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Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. After appearing in ''
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'' 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). In 2017, he began presenting ''The Chris Ramsey Show'', and went on to compete in the seventeenth series of ''
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''. In 2020, he presented the
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talent series '' Little Mix: The Search''.


Career

Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in
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. In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year". In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, ''Aggrophobic'', to the
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. His 2011 show, ''Offermation'', was nominated for an
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. ''Offermation'' was recorded for
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, and broadcast in March 2012. 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
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sitcom ''
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''. The show is set in
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, near to Ramsey's hometown, South Shields. 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
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series '' Time Crashers''. In 2016, Ramsey co-presented '' I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp'' on
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alongside
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,
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and
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. He was replaced by
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for the 2017 series. He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of '' Virtually Famous'' from December 2016. He also presented his own series ''The Chris Ramsey Show'' for
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, beginning January 2017. Ramsey is a regular fixture at the Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in
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, having performed there on eight occasions. In May 2017, it was confirmed that Ramsey would take over from
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as the host of '' Stand Up Central'', due to Howard being busy with tour commitments. In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the upcoming
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talent competition series '' Little Mix: The Search'', which began airing in September 2020. In 2022, he was a contestant on Series 13 of Taskmaster, on which he placed 2nd.


''Strictly Come Dancing''

From September 2019, Ramsey competed in the seventeenth series of ''
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'', paired with professional dancer
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. The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place. 1Score awarded by guest judge
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Personal life

While appearing on ''Strictly'', Ramsey spoke openly about his problems as a teenager, resulting from bad
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, which caused him to take up comedy as a way to deal with his troubles. Ramsey married Rosie Winter on 25 July 2014 and they have two young sons, Robin and Rafe. In 2018, the couple shared via social media that Rosie had had a miscarriage when she was 12 weeks pregnant with their second child. In February 2019, the pair started a weekly podcast called ''
Shagged Married Annoyed ''Shagged Married Annoyed'' (or ''Sh**ged Married Annoyed)'' is a British comedy podcast hosted by married couple Chris Ramsey and Rosie Ramsey. In the podcast the couple discuss "life, relationships, arguments, annoyances, parenting, growing up ...
'' which they co-host from their home. In July 2020, they announced via social media that they were expecting again. Their second son, Rafe, was born on 6 January 2021.


Filmography

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'' – Guest panellist *'' Live at the Apollo'' (2014) – Guest performer *''
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'' – Guest panellist, 3 episodes *'' Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club'' (2011) – Guest, 1 episode *''
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'' (2011) – Guest, 1 episode *''
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'' (2011, 2013) – Guest panellist, 4 episodes *''
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'' (2011–present) – Guest panellist, 20 episodes *''
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'' (2013) – Guest panellist, 1 episode *''
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'' – Guest *'' A Question of Sport: Super Saturday'' (2014) – Guest, 1 episode *'' Virtually Famous'' (2014–2015) – Guest panellist, 4 episodes *''
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'' (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) *''
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'' (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 *''
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'' (2017) – Contestant *'' The Chase: Celebrity Specials'' (2017) – Contestant *''
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'' (2019) – Contestant *'' Little Mix: The Search'' (2020) – Presenter *''
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'' (2020) – Presenter *'' Children in Need'' (2020, 2022) - Presenter *'' Celebrity Catchphrase'' (2020) – Contestant *''The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show'' (2022) – Co-presenter *'' Taskmaster'' (2022) – Contestant, series 13


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'' (2021-2022) *''Shagged Married Annoyed Live! (2021-2022)'' A second Shagged Married Annoyed tour has been announced for autumn 2023.


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsey, Chris 1986 births Living people 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English male actors English male television actors English stand-up comedians People from South Shields Comedians from Tyne and Wear