- Ray Peacock
Infobox actor
name = Ray Peacock
birthname = Ian Boldsworth
birthplace = Warrington, England
occupation = Comedian, Film & TVActor ,Podcast Host
website = http://www.ianboldsworth.comRay Peacock (born Ian Boldsworth, 1973, in
Warrington ,England ), is a prolific writer and comic performer who first came to prominence as part of the highly successful Big And Daft comedy trio, who enjoyed their ownBBC London radio series, three consecutive years of sell-out Edinburgh Festival shows and their own series for the BBC's PlayUK, Terrorville.In 2007 Ray began presenting his iTunes & Chortle hosted
The Ray Peacock Podcast alongside Ed Gamble andRaji James , which is available to download on iTunes and at www.chortle.co.uk/raypeacockRay made his debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002, originally as a brash Yorkshireman character who soon became a regular and familiar act on the live circuit. In his 2006 show at the Edinburgh Festival; the character was dropped in all but name and Ray delivered a confessional stand-up show entitled "Out of Character".
LIVE
* "Big And Daft" with
Rob Rouse & Jon Williams - Edinburgh Fringe 1999
* "Big And Daft In Space" withRob Rouse & Jon Williams - Edinburgh Fringe 2000
* "The Big And Daft Christmas Show" withRob Rouse & Jon Williams - Edinburgh Fringe 2001
* "Big And Daft National Tour" withRob Rouse & Jon Williams - Tour 2001
* "The Comedy Network" - Annual university Tour - 2001-present
* "The Comedy Zone" - Edinburgh Fringe 2002
* "Ray Peacock & Son" - Edinburgh Fringe 2005
* "Edinburgh & Beyond" - withRussell Howard ,Russell Kane ,Reginald D Hunter - Edinburgh Fringe and National Tour 2005
* "Ray Peacock - Out Of Character" - Edinburgh Fringe 2006
* Resident Compère at Bracknell Comedy Cellar 2007-present
*Resident Compère at Fopp Comedy 2007
* "The Ray Peacock Podcast Live" 2008
* Resident Compere at Northampton Picturedrome 2008TV Studio Audience Warm-up
*
Nigella (ITV - 2006)
*Bremner, Bird and Fortune (C4 - 2006)
*Deal or no Deal (C4 - 2007-2008)
*French & Saunders (BBC - 2007)
* The Consultants (2007)
* Not going out (BBC - 2007)
*Harry Hill 's Soapington Way (ITV - 2007)
*Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV - 2008)TV
His TV roles include
* Ian in "Terrorville" (credited as Ian Boldsworth) (BBC UKPlay - 2001)
* Programme Consultant on "Les Dawson's Finest Hour" (C4 - 2002)
* Garth in "Skin Deep" (credited as Ian Boldsworth) (C4 - 2005)
* Ray Peacock in Paramount Shorts (Paramount - 2005)
* Ray Peacock on "Edinburgh & Beyond" (Paramount - 2005)
* Billy Taft in Doctors (credited as Ian Boldsworth) (BBC - 2006)
* Banto inDoctor Who (credited as Ian Boldsworth) (BBC - 2007)
* Darren in "No Heroics" (ITV - 2008)
*Skins (C4 - 2008)Radio
"The Andy Hodgson Show" on LBC,Presented "Big And Daft" on
BBC London ,Writer onOut to Lunch (BBC)The Ray Peacock Podcast
In 2007, he is the presenter of a successful and humorous free podcast
The Ray Peacock Podcast on iTunes and the UK Comedy Website, chortle.co.uk, alongside the comedian Ed Gamble and ActorRaji James . Raji is the object of many jokes and running jokes throughout the series mostly about his personal life.Personal life
His early schooling was at Burtonwood County Primary School, Warrington and, whilst there, his head teacher encouraged his performance tendencies and he regularly put on plays during Friday assemblies. He then attended Selwyn Jones High School in St Helens and turned his attention mainly to playing
Rugby League , before rekindling his performance interests and successfully applying to Bretton Hall Drama School. After graduation he relocated to London and was briefly active in Fringe Theatre (Appearing in Lead Roles inChekhov 'sThe Bear andThe Proposal ) before turning his hand to comedy.His intermittent "real" jobs included working in his grandfathers butchers shop in St Helens, working as a barman for Wetherspoons, a Newspaper sales rep and selling Strip Metal.
He is a fanatical supporter of
St Helens RFC Rugby League, and an accomplished artist.ee also
*
Raji James
*The Ray Peacock Podcast
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