Chris Ramsey (comedian)
| Chris Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Christopher Ramsey 3 August 1986 South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Television |
Hebburn I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp Prank Pad Virtually Famous Celebrity Juice Mock the Week The Chris Ramsey Show |
| Spouse(s) | Rosie Winter (m. 2014) |
| Children | Robin Ramsey |
| Website |
chrisramseycomedy |
Christopher "Chris" Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English comedian and actor from South Shields.[1]
Career
Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year".[2] In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, Aggrophobic, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His 2011 show, Offermation, was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award.[3] Offermation was recorded for BBC Radio 4, and broadcast in March 2012.[4] Ramsey's 2012 Edinburgh show was Feeling Lucky which was followed by a national tour.
From October 2012 to December 2013, Ramsey starred as Jack Pearson in Jason Cook's BBC Two sitcom Hebburn. The show is set in Hebburn, near to Ramsey's hometown, South Shields.[5] It screened for two series and a Christmas special. In 2014, Ramsey appeared on Live at the Apollo for the first time. In 2015, he took part in the Channel 4 series Time Crashers. In 2016, Ramsey co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon. He was replaced by Joel Dommett for the 2017 series.
He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016.[6] He will also present his own series The Chris Ramsey Show for Comedy Central, beginning in January 2017.
Ramsey is a regular fixture at Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions.[7]
In May 2017, it was confirmed that Ramsey would take over from Russell Howard as the host of Stand Up Central, due to Howard being unable to return due to tour commitments.[8]
Credits
- Mock The Week – Guest panellist
- Live at the Apollo (2014) – Guest performer
- Hebburn (2012–2013) – Jack Pearson
- Never Mind The Buzzcocks – Guest panellist, 3 episodes
- Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club (2011) – Guest, 1 episode
- Argumental (2011) – Guest, 1 episode
- 8 Out of 10 Cats (2011, 2013) – Guest panellist, 4 episodes
- Celebrity Juice (2011–present) – Guest panellist, 20 episodes
- Sweat the Small Stuff (2013–2014) – Guest panellist, 3 episodes
- Celebrity Mastermind (2013) – Contestant, 1 episode
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2013) – Guest panellist, 1 episode
- Celebrity Squares – Guest
- A Question of Sport: Super Saturday (2014) – Guest, 1 episode
- Virtually Famous (2014–2015) – Guest panellist, 4 episodes
- The John Bishop Show (2015) – Guest performer, 1 episode
- Time Crashers (2015) – Participant
- Celebrity Benchmark (2015) – Contestant, 5 episodes
- Russell Howard/Chris Ramsey's Stand Up Central (2016, 2017) – Guest performer, 1 episode (2016), Presenter (2017)
- It's Not Me, It's You (2016) – Guest, 3 episodes
- Prank Pad (2016–presenter) – Voiceover/narrator
- I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016) – Co-presenter
- Virtually Famous (2016–present) – Presenter
- The Chris Ramsey Show (2017–present) – Presenter
- Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) – Contestant
- The Chase: Celebrity Specials (2017) – Contestant
Tours
- Offermation (2011)
- Feeling Lucky (2012)
- All Growed Up (2015–2016)
Personal life
Ramsey married singer and actress Rosie Winter in July 2014.[9]
References
- 1 2 Dipper, Andrew (24 August 2011). ""This is the best year of my life" – an interview with Chris Ramsey". Giggle Beats. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "Chris Ramsey". Chortle. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ Logan, Brian (25 August 2011). "Chris Ramsey". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 Commissions Comedy from 2011 Edinburgh Festival". News on News. 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "A match made in Hebburn: Ramsey joins cast of Cook's sitcom". Giggle Beats. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a814090/virtually-famous-is-returning-for-a-brand-new-series-but-without-glees-kevin-mchale-as-host/
- ↑ "Past Shows". FunnyWayToBe. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/2573/chris_ramsey_stand_up_central/
- ↑ http://www.comedy.co.uk/live/feature/chris_ramsey_interview/