Jonathan Ross

English television and radio presenter

Photo by: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:November 17, 1960

Age:65

Zodiac Sign:Scorpio

Born in:St Pancras, United Kingdom

Residence:Swanage, United Kingdom

Languages:English

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AmySpice WorldThe Tall GuyThe Incredibly Strange Film ShowNeil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

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Turf

Awards

OBE

Jonathan Ross

English television and radio presenter

Biography

Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, television personality, comedian, and writer. He has presented television comedy chat shows, including BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001–2010) and ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show (2011–present). For the BBC show, he won three British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Performance. Ross hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 from 1999 to 2010. He served as film critic and presenter of the television programme Film… (1999–2010). Ross began his television career as a TV researcher, before debuting as a presenter for the chat show The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987–1988) on Channel 4. His other television work includes being a panellist on the comedy sports quiz show They Think It's All Over (1999–2005), presenting the British Comedy Awards (1991–2007, 2009–2014), judging on the musical competition The Masked Singer (2020–present) and its spin-off The Masked Dancer (2021–2022), and competing on the reality series The Celebrity Traitors (2025). In 2012, Ross received a Special Recognition award at the National Television Awards. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. In 2008, he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled Why Do I Say These Things?, detailing some of his life experiences. He has also written his own comic books, Turf and America's Got Powers.

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Jonathan Ross speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.

Jonathan Ross and Ricky Gervais

Jonathan Ross speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Kingsman: The Golden Circle", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

Jonathan Ross speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.