Tim Vincent
Tim Vincent (born November 11, 1994), ==Biography== Vincent was born in Overton, Wrexham, Wales. He first took to acting at Theatr Clwyd, in nearby Mold. Vincent currently lives in Hammersmith, London.
Career
Acting
His first television role was playing alcoholic teenager Billy Ryan, in the ITV drama series Children's Ward.
Vincent also took to the stage in pantomime for several years, always playing the role of 'Dandini' in Cinderella, at Southport, Torquay, Widnes and York, amongst others.
Presenting
Vincent is most famous for being a presenter on the popular children's programme Blue Peter, which he joined on 16 December, 1993. During his time on the show, he completed the New York Marathon, travelled to South Africa, and flew a fighter jet. He left Blue Peter on 24 January, 1997, having already featured in two series of the drama Dangerfield and begun presenting The Clothes Show.
Vincent presented on Blue Peter with John Leslie, Anthea Turner, Diane-Louise Jordan, Stuart Miles, Katy Hill and Romana D'Annunzio.
Since leaving Blue Peter and Dangerfield, Vincent has presented Short Change, and later presented Fully Booked. From 2000-2001, he played vet Adam Forrester, in the soap opera Emmerdale, and appeared in the film Sorted (alongside Tim Curry and Jason Donovan). He also presented the first series of the reality television series, I'm Famous And Frightened! as well as the popular Sky One series There's Something About Miriam.
He is currently a reporter (as of 2007) on Access Hollywood. In 2006, he hosted the pilots for GSN's revival of the game show Chain Reaction, but he will not be hosting the series itself.
He has hosted the Miss World contest in 2005, 2006 and Miss USA in 2007.
External links
- Tim Vincent at IMDb