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'''Richard Blackwood''' (born Richard Clifford Blackwood, 15 May 1972, [[Clapham, London]], England), is an [[England|English]] [[comedian]], [[media personality]], occasional [[actor]] and [[Master of Ceremonies|MC]]. Blackwood was step-brother of model Naomi Campbell and [[Gary Coleman]] after his father was married to her mother and Coleman's father for a time{{Citation needed}}. He co-[[presenter|presents]] a show on the London [[radio station]] [[Choice FM London|Choice FM]] and guests as a [[disc jockey]] at various [[nightclub]]s. |
'''Richard Blackwood''' (born Richard Clifford Blackwood, 15 May 1972, [[Clapham, London]], England), is an [[England|English]] [[comedian]], [[media personality]], occasional [[actor]] and [[Master of Ceremonies|MC]]. Blackwood was step-brother of model Naomi Campbell and [[Gary Coleman]] after his father was married to her mother and Coleman's father for a time{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}. He co-[[presenter|presents]] a show on the London [[radio station]] [[Choice FM London|Choice FM]] and guests as a [[disc jockey]] at various [[nightclub]]s. |
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Revision as of 12:55, 12 July 2011
Richard Blackwood (born Richard Clifford Blackwood, 15 May 1972, Clapham, London, England), is an English comedian, media personality, occasional actor and MC. Blackwood was step-brother of model Naomi Campbell and Gary Coleman after his father was married to her mother and Coleman's father for a time[citation needed]. He co-presents a show on the London radio station Choice FM and guests as a disc jockey at various nightclubs.
Career
Blackwood presented the UK version of Singled Out on Channel 5[1] and, in 1999, presented his own show called The Richard Blackwood Show, which was commercially and critically unsuccessful.[2]
Blackwood scored a UK #3 hit single in 2000, with the song 'Mama Who Da Man', based on Mama Used to Say by his uncle Junior. The 200,000+ selling hit single was written and produced by Lucas Secon (Pussycat Dolls, Jordin Sparks, Sugababes) and Mickey P.
Blackwood appeared on Brass Eye in 2001, during which he was tricked into saying that Internet paedophiles can make computer keyboards emit noxious fumes in order to subdue children. Blackwood even sniffed a keyboard and claimed it made him feel "suggestible". Blackwood also warned watching parents that exposure to the fumes would make their children "smell like hammers".[3] He had acting appearances in Holby City in 2003 and played the title character in the 2002 television series Ed Stone Is Dead. In March 2007, he acted in the critically unsuccessful Bollywood film Don't Stop Dreaming.[4][5] In 2005, Blackwood appeared in the critically maligned Princes of Comedii DVD release, his involvement being described as "desperate" by DVD Times reviewer Eamonn McCusker.[6]
Blackwood was a radio presenter for London station Choice FM.
In 2010 he played Brightie in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof alongside Adrian Lester and James Earl Jones at the Novello Theatre in London.[7]
In March 2011, he played the role of Russell the Store Manager in Anuvahood staring Adam Deacon.
Beginning 6 May 2011, he will play the role of Donkey in the West End production of Shrek the Musical. The show is set to open at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 June 2011.[8]
Personal life
In a 2000 interview, Blackwood claimed that if he had not made it in showbusiness he would have been "a graphic designer, designing buildings" (sic).[9] In a 2001 interview on Channel 4's website, Blackwood claimed to be good friends with Virginia Bottomley.[10]
He was banned from driving for one year in February 2010 for speeding.[11]
He is known to perform a Kriss Akabusi 'Awoooga' during parties and his DJ sets.
He appeared with the rest of the Shrek Musical cast on Britain's Got Talent in May 2011.[12]
Discography
You'll Love to Hate This (2000) UK#35
Notes
- ^ [1] Singled Out
- ^ "Channel 4 Misses", MSN Entertainment (accessed 9 February 2008)
- ^ "Channel 4 defends 'sick' satire", BBC News, Saturday, 28 July 2001 (accessed 9 February 2008)
- ^ Don't Stop Dreaming (accessed 16 February 2008)
- ^ BBC Review of Don't Stop Dreaming (accessed 3 March 2008)
- ^ DVD Times - Princes of Comedii (accessed 3 March 2008)
- ^ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Artist List (accessed 20 January 2011)
- ^ "Shrek role for BGT judge Amanda". UK Press Association. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ Channel 4 - The Richard Blackwood Show
- ^ "Big Breakfast - Richard Blackwood". Channel 4. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ "Comedian Richard Blackwood given driving ban after speeding on Wessex Way". Daily Echo. 19 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/britains-got-talent/britains-got-talent-2011-amanda-holden-and-shrek-cast-perform-on-tuesdays-semi-final-video/
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