Quick Facts
| Intro | English comedian and actor | ||
| Is | Comedian Actor Television presenter Television actor | ||
| From | United Kingdom | ||
| Field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Humor | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 8 June 1985, Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | ||
| Age | 38 years | ||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||
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Biography
Joel Dommett (born 8 June 1985) is an English comedian, television presenter and actor known for his television roles in Skins, Live in Chelsea, Impractical Jokers UK, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Joel & Nish vs The World.
Career
Dommett is originally from Rockhampton, Gloucestershire and attended The Castle School in Thornbury. He moved to London at the age of 19. His first stand-up gig was at a bar in Los Angeles and he has since performed in locations including Reykjavik, Gravesend and The Netherlands. In 2008, he won Best Newcomer award and was a finalist in Stand Up Comedian of the year.
Also in 2008, he appeared in a feature film called The Edge of Love, a Second World War drama.
In 2009, he was a co-host on Paul Foot's podcast from episode 1—20. Dommett is a member of National Youth Theatre.
In 2010, Dommett appeared in a recurring role in E4's Skins as D.C. Sweeney and appeared in all six episodes of Popatron, a sitcom produced by Charlie Brooker's Zeppotron that appeared on BBC Two as part of its BBC Switch brand. Beginning in 2011, Dommett hosted Live in Chelsea, a live discussion show revolving around the events of the popular reality show Made in Chelsea. Dommett appeared in the first two series of Impractical Jokers UK from 2012 until 2014 on BBC Three.
In 2015, Dommett was a team captain on ITV2's comedy show Reality Bites. He was also a regular panellist on Nicole Scherzinger's team on the Sky 1 panel show Bring the Noise. In November 2015, Dommett appeared on a celebrity edition of The Chase.
In November 2016, Dommett took part in the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in second place, losing out to Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt.
In 2017, Dommett released his first book of memoirs, It’s Not Me It’s Them: Confessions of a hopeless modern romantic.
Since November 2017, Dommett has co-presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 with Joe Swash and Scarlett Moffatt.
In 2019, Dommett began presenting the quiz show Hey Tracey alongside Donna Preston, who plays the computer-generated ‘Tracey’ and the reality dating show Singletown alongside Emily Atack, both on ITV2.
On 9 September 2019, Dommett was announced as the presenter for ITV's The Masked Singer, the UK version of the international music game show Masked Singer, which began airing on 4 January 2020.
