Joel Patrick Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English actor, author, comedian, and television presenter. He is known for his television roles in '' Live in Chelsea'', ''

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'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,'' ''Joel & Nish vs The World'' and from 2020 onwards has been the host of '' The Masked Singer UK''.

Early life

Dommett is originally from

Rockhampton, Gloucestershire Rockhampton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, situated in the Unitary authority, unitary Districts of England, district of South Gloucestershire. It is located northeast of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, ...

and attended

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in Thornbury. As a teenager he was a member of a

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band called Psirus, which played five shows. He moved to

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at the age of 19.

Career

Before standup comedy, Dommett did some minor acting roles such as the roles of Josh in ''

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'' (2008), Jonathon Hansel in ''

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'' (2004) and Dale in '' The Golden Hour'' (2005). His first stand-up gig was at a bar in

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, and he has since performed in locations including Reykjavik,

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and

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. In 2008, he won Best Newcomer award and was a finalist in Stand Up Comedian of the year. The same year, he appeared in a feature film, ''

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'', as a train soldier who featured briefly in a scene. In 2009, he was a co-host on Paul Foot's podcast from episode 1–20. Dommett is a member of the

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. In 2010, Dommett appeared in a recurring role in E4's '' Skins'' as D.C. Sweeney and appeared in all six episodes of ''Popatron'', a sitcom produced by

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's Zeppotron that appeared on

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as part of its

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brand. Beginning in 2011, Dommett hosted ''Live in Chelsea'', a live discussion show revolving around the events of the popular reality show ''

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''. Dommett appeared in the first two series of ''

'' from 2012 until 2014 on

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. In 2015, Dommett was a team captain on

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's comedy show ''

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''. He was also a regular panellist on

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's team on the

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panel show '' Bring the Noise''. In November 2015, Dommett appeared on a celebrity edition of '' The Chase''. In 2016, Dommett was cast as a supporting character in the Fulwell 73 movie ''White Island'' (based on the Collin Butts novel, ''A Bus Could Run You Over'') where he played the character of Dexter – a DJ who is friends with the protagonist, Connor – who is arrested for cocaine possession and Connor attempts to track down who set Dexter up in Ibiza. The film received mixed reviews and did not become a success. In November 2016, Dommett took part in the sixteenth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' and finished in second place, losing out to ''

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. In 2018, Dommett released his first book of memoirs, ''It's Not Me It's Them: Confessions of a hopeless modern romantic''. The book details his romantic encounters with 40 women before meeting his now wife, Hannah Cooper, and has the running narrative that he is on his first date with her and is recalling the women that he had relationships with. Towards the final page of the book, Dommett asks Cooper whether she would want to marry him. From November 2017 until December 2019, Dommett co-presented '' I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp'' on

. The aftershow was axed in January 2020 due to it becoming too expensive to film. In 2019, Dommett began presenting the quiz show ''Hey Tracey'' alongside Donna Preston, who plays the computer-generated 'Tracey' and the reality dating show ''Singletown'' alongside

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, both on

. ''Singletown'' only lasted one series whereas it has not been announced whether ''Hey Tracey'' would have a third series following its second filmed during the COVID 19 pandemic. On 9 September 2019, Dommett was announced as the presenter for ITV's ''

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'', the UK version of the international music game show ''

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'', which began airing on 4 January 2020. Dommett also hosts the sister show '' The Masked Dancer'', which premiered in May 2021. In 2020, Dommett was scheduled to go on tour across the UK in his ''Unapologetic: (If That Is Ok?)'' stand-up comedy tour, although that was postponed to 2021 to 2022 if no further restrictions are imposed. Only a few shows in February and early March were performed before a nationwide March lockdown was imposed; the show has the theme of Dommett being newly married and his newfound primetime television presenting roles. On 9 September 2021, Dommett hosted the 2021 National Television Awards ceremony. He was on the long list for the best presenter award, but failed to make the final shortlist.

Personal life

Dommett married Hannah Cooper in 2019. They began dating in 2016 after she sent him a "cat with the heart eye emoji" (😻) in an

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direct message.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dommett, Joel 1985 births Living people 21st-century English male actors English male comedians English male film actors English male television actors English television presenters I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants Male actors from Gloucestershire National Youth Theatre members People educated at The Castle School People from Rockhampton