Chris Ramsey (comedian)
Christopher Ramsey (born 3 August 1986)[1] 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).
Chris Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Ramsey 3 August 1986 South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Television | Hebburn I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp Prank Pad Virtually Famous Celebrity Juice Mock the Week The Chris Ramsey Show Strictly Come Dancing Little Mix: The Search |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | chrisramseycomedy |
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.[2] In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year".[3] In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show, Aggrophobic, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[4][5] His 2011 show, Offermation, was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award.[6] Offermation was recorded for BBC Radio 4, and broadcast in March 2012.[7] Ramsey's 2012 Edinburgh show was Feeling Lucky which was followed by a national tour.[8] In November 2012 he appeared on Sky 1's Soccer AM as a guest but was removed from the programme for using offensive language twice live on air.[9]
From October 2012 to December 2013, Ramsey starred as Jack Pearson in Jason Cook's BBC Two sitcom Hebburn.[10] The show is set in Hebburn, near to Ramsey's hometown, South Shields.[11] It screened for two series and a Christmas special. In 2014, Ramsey appeared on Live at the Apollo for the first time.[12] In 2015, he took part in the Channel 4 series Time Crashers.[13] In 2016, Ramsey co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon.[14] He was replaced by Joel Dommett for the 2017 series.[15] He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016.[16] He also presented his own series The Chris Ramsey Show for Comedy Central, beginning January 2017.[17]
Ramsey is a regular fixture at the Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions.[18] 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.[19]
In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the BBC talent competition series Little Mix: The Search,[20] which began airing in September 2020.[21]
Strictly Come Dancing
From September 2019, Ramsey competed in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Karen Hauer.[22] The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place.[23]
| Week | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total | Result | |||
| Horwood | Mabuse | Ballas | Tonioli | ||||
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Juice" | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Charleston / "Out of Our Heads" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 3 | American Smooth / "Cheek to Cheek" | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | Safe |
| 4 | Jive / "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | Safe |
| 5 | Quickstep / "Let's Go Crazy" | 5 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 25 | Safe |
| 6 | Samba / "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | Safe |
| 7 | Street / "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | Safe |
| 8 | Tango / "Survivor" | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | Safe |
| 9 | Salsa / "Uptown Funk" | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | Safe |
| 10 | Paso Doble / "Run Boy Run" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | Safe |
| 11 | Foxtrot / "Consider Yourself" | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | Bottom Two |
| 12 | Viennese Waltz / "Somebody to Love" Rumba / "Don't Watch Me Cry" | 7 4 | 7 8 | 6 8 | 6 8 | 26 28 | Eliminated |
1Score awarded by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro
Personal life
While appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, 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.[24]
Ramsey married Rosie Winter on 25 July 2014[25] and they have two sons. In 2018, the couple shared via social media that she had had a miscarriage when she was 12 weeks pregnant with their second child.[26] In February 2019, the pair started a weekly podcast, Shagged Married Annoyed, which they co-host from their home.[27] In July 2020, they announced via social media that they were expecting again.[28] Their second son was born on 6 January 2021.[29]
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[30]
- Taskmaster (2022) – Contestant, series 13
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2023) – Himself, 1 episode[31]
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.[32]
References
- ^ "Who is Chris Ramsey? South Shields comedian turns Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Dipper, Andrew (24 August 2011). ""This is the best year of my life" – an interview with Chris Ramsey". Giggle Beats. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Chris Ramsey". Chortle. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Chris Ramsey: Aggrophobic". Edinburgh Festival.
- ^ "Chris Ramsey - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Logan, Brian (25 August 2011). "Chris Ramsey". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Commissions Comedy from 2011 Edinburgh Festival". News on News. 5 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Singer, Angela. "Chris Ramsey in stand-up at Chelmsford Civic Theatre on Wednesday, June 6". Dunmow Broadcast.
- ^ "Comedian Chris Ramsey kicked off 'Soccer AM'". Digital Spy. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "BBC Two - Hebburn, Series 1 - Characters". BBC.
- ^ "A match made in Hebburn: Ramsey joins cast of Cook's sitcom". Giggle Beats. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Live At The Apollo Series 10, Episode 2 - Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey, Doc Brown". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ Mead, Charles. "Time Crashers: Meet the celebrities". RadioTimes. Immediate Media. from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "BBC - Chris Ramsey is the second celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2019 - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Darvill, Josh (25 September 2017). "Joel Dommett and Scarlett Moffatt 'to host I'm A Celebrity spin-off show'". TellyMix.
- ^ Bustos, Kristina (14 November 2016). "Virtually Famous returns with new host and team captain". Digital Spy.
- ^ "The Chris Ramsey Show". Sky.
- ^ "Past Shows". FunnyWayToBe. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (9 May 2017). "Chris Ramsey takes over from Russell Howard on Stand Up Central". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ "South Shields comedian Chris Ramsey announced as host of Little Mix The Search talent show". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Darvil, Josh. "Little Mix The Search 'to start in April' on BBC One as group share backstage picture". TellyMix. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "BBC Blogs – Strictly Come Dancing – Meet our first three stars of Strictly 2019". BBC One. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Lewis, Isobel (31 October 2019). "Will Bayley 'won't be replaced' on Strictly Come Dancing as bosses switch up finale". Metro. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Sarah Sinclair (2 November 2019). "South Shields comedian Chris Ramsey causes a rhumble with 'best dance yet' in routine dedicated to North East supporters". Shields Gazette.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (3 October 2014). "Chris Ramsey interview". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ Post, Journal (13 August 2018). . Journal Post. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Chris Ramsey teams up with wife Rosie to air marital gripes in hilarious podcast". mirror. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Strictly Come Dancing star Chris Ramsey announces wife Rosie's pregnancy in the cutest way". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Announcement". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Chris and Rosie Ramsey set to host brand new comedy entertainment series". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One this June with a nine-part star-studded line-up". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Houghton, Rianne; Anderton, Joe (24 May 2022). "Strictly's Chris Ramsey and wife Rosie extend podcast tour". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Chris Ramsey at IMDb
- Chris Ramsey on SoundCloud
- Chris Ramsey at British Comedy Guide