Shane Richie
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Shane Patrick Paul Roche known as Shane Richie is a British actor, comedian, television presenter and singer.
He was born on March 11, 1964, in Kensington, London, United Kingdom to Irish parents
He attended Willesden High School.
In 1990, Richie made his first terrestrial television appearances as one of the comics on the BBC One sketch show Up to Something! with Suzy Aitchison, David Schneider, Frances Dodge, Mike Hayley and Lewis MacLeod; however, the show was axed after one series.
He moved into mainstream presenting with Caught in the Act, Win, Lose or Draw.
Richie has had success in musicals, appearing in such musicals as Boogie Nights and the 1993 London revival production of Grease.
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He released two albums, The Album in 1997 and Once Around the Sun in 2000 to limited commercial response, and had a number 2 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 2003, with his Children in Need cover version of Wham!’s “I’m Your Man”.
Richie is patron of Shinfield Players Theatre, an amateur little theatre in Reading, Berkshire, taking the role of Anton Rodgers who died in 2007.
He made his first appearance in the audience on 11 July 2009 for the Youth Group production of Disco Inferno.
What is Shane Richie doing now?
In 2020, Shane Richie participated in I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, finishing 4th out of 12 celebrities.
The former EastEnders actor, 57, resumed his role as Hugo and the character’s drag queen alter ego Loco Chanelle on January 5, 2021.
What made Shane Richie famous?
Following initial success as a stage and screen performer, he became best known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders (appearing 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019) and then in its spin-off RTÉ Drama Redwater in 2017.
