Friday, July 31.
The reason he's dressed this way - blacked up like a minstrel, wearing an oversized t-shirt, corn row braids in his hair and some frankly ludicrous trainers - is because he's about to record MC Rapper's latest sketch.
"He's a rapper but he's got no money because of the credit crunch," explains Kevin, before breaking into song, bemoaning his new-found lack of expensive clothes and bling, but still trying to hold on to his one and only "ho".
On set, he croons into the eyes of the model lying on a bed: "I'm fiscally responsible for no one else but you," pushing the crew's ability to stifle laughter to the limit.
There's something immensely likeable about 29-year-old Kevin, and it seems loyalty plays a big part in his work ethic. As a result, the set is a very happy one, not as tense or manic as others.
"The crew is exactly the same as it was for the first series," he says later, relaxing in his trailer - a six foot square portion of a caravan, big enough for a two-seater sofa and little else.
"They all did Star Stories as well, and the first thing I do when we get another series is book this catering company," he adds, gesturing to the chocolate pudding he's practically inhaling. "I did another job recently and this company were booked up so couldn't do it. The food was terrible."
If you've not seen The Kevin Bishop Show before, the premise is quite simple, if something of a challenge to keep up with. It's a rapid-fire half hour of sketch comedy, faster than The Fast Show, and devoid of the catchphrase formula used by everyone from Catherine Tate to Harry Enfield.
He's not afraid of a few choice gags, either. Only Big Brother picked up more complaints than the first series of The Kevin Bishop Show in 2008. It received even more angry letters than Richard Dawkins' religion-bashing The Genius Of Charles Darwin, and the provocatively-titled programme The Perfect Vagina.
When writing the show, Kevin and producer Lee Hupfield stated they wouldn't feature any character more than once in a series, although they have changed that philosophy for the forthcoming series.
"We didn't want to just come up with a catchphrase for a character and then revisit that character six times so they can say the catchphrase each time, but what we have found is that while people said they really enjoyed the first series, they found it difficult to remember any of it.
"People would come up to me and say 'I loved it, I liked the one about, errr...' and they didn't know," he continues.
"This time around, we've taken the pace down ever so slightly, so we could concentrate on the character stuff a little bit more. There are still 42 sketches in 22 minutes, so it's not exactly slow."
New characters include gay, London-obsessed New Yorker Michael Rockerfeller, a favourite of Kevin's as he was created with his brother. There are various skits on famous faces too, making best use of the 29-year-old's skills as a mimic.
While they may not be as finely honed as, say, those of Rory Bremner or Alistair McGowan, he does nearly always manage to pick up the finer details of a character, leaving you in no doubt as to who he's poking fun at.
His Harry Hill, for example, is brilliant, as is his is Simon Cowell impersonation. Jason Statham also gets sent up in the new series, so do Gok Wan and Heston Blumenthal. He reveals that he does a mean impression of Dick Van Dyke as strange-accented chimney sweep Bert in Mary Poppins, too.
"We were doing a scene from that the other day and I was thinking 'I wish they'd remake this film with me in it," he admits.
"I come from a dance background really, that's what I first started doing when I was young, so I loved doing all the footwork and jumping around in our version of Mary Poppins."
Born in Orpington, Kent, in 1980, Kevin's first role was in a production of The Sound Of Music when he was 11. By the time he was 14, with two series of Grange Hill ("I was in it when it started going downhill, the Zammo years were over") under his belt, he found himself in Hollywood as the human star of Muppet Treasure Island.
After those dizzying heights, Kevin fell back to earth with a bump, unable to find more work, and even worse, badly bullied in school by those jealous of his on-screen exploits.
"Those years of not being able to find acting work have definitely made me paranoid," he says.
"I just did normal jobs, I've never been unemployed, so I'd get work cooking in restaurants or on a building site. That's made me realise the difference between this brilliant job that I do now, and the reality of what most people do every day.
"Working with The Muppets 15 years ago is my biggest gig to date, so I still feel like a bit of a failure! I feel like I'm on the way out, even though I've got my own show.
"I walked on the set of Gulliver's Travels (in Pinewood) last week to see them and thought 'Maybe, one day'. You get a taste for it, and I'm pretty sure that's why I stuck through all the chef jobs and the labouring jobs, because I knew how brilliant it could be again."
The most exciting thing in Kevin's life now, however, isn't work. It's the imminent birth of his first child.
He jokingly says fatherhood is going to be "easy peasy", but soon withdraws his comment.
"I mean, I'm hoping to find it a bit easier than someone with no experience of kids. I'm the eldest of five, and my youngest brother is only nine now, so I have basically been a glorified babysitter my whole life anyway," he says.
"I'm looking forward to a few months off after this to spend time with my wife and new child. I've been working for three years non-stop.
"When you're self-employed and have a weird work ethic like me, it's very easy to think 'I must get another job,' but I've now realised that if I can't take times like this off, then what am I doing it for?"
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Aside from Grange Hill and Muppet Treasure Island, Kevin's credits also include Pie In The Sky, Spoons, Love Soup, My Family and Peep Show.
Before turning to comedy with Star Stories, he filmed a number of successful European films, including the multi-award-winning Irina Palm, alongside Marianne Faithfull and Suzie Gold with Summer 'sister of Joaquin' Phoenix.
In 2005, he played Dudley Moore in highly-acclaimed stage show Pete And Dud: Come Again which opened at the Edinburgh Festival before transferring to London for a run in the West End.
Kevin was seen during the 2008 Comedy Awards heckling award winners, and throwing a bottle at the cast of The Inbetweeners as they collected an award. He maintains his rowdy behaviour was in good humour. "Everyone in the room knew I was joking," he says.
Kevin wants to get back to drama roles. "I'm definitely an actor that does comedy, rather than a comedian," he says. "I want to get back to straight acting."
