The unconventional political candidate will be running in his seventh election
Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage is set to have at least one contender in the Clacton by-election.
Despite being shunned by his main rivals, Mr Farage will go up against Count Binface.
The self-described "intergalactic space warrior" is known by many after appearing alongside top politicians across leisure centres at election counts in years gone by.
Count Binface has run in a number of by-elections, with Clacton being the latest for the independent candidate.
He first entered the political landscape in 2017, standing against Theresa May as Lord Buckethead, a character in a 1984 Star Wars parody film called Hyperspace.
However, filmmaker Todd Durham contacted the then-Lord Buckhead, asserting his ownership of the character, to which the political candidate reinvented himself as Count Binface.
He ran against Boris Johnson in the 2019 general election and also ran for Mayor of London in 2021, coming in ninth with 24,775 votes.
The unconventional political candidate was not deterred by his consecutive ballot box bruisings, later taking part in the 2024 London mayoral election, the general election of that year and the Makerfield by-election last month.
During the Makerfield campaign, Count Binface pledged to build one affordable home, cap the price of a 99 Flake at 99p and a Wigan kebab at £2.
He took 95 votes in the Greater Manchester constituency's by-election, ending up in seventh place.
Under the Star Wars-esque costume is 46-year-old comedian Jon Harvey, who has had a successful career writing for the BBC's Have I Got News For You? and Westminster sitcom The Thick of It.
He has also done a number of BBC Radio 4 shows with fellow comedian Rob Newman, which have raked in two Audio Drama Awards.
Mr Harvey's online comedy videos, which are mainly clips from viral TV moments, have accumulated more than 70 million views on YouTube.
His alter ego is set to become the main contender against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election after Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and Restore said they would not stand.
He said: "I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
"Nigel Farage says he wants the people versus the establishment. So be it. Leave him to me."
Reclaim, the Rejoin EU party, the Monster Raving Looney Party and the Climate Party have said they will stand.
While Binface will now be seen as the main anti-Farage tactical vote, the man under the helmet has signalled he doubts he will win.
Despite this, he said his role was to "celebrate and defend the wonders of British democracy".
Politicans have weighed in on the by-election, which was triggered on Tuesday after Mr Farage announced he was resigning as the costal Essex constituency's MP.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told GB News the by-election was "fake".
She said: "I will be standing a candidate in the real by-election, which will come later after this investigation has concluded.
"The reason why I think that there will be a by-election is because he's doing this to stop people finding out what actually happened."
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey went a step further and has called on the Government to block the by-election until the parliamentary investigation into Mr Farage's finances has concluded.
He said the Reform leader is "playing chicken" after a probe was launched into his finances over a £5million gift from cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harbourne.
Mr Farage has denied any wrongdoing, citing the move as a "people versus the establishment by-election".
