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Birth name
  
Christopher Ramsey

Website
  
Official website

Spouse
  
Rosie Winter (m. 2014)

Influences
  
Billy Connolly

Nationality
  
British


Genres
  
Comedy

Role
  
Comedian

Years active
  
2007–present

Name
  
Chris Ramsey

Influenced by
  
Billy Connolly

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Medium
  
Television, Stand-up comedy

Nominations
  
Kerrang! Award for Best Comedian

Similar People
  
Gino D'Acampo, Billy Connolly, Paddy McGuinness, Vernon Kay

Profiles

Chris ramsey on live at the apollo


Christopher "Chris" Ramsey is an English stand-up comedian and actor from South Shields.

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Career

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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.

Chris Ramsey (comedian) Comedian Chris Ramsey reveals his top 10 UK road trip

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. Since 2016, Ramsey has co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon.

Chris Ramsey (comedian) nantwich civic hall Archives The Dabber

He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016. He will also present his own series The Chris Ramsey Show for Comedy Central, beginning in January 2017.

Ramsey is a regular fixture at 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 unable to return due to tour commitments.

Credits

  • 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–presenter) – Voiceover/narrator
  • I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016) – Co-presenter
  • Virtually Famous (2016–present) – Presenter
  • The Chris Ramsey Show (2017–present) – Presenter
  • Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
  • Tours

  • Offermation (2011)
  • Feeling Lucky (2012)
  • All Growed Up (2015–2016)
  • Personal life

    Ramsey married singer and actress Rosie Winter in July 2014.

    References

    Chris Ramsey (comedian) Wikipedia