Chris Ramsey (comedian)
Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986)[1] is an English comedian and actor. After appearing in Hebburn as Jack (2012–2013), Ramsey began presenting series including I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016), Virtually Famous (2016–2017) and Stand Up Central (2017).
Chris Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Ramsey 3 August 1986 South Shields, England |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Television | Hebburn I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp Prank Pad Virtually Famous Celebrity Juice Mock the Week The Chris Ramsey Show Strictly Come Dancing Little Mix: The Search |
| Spouse(s) | Rosie Winter (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | chrisramseycomedy |
In 2017, he began presenting The Chris Ramsey Show, and went on to compete in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. In 2020, he will begin presenting the BBC talent series Little Mix: The Search.
Career
Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne.[2] In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year".[3] In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, Aggrophobic, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[4][5] His 2011 show, Offermation, was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award.[6] Offermation was recorded for BBC Radio 4, and broadcast in March 2012.[7] Ramsey's 2012 Edinburgh show was Feeling Lucky which was followed by a national tour.[8]
From October 2012 to December 2013, Ramsey starred as Jack Pearson in Jason Cook's BBC Two sitcom Hebburn.[9] The show is set in Hebburn, near to Ramsey's hometown, South Shields.[10] It screened for two series and a Christmas special. In 2014, Ramsey appeared on Live at the Apollo for the first time.[11] In 2015, he took part in the Channel 4 series Time Crashers.[12] In 2016, Ramsey co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon.[13] He was replaced by Joel Dommett for the 2017 series.[14] He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016.[15] He also presented his own series The Chris Ramsey Show for Comedy Central, beginning January 2017.[16]
Ramsey is a regular fixture at Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions.[17] 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 busy with tour commitments.[18]
In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the upcoming BBC talent competition series Little Mix: The Search,[19] which was set to begin airing in April 2020.[20]
Strictly Come Dancing
From September 2019, Ramsey competed in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Karen Hauer.[21] The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place.[22]
| Week | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | |||
| Revel Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Juice" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Out of Our Heads" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 3 | American Smooth / "Cheek to Cheek" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 4 | Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep / "Let's Go Crazy" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 25 | Safe |
| 6 | Samba / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Safe |
| 7 | Street / "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | Safe |
| 8 | Tango / "Survivor" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 9 | Salsa / "Uptown Funk" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | Safe |
| 10 | Paso Doble / "Run Boy Run" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | Safe |
| 11 | Foxtrot / "Consider Yourself" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | Bottom Two |
| 12 | Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love" Rumba / "Don't Watch Me Cry" |
7 4 |
7 8 |
6 8 |
6 8 |
26 28 |
Eliminated |
1Score awarded by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro
Personal life
While appearing on Strictly, Ramsey spoke openly about his problems as a teenager, resulting from bad acne, which caused him to take up comedy as a way to deal with his troubles.[23]
Ramsey married singer and actress Rosie Winter in July 2014[24] and they have one son, Robin. In 2018, the couple shared via social media that Rosie had had a miscarriage when she was 12 weeks pregnant[25] with their second child.
In February 2019, Chris and Rosie started a weekly podcast called Shagged Married Annoyed.[26] The main premise of the podcast is the two of them answering questions from the general public on various subjects. Each show has a dedicated segment with a question from a celebrity. Another segment is 'What's Your Beef', where both Chris and Rosie mention something about their other half that gets on their nerves.
Filmography
- 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–present) – Voiceover/narrator
- I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016) – Co-presenter
- Virtually Famous (2016–2017) – Presenter
- The Chris Ramsey Show (2017–present) – Presenter
- Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) – Contestant
- The Chase: Celebrity Specials (2017) – Contestant
- Strictly Come Dancing (2019) – Contestant
- Little Mix: The Search (2020) – Presenter
Tours
- Offermation (2011)
- Feeling Lucky (2012)
- The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television (2014)
- All Growed Up (2015–2016)
- Is That Chris Ramsey? (2017–2018)
- The Just Happy to Get Out of the House Tour (2018–2019)
- Chris Ramsey: 20/20 (2020)
References
- "Who is Chris Ramsey? South Shields comedian turns Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- 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.
- "Chris Ramsey: Aggrophobic". Edinburgh Festival.
- "Chris Ramsey - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- 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.
- Singer, Angela. "Chris Ramsey in stand-up at Chelmsford Civic Theatre on Wednesday, June 6". Dunmow Broadcast.
- "BBC Two - Hebburn, Series 1 - Characters". BBC.
- "A match made in Hebburn: Ramsey joins cast of Cook's sitcom". Giggle Beats. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- Guide, British Comedy. "Live At The Apollo Series 10, Episode 2 - Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey, Doc Brown". British Comedy Guide.
- "Chris Ramsey". BFI.
- "BBC - Chris Ramsey is the second celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2019 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- Darvill, Josh (25 September 2017). "Joel Dommett and Scarlett Moffatt 'to host I'm A Celebrity spin-off show'". TellyMix.
- Bustos, Kristina (14 November 2016). "Virtually Famous returns with new host and team captain". Digital Spy.
- "The Chris Ramsey Show". Sky.
- "Past Shows". FunnyWayToBe. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- Guide, British Comedy (9 May 2017). "Chris Ramsey takes over from Russell Howard on Stand Up Central". British Comedy Guide.
- "South Shields comedian Chris Ramsey announced as host of Little Mix The Search talent show". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Darvil, Josh. "Little Mix The Search 'to start in April' on BBC One as group share backstage picture". TellyMix. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- "BBC Blogs – Strictly Come Dancing – Meet our first three stars of Strictly 2019". BBC One. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- Lewis, Isobel (31 October 2019). "Will Bayley 'won't be replaced' on Strictly Come Dancing as bosses switch up finale". Metro. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- Sarah Sinclair (2 November 2019). "South Shields comedian Chris Ramsey causes a rhumble with 'best dance yet' in routine dedicated to North East supporters". Shields Gazette.
- Guide, British Comedy (3 October 2014). "Chris Ramsey interview". British Comedy Guide.
- Post, Journal (13 August 2018). "Comedian Chris Ramsey shares an emotional post on Instagram, telling fans that him and wife Rosie experienced a miscarriage". Journal Post.
- "Chris Ramsey teams up with wife Rosie to air marital gripes in hilarious podcast". mirror. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.