Ed Sanders (born 10 May 1975) is an English carpenter, actor, and television host.
Sanders was born in
Wimbledon
Wimbledon most often refers to:
* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
Places London
* ...
,
London. He learned
carpentry
Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters tr ...
at his father's behest to help keep himself employed between acting jobs.
In 1999, he landed the role of Eddie Moliano in the
Sky1
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...
series ''
Dream Team
Dream Team may refer to:
Sport
Basketball
* Dream Team, the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team in Barcelona
* Dream Team II, the 1994 U.S. men's national basketball team at the FIBA World Championship
* Dream Team III, the 1996 ...
''. He was a reporter for the morning show ''
RI:SE'', and eventually became host of the UK version of ''
Fear Factor
''Fear Factor'' is an American stunt/ dare game show that first aired on NBC from 2001 to 2006 and was initially hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan. The show was adapted by Endemol USA from the original Dutch series titled ''Now or ...
''.
Move to the United States
In 2004, Sanders moved to the U.S. with his wife and son. He was hired to work as a carpenter and designer on ''
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,'' where he was severely injured, slicing through his hand, nearly severing his thumb, back in the Thomas family episode in Ohio from season 4. After months of surgery and therapy, he returned to the show in the Westbrook family episode in Oklahoma from season 4.
During the summer of 2007, Sanders hosted the six-episode run of ''
National Bingo Night'' on
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
.
On 15 August 2013,
AMC debuted the new reality show
Owner's Manual hosted by Ed Sanders and
Marcus Hunt.
Limey Yank Productions
In 2006, Sanders started Limey Yank Productions, a creative production company, with American writer
Whit Honea
Whit may refer to:
* Whit or Whitsun, another name for the holy day of Pentecost
* Whit (given name)
* Whit (novel), by Iain Banks
* WHIT, a radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin, United States, which holds the call sign WHIT beginning 2009 ...
. The company name is a play on the slang terms "
Limey" due to Sanders being British, and "
Yank" as Honea is from the U.S.
Personal life
Sanders's wife, Gioia (née Gagliano), an Italian-American magazine and fashion-show make-up artist, gave birth to
triplet
A triplet is a set of three items, which may be in a specific order, or unordered. It may refer to:
Science
* A series of three nucleotide bases forming an element of the Genetic code
* J-coupling as part of Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrosc ...
daughters on May 5, 2007 in
Santa Monica, California. The couple also has a son, born in 2002.
IMDb bio
/ref>
References
1975 births
American game show hosts
British game show hosts
British expatriates in the United States
Living people
Participants in American reality television series
People from Wimbledon, London
{{UK-tv-bio-stub