Ricky Grover
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Ricky Grover is a British performer, born in the East End of London. His stepfather was an armed robber and his mother a hairdresser.[1] He himself became a ladies' hairdresser and a boxer,[1] before becoming a stand-up comedian, actor and occasional TV presenter.
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[edit] Career
He has appeared in various television programmes including Red Dwarf,[1] Fist of Fun, 'Orrible,[2] The 11 O'Clock Show,[1] Honky Sausages and Black Books. He also provided the voice acting for the character of Yangus in the English language version of the Playstation 2 game Dragon Quest VIII.
His 1996 short film Punch' won the Silver Bear Award[2] at the Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
In 2000, he won the Best Actor award at the Brest European Short Film Festival for his performance in Hungry (1998)[4]
One of his most regular characters is "Bulla", a violent offender who originally featured on The 11 O'Clock Show. Many elements of this character were adapted for the short lived and poorly received 'Orrible.
Ricky writes a highly popular article for the monthly Loaded (magazine) under the title Raging Bulla; he's been writing for them since July 2003. He has also appeared as a Mexican Bandit in a Virgin Mobile advert.
In 2006, Ricky Grover presented the documentry F*** Off I'm Fat as part of BBC Three's first Body Image season. In 2007, on ITV1, he presented a peaktime Tonight With Trevor McDonald report on obesity and a BBC Two episode of Grandad's Back in Business in which he mentored two stand-up comedians.
[edit] Filmography
- Punch (1996)
- Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
- Hungry (1998)
- Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
- Revolver (2005)
- Cargo (2006)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Scotsman, 11th August 2002. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ a b BBC website, 18th September 2002. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ Phuket Gazette, 25th January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
- ^ IMDB list of awards for Hungry. Retrieved on 2007-09-23.
[edit] Books
- Sit-Down Comedy (contributor to anthology, ed Malcolm Hardee & John Fleming) Ebury Press/Random House, 2003. ISBN 0-09-188924-3.