Michael Underwood
| Michael Underwood | |
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| Born |
Michael Paul Underwood 26 October 1975 Northampton, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse(s) | Angellica Bell (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Michael Paul Underwood (born 26 October 1975) is an English television presenter, best known as a children's TV presenter on CBBC and CITV.
He presented the primetime ITV series Let Me Entertain You in 2014 and is currently a reporter for Surprise Surprise and Real Stories with Ranvir Singh.
Career
Underwood attended Weston Favell Academy in Northampton; he later graduated from Plymouth University's Rolle College, Exmouth with a BEd (Hons) in Drama & Performance. Before winning a six-week CBBC presenting contract on the BBC television show Whatever You Want, Underwood had previously made it to the last four in interviews for the Blue Peter vacancy subsequently filled by Simon Thomas.
Underwood was an entertainment correspondent for the ITV Breakfast programme GMTV from 2005 until 2008.
In 2006, Underwood duetted with The X Factor contestant Andy Abraham on the Christmas single, "December Brings Me Back To You".
Underwood competed in the 2008 series of Dancing on Ice, partnered by professional skater Melanie Lambert. However, he pulled out of the series following a broken ankle in the run-up to the third show. The took part in the show the following year for the fourth series.
Underwood presented on Heart FM from April 2013, filling in for Zoe Hanson. He left this role in December 2013.[1]
In early 2014, he presented the ITV entertainment series Let Me Entertain You on Saturday nights. Underwood is currently a reporter on the ITV series Surprise Surprise and Real Stories with Ranvir Singh. He has been a stand-in entertainment reporter on Good Morning Britain multiple times.
He appeared in the music video for Wet Wet Wet's single "Too Many People".
Personal life
Underwood married his former CBBC co-star Angellica Bell in New York in December 2010.[2] On 9 June 2011, Underwood announced that Bell was expecting their first child.[3] The baby, Elijah Joseph, was born on 26 December 2011.
It was announced on Twitter in early 2013 that Underwood and wife, Angellica would be expecting their second child. Their daughter Keziah Mae was born in June 2013, Underwood was quoted saying "two under two, we are crazy".
Filmography
- TV presenting
- Whatever You Want (1999)
- CBBC (1999–2002) – Continuity presenter
- The Make Shift – Presenter
- CITV (2002–2003) – Continuity presenter
- The White Knuckle Tour – Presenter
- The Big Bang (2002–2003) – Presenter
- Eliminator (2003–2004) – Presenter
- Starfinder (2003–2004) – Presenter
- Jungle Run (2003–2006) – Presenter
- Ministry of Mayhem (2004) – Presenter
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005: British Final presenter (also in 2004)
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 – Commentator
- British Soap Awards: The After Party (2006, 2009–10) – Presenter
- ITV2 Celebrity Daredevils – "SAS Training"
- It Shouldn't Happen To A Showbiz Reporter (2005) – Showbiz reporter
- GMTV (2005–2008) – Entertainment correspondent
- Bingo Night Live (2008) – Presenter
- The X Factor – 'Final' location reporter
- Live from Studio Five (2010) – Guest presenter
- The Zone (2010) – Co-presenter
- OK! TV – Guest presenter
- Let Me Entertain You (2014) – Presenter
- Surprise Surprise (2014–present) – Reporter
- Real Stories with Ranvir Singh (2015–present) – Reporter
- Good Morning Britain (2016) – Stand-in entertainment reporter
- Other TV work
- The Crystal Maze (1990) – Team captain
- Hollywood 7 (2001) – Pizza Delivery Boy
- Dancing on Ice (2008, 2009) – Contestant
- All Star Mr and Mrs (2009) – Contestant, with Angellica Bell
- The Door (2010) – Contestant
- Born To Shine (2011) – Contestant
- Celebrity MasterChef (2012) – Contestant
- Celebrity Mastermind (2012) – Contestant
References
- ↑
- ↑ "TV presenter couple Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell wed in surprise ceremony in New York". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "TV presenter couple Angellica Bell and Michael Underwood expecting their first child". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
