Jeff Leach
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Jeff Leach | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Alexander Leach London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, comedian |
| Notable work | London Town Big Brother's Big Mouth Hollyoaks |
| Website | jeffreyleach |
Jeff Alexander Leach is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He has also worked as a television and radio presenter on programmes in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and Europe.
He is most well known for appearing in feature films The Smoke as Dean, and London Town as Ronnie, as well as voicing Simon "Ghost" Riley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. On television, he has hosted many shows for BBC Switch, BBC Three and E4.
Leach was raised in London; his father a Cockney engineer, and his mother a Romanian drama teacher. Leach claims Aromanian descent through his mother's line.[1] At four years old, he began his acting journey with a standout cross-dressing lead role as 'Madame Diptheria Iceberg' in a school production, marking the inception of a lifelong passion for performance.[2] Educated at the John Lyon School for boys in Harrow, he obtained a degree from the University of Warwick in English Literature and Theatre Studies.
Television career
After obtaining his degree, Leach became a presenter for the BBC Switch show The Surgery on BBC Two.[3] After presenting Scene Stealers for BBC Switch and T in the Park Festival for BBC Three Leach had a stint as presenter of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4. From 2009 to 2012 he became the face of Virgin Media and their Music on Demand channel, which saw him present each year from V Festival. There he would provide comedic continuity links between the channel's programming, and interview artists like Lady Gaga, Example, Kelly Rowland, and Professor Green.
Between 2010 and 2012, he was signed by the UK branch of Current TV to present two series of their show What Did I Do Last Night?. Its premise involved cameras following the antics of young British people on a night out, who were then shown their behaviour the following morning when hungover. Leach was also signed by BBC One to present The National Lottery Draws. During this time he hosted other shows for Current TV including an exposé on the dangers of male escorting entitled Male Hookers Uncovered, in which Leach became a male escort for the purposes of the immersive documentary. Following on from this, he presented one more documentary about sex addiction for BBC Three called Confessions of a Sex Addict.[citation needed]
In 2014, with London Live launching in the UK, Jeff Leach became the presenter and executive producer of his own series known as Jeff Leach +1. In 2015, he hosted the PromaxBDA Europe Awards in Berlin, an event celebrating top works in television promotion, marketing, and design across Europe.[4] In 2019, he recorded an episode of Dinner With Dani for Amazon Prime, and during 2020 he recorded multiple live shows for Comedy Central's stand-up comedy series This Week At The Cellar.[citation needed]