Quick Facts
Biography
Chris Ramsey is an English stand-up comedian and actor from South Shields.
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. Since 2016, Ramsey has co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon.
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.
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's Stand Up Central (2016) – Guest performer, 1 episode
- It's Not Me, It's You (2016) – Guest, 3 episodes
- Prank Pad (2016–presenter) – Voiceover/narrator
- I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016–present) – Co-presenter
- Virtually Famous (2016–present) – Presenter
- The Chris Ramsey Show (2017–present) – Presenter
Tours
- Offermation (2011)
- Feeling Lucky (2012)
- All Growed Up (2015–2016)
Personal life
Ramsey married singer and actress Rosie Winter in July 2014.