Sean Christopher Walsh (born 2 December 1985), known professionally as Seann Walsh, is an English stand-up comedian.

Early life

Walsh was born in Camden in London, but was brought up in Brighton. He left school with one GCSE examination pass, in Drama.

Career

Walsh is a graduate of Jill Edwards' comedy workshops and performed his first gig in November 2006. He won several awards early in his career including ''

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Comedian of the Year (2009)'' and ''Chortle Best Newcomer (2009)''. Walsh supported Stephen K. Amos on his 2008/09 ''Find the Funny'' and 2009/10 ''The Feelgood Factor'' tours, as well as at the 2010 ''

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''. Walsh was resident host at

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's ''Comic Boom'' in Brighton and has also been an 'audience wrangler' (a more recent version of the traditional

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) for '' QI''. Walsh performed his 2012 show ''Seann to Be Wild'' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured the country with it. He has performed shows with fellow comedian

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named "Ying and Young". His 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show ''The Lie-In King'' received good press. Walsh's stand-up style has been described as "impressively universal, gag-heavy, observational". Walsh also presents a weekly show on FUBAR Radio with his friend, Mark Simmons. From 8 September 2018, Walsh participated in the sixteenth series of '' Strictly Come Dancing'' with professional dance partner

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. Early in the series, it was reported that he had become romantically involved with Jones despite both of them being in long-term relationships, and his popularity suffered as a result. Walsh and Jones did an interview with

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following the controversy, where after a televised grilling from Ball, Walsh apologised. The couple was voted out in Week 6. Seann hosted ''Flinch'', a physical gameshow for

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Published on 23 August 2018, Retrieved on 23 October 2018 The show is produced by Stellify Media. In 2022, Walsh participated in Series 22 of ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' on

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, and finished in 5th place on 25 November 2022.

Personal life

Walsh's relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries ended in October 2018 after a video and photos of him kissing his ''Strictly Come Dancing'' partner

were published. Walsh subsequently incorporated his experiences on ''Strictly'' into his standup act. It was later reported that Katya and her husband Neil Jones had separated as an indirect result of the incident. During an interview for i-News, in March 2022, Walsh described how the incident was still "trauma" for him and how he underwent treatment for depression and

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, to help him cope with the fallout. Walsh has been in a relationship with dance teacher Grace Adderley since 2019. They live in a Victorian terraced house in Shepherd's Bush, London and are expecting their first child in February 2023. He is a

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fan.

Appearances

Television

Film

Radio

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(June 2010) *''Matt Forde's Show'' – Talksport Radio (May & June 2010) *'' Act Your Age'' – BBC Radio 4 (April 2011)

Tours

Online releases

Awards

*Winner: ''

'' Comedian of the Year 2009 *Winner:

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Best Newcomer 2009 *Second place:

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2009 *Runner-up: Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008 *Runner-up: ''

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'' 2008

References

External links

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