Chris Ramsey (comedian)


Christopher Ramsey is an English comedian and actor. After appearing in Hebburn as Jack, Ramsey began presenting series including ', Virtually Famous and Stand Up Central.
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 will begin presenting the BBC talent series '.

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 ' 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 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 ', which was set to begin airing in April 2020.

''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 singer and actress Rosie Winter on July 25, 2014 and they have one son, Robin. 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. In July 2020, they announced via social media that they were expecting their second child, due in January 2021.

Filmography