Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound | |
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| Born | Robert James Blair Simpson March 6, 1979 Surrey, England[citation needed] |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, Television presenter |
| Website | http://www.vivienneclore.com/artist-details/rufus-hound/ |
Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson[1] on 6 March 1979)[citation needed] is a British comedian and presenter. He is also the winner of 2010 "Let's Dance for Comic Relief".[2]
Career
Hound hosted Destination Three, the coverage of the Glastonbury festival and Top of the Pops in 2005 and 2006 alongside Fearne Cotton. He presented the idiosyncratic reality show Grime Scene Investigation on BBC Three with staff and students from Aston University, and narrated BBC Two's broadcasts of Mythbusters. He has also appeared in many comedy shows and quizzes such as Street Cred Sudoku and Celebrity Juice, where he is a regular panellist. He narrated the 2009 series Rocket Science and has appeared on The Apprentice: You're Fired! and Richard & Judy. He also presented Outtake TV on BBC1, replacing Anne Robinson.
In early 2008, Hound appeared twice on ITV's Thank God You're Here in the UK, after initially working as the warm-up act. In late summer 2008, Hound joined the panel show Argumental as the Blue Team Captain. Hound was the narrator for the gaming series Playr and presents What Do Kids Know? on UKTV-owned channel Watch. In 2010, he appeared in his own sitcom on CBBC called Hounded, where he plays a TV presenter who must save the universe from an evil doctor.[3] Hound took part in Let's Dance for Sport Relief, dancing to Cheryl Cole's "Fight for This Love" and won the final of the series on 13 March 2010. Rufus also hosted the year 2000 edition of new show "My Funniest Year", a look at a past year of British television, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in September 2010.
Hound has been a guest on Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club, is a regular panelist on Celebrity Juice, hosted by Keith Lemon, and has appeared at Bright Club a number of times.[4] He has also appeared as a panellist on the BBC One series Would I Lie to You? In January 2011, Hound participated in the former Channel 4 reality series Famous and Fearless came third for the boys' team, referred to as "The Ruthless Hound".
On 5 and 6 March 2011, Hound appeared on Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People during Argumental and Celebrity Juice. At approximately 00:13 on Sunday morning, the audience started singing Happy Birthday to You, in celebration of Hound's birthday. During the broadcast and during an in-between interview, he and Marcus Brigstocke publicly speculated that they have been dropped from the line-up of Argumental if the show continues.
Also in 2011, he appeared as a contestant in a celebrity edition of the Chase, "flirting" with Anne Hegerty.
Personal life
He was educated at Hoe Bridge School, Frensham Heights and Godalming College, where he was elected as a Student Representative and built the college radio station.
In April 2007, Hound was married at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada to Beth Johnson, whom he had met at the Reading Festival the year before.[5] They have two children together; a son, Alby (b.2008), and a daughter, Hilda (July 24 2011).[6]
On BBC Three's 20 October 2010 edition of Young Voters' Question Time Hound revealed he is a supporter of the Liberal Democrats.[7]
Stand-Up DVDs
- Being Rude (7 November 2011)
References
- ^ "Marriage License, County of Clark, Nevada". Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Dave Hall of Fame - Rufus Hound". dave.uktv.co.uk. 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ "Hounded - CBBC Sitcom - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Steve Bennett (15 May 2010). "Bright Club at the 2010 Brighton Fringe". Chortle. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ Rufus Hound, uktv.co.uk, accessed June 4, 2011.
- ^ "Rufus Hound reveals wife is pregnant with scan picture on Twitter | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ "BBC Three - Young Voters' Question Time, Young Voters' Question Time". Bbc.co.uk. 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2011-12-27.