Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound | |
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| Hound perfoming onstage in 2008. Hound perfoming onstage in 2008. | |
| Occupation | Professional MC for Comedy Clubs, television presenter and occassional actor. |
| Genre | Comedy, Stand Up |
| Website | |
| http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/Rufus_724818_80.html | |
Rufus Hound is a British comedian and television presenter. He has been described by TV's Stephen Fry as "The rich man's Simon Pegg".[citation needed] Educationally, he went to Frensham Heights and Godalming College, where he ran the college radio station[citation needed] and grew a beard.
Hound hosted Destination Three, the coverage of The Glastonbury Festival and Top of the Pops in 2005 and 2006 alongside Fearne Cotton. He presented the idiosyncratic reality show Grime Scene Investigation on BBC Three, and narrated BBC Two's broadcasts of MythBusters.
As a live comedian he seems to MC, most notably at The Komedia in Brighton where he lives.
He has also worked for Merrill Lynch as an MC at corporate presentations.
In April 2007, he got married at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada to Beth Johnson, who he'd met at The Reading Festival the year before.[citation needed]
He was very annoyed when the BBC announced they were axing Top of the Pops in 2006 as he really enjoyed his time as a presenter of the long running series.[citation needed]
In early 2008, Hound appeared twice on Thank God You're Here in the UK. On the first occasion he appeared alongside Richard Wilson, Lee Mack and Claudia Winkleman, winning the show. On the second he appeared alongside Steve Furst, John Thomson and Marcus Brigstocke. In fact he started his 'Thank G-d You're Here' performance by being the warm up guy. At the very first taping of the show he did some fantastic warm-up comedy before the main show started and throughout the show. On 26th March 2008, Rufus featured on the 1st Episode of the New Series of The Apprentice, You're Fired!
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