Craig Charles
Craig Charles was born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom on July 11th, 1964 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 59, Craig Charles biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Early career
On the British cabaret circuit, Charles began his career as a modern and urban performance poet. His performances were considered innovative, with Charles describing him as having a natural humour that attracted talent scouts. Charles climbed on stage at a Teardrop Explodes concert in 1981 and recited a comedic, but derogatory, poem about the band's singer, Julian Cope. He was invited to open new gigs for the group and went on to perform as a service act in bars and clubs for the next three years, as well as at the Larks in the Park music festival (1982). He performed poetry at Anyman Theatre (1983) in Liverpool with such writers as Roger McGough and Adrian Henri.
Charles spent time in Liverpool, writing and singing lyrics for a number of local rock bands. He sang of keyboards, bass, and gave voice to the 1980 rock band Watt 4. He performed his political rap songs as a 'Wordsmith.' Charles was invited to film a session on the John Peel BBC Radio Show in 1983, backed by a band. This was his first work experience. In 1984, he attended a new Peel Session.
Charles discovered that poetry was a tool for his sense of humour and progressed to stand-up comedy. In 1986, he was part of the Red Wedge comedy tour, which aimed to raise concerns of the time's social challenges in support of the Labour Party. In 1986, he appeared in Edinburgh and then toured the world for his first one-man show. Charles appeared on radio shows including Janice Long's Radio 1 show and was a regular panelist on Ned Sherrin's chat show Loose Ends (1987–88) on BBC Radio 4.
Television career
On BBC2 and the day-time BBC1 chat show Pebble Mill at One, Charles appeared on television as the resident poet on Riverside's arts programme. Charles was resident poet on Channel 4's Black on Black (1985) and its entertainment-based replacement Club Mix (1986), and he appeared on the BBC2 pop music series Oxford Road Show (ORS). On the late-night show Saturday Live (1985–87) and on the prime-time BBC1 chat show Wogan (1986–87), where he performed a topical poem in a weekly feature, Charles performed his political poems as stand-up comedy. He has appeared on television programs, including Open Air (1988). Charles had a lot of acting in his performance style, allowing him to express emotion in a way. In a concert that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night at Halloween in September 2015, Charles performed his "epic" poem Scary Fairy and the Tales of the Dark Wood live with the BBC Philharmonic orchestra.
Charles' first television appearance was as a Liverpudlian slob in the science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf. He was introduced to the program by Saturday Live and Red Dwarf producer Paul Jackson, who wanted to hear whether Cat was a racial stereotype. After begging Jackson, Charles, who had no acting experience, was eventually offered an audition.
Charles has appeared in all twelve series as well as Red Dwarf: The Promised Land. Emile Charles, Charles' younger brother, appeared in "Timeslides," and "Bad News" and "Cash" in this episode were written by Charles and performed by his band. Charles has played a variety of alternative characters, including a gangster, a cowboy, and the evil and nefarious version of Lister, as well as in him executing a variety of stunts and acting as special effects. Except for VII and IX, all series were shot in front of a studio audience. Charles is one of only two cast members to appear in every episode of Red Dwarf to date, alongside Danny John-Jules (Cat).
Charles listens to both the Red Dwarf novel Last Human and his book The Log: A Dwarfer's Guide to Everything, and he also attends sci-fi, comedic, and memorabilia conventions in connection with the Red Dwarf brand. During Back to Earth, Lister visits Coronation Street, where he meets actor Craig Charles.
From series 2 to number 7, many'specials' were included in Charles' series on BBC2 (1998-2003) and Channel 5 (2003–04). Charles was the main host and presided over the arena, in which amateur engineers and amateur engineers clashed against each other and against the house robots. Charles opened the show, enthusiastically announced the results of the battles, and met with the contestants after the main events. He began each episode with a short Robot Wars-themed poem. During series 4, Charles' uncle, Jack, appeared on the show on several occasions and was a contestant on "Team Nemesis." In 2001, Charles hosted the Robot Wars Live UK tour, as well as shows at Wembley Arena.
In 2016, Robot Wars returned to the BBC. Charles expressed his enthusiasm for hosting it again, but the job was transferred to Dara Briain and Angela Scanlon.
Charles gave the English voice-over for the Challenge (2002-2004) rebroadcast of Takeshi's Castle, which was originally produced by the Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan. In each episode, 100 and 142 contestants attempted to overcome a string of bizarre and near-impossible physical obstacles in order to get to the Show Down at the castle against Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano for a chance to win large cash prizes. Throughout all 122 episodes of the four series, as well as some special and "best of" episodes, Charles co-wrote the program and analyzed. He gave comedy insights into the contestants' abilities, which were meant to appeal to adult audiences as well as younger viewers, and he also coined the phrase "Keshi Heads" to describe fans of the show. Dick and Dom's 2013 reboot was not as well received.
Charles became a member of Coronation Street in 2005, playing philandering taxi driver Lloyd Mullaney. Charles made Lloyd a Northern Soul DJ and record collector, as well as a funk music enthusiast. During scenes, Charles has selected funk and soul songs to accompany backing tracks, and posters for The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club and Red Dwarf have appeared.
Charles portrayed Lloyd as tough, but also kindhearted and romantic, and the story was very popular with viewers. Charles brought a comedic element to the role, but he was also involved in traumatic and emotional scenes with intricate storylines. In 2010, his character appeared in the show's historic 50th anniversary tram crash storyline, which was also shown live. Charles compiled documentary about the film, which includes 50 years of Corrie Stunts (2010), which is also included on the Tram Crash DVD. In November 2011, Charles took time off from Coronation Street to film a new series of Red Dwarf, which was back in April 2012. Steve & Lloyd's Streetcar Stories, an online mini-series, appeared alongside the television show's plotline in February 2014.
Craig revealed in May 2015 that he would be moving from Coronation Street to Red Dwarf, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 6 Music. During the live episode on September 23th, Lloyd left in a red Cadillac, but his final pre-recorded farewell scenes with Steve were shown during the following episode.
Charles has appeared in episodes of famous dramas including The Bill (1995), EastEnders (2002) and Holby City (2004), as well as The Ten Percents (1996). In the Channel 4 pirate drama series The Governor (1996), Charles played mentally impaired and violent prisoner Eugene Buffy; the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx (2001); and soccer agent Joel Brooks in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team (2004).
What Is That Noise? Charles has appeared on children's television shows, including "What is That Noise?" (1989) and Parallel 9 (1992) on BBC1 and Go Getters (1994) on ITV. He was the traveling reporter for the widely acclaimed, but controversial, BBC mockumentary' Ghostwatch, which tricked viewers into believing it was a live investigation into ghost sightings in a suburban home on Halloween night (1992). On BBC2's cyberspace game show Cyberzone (1993) on ITV; the late-night entertainment show Funky Bunker (1997) on ITV; the discussion show Amazing Space: The Pub Guide to the Universe (2001) on National Geographic; and Weapons of Mass Distraction (2004) on ITV.
Charles has appeared on television shows such as "You Should Know It"s All About (1995), Can't Cook, Won't Cook (1998), The Weakest Link (2004), The Chase (2012), and Pointless (2013). On Channel 4, he was a team captain on the sci-fi quiz series Space Cadets (1997), which guest star William Shatner. Charles began the National Lottery Draw (1997), and his home has appeared on Through the Keyhole. Charles was a contestant in the Celebrity Poker Club tournament (2004) on Challenge, where he reached the semi-finals and in the Channel 4 reality game show, The Games (2005), which chronicled the contestants' intensive preparation regimen and every live Olympic Games-style sporting competition.
Charles appeared on the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! However, Charles was forced to leave the show shortly after finding his brother Dean's death from a heart attack on November 20th.