Occupation Entertainer Spouse Nikki Wheeler (m. 2004) Role TV presenter | Name Jonathan Wilkes Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | |
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Children Mickey Wilkes (born 11 April 2006) Education Excel Academy, Stoke-on-Trent Marriage location Los Angeles, California, United States TV shows You've Been Framed!, Love on a Saturday Night, SMTV Live Similar People Robbie Williams, Anthony McPartlin, Brian Conley, Liz McClarnon | ||
Jonathan Wilkes on Robbie Williams
Jonathan Wilkes (born 1 August 1978) is a British TV presenter and singer, best known for being a close friend of Robbie Williams.
Contents
- Jonathan Wilkes on Robbie Williams
- Jonathan Wilkes Principal of Wilkes Academy
- Early life and career
- Soccer Aid
- References
His single "Just Another Day" went to No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart.
Jonathan Wilkes, Principal of Wilkes Academy
Early life and career
Jonathan Wilkes was born in Baddeley Green Stoke-on-Trent, to Eileen Wilkes and Graham Wilkes, and spent most of his childhood in Packmoor, an outlying village of Chell. He has one older sister called Kay. He signed for Port Vale FC, aged seven, and played for Everton FC as a teenager. He was dropped from the team due to his unwillingness to 'eat, sleep and breathe football'.
In 1996, he won the Cameron Mackintosh Young Entertainer of the Year Award. From this, he went on to work in Blackpool under the name 'Jonathan and the Space Girls', until being spotted by Kevin Bishop of the BBC, who employed him as a presenter for the precursor channel to BBC3. He has since gone on to work in West End Musicals, and has presented You've Been Framed! He had a brief spell as a pop-music singer, reaching number 24 with "Just Another Day" in 2001.
Soccer Aid
Wilkes is perhaps best known in the UK now for his participation and assistance in the organisation of Soccer Aid, an event he has been involved in since 2008 with his friend Robbie Williams.