Chris Ramsey (comedian)

Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. 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).

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 presented 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.
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 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His 2011 show, ''Offermation'', was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award. ''Offermation'' was recorded for BBC Radio 4, 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 BBC Two sitcom ''Hebburn''. The show is set in Hebburn, 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 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. He also presented his own series ''The Chris Ramsey Show'' for Comedy Central, beginning January 2017.

Ramsey is a regular fixture at the Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions. 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.

In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the upcoming BBC 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 ''Strictly Come Dancing'', paired with professional dancer Karen Hauer. The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place.

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.

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'' 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

*'' Russell Howard's Good News'' - Guest Comedian
*'' 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
*''The One Show'' (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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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