Richard Blackwood Biography
Richard Clifford Blackwood is an English actor, presenter, and rapper. Between 2015 and 2018, he played Vincent Hubbard in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Richard Blackwood Age
Richard was born on 15 May 1972, He is 42 years as of 2019. Blackwood presented the UK version of Singled Out on Channel 5 and in 1999, he presented his own show titled The Richard Blackwood Show.
He was also a presenter on MTV television show, MTV Select with Donna Air.
Richard Blackwood Career
Richard Blackwood photoIn 2000, Blackwood scored a number three hit single on the UK Singles Chart with the song “Mama Who Da Man”, based on Mama Used to Say by his uncle Junior.
The single sold was written and produced by Lucas Secon and Mickey P. He later followed it up with two singles, “1.2.3.4 Get with the Wicked” (No. 10) and “Someone There for Me” (No. 23) and released the album You’ll Love to Hate This (No. 10) in late 2000.
Richard Blackwood Brass Eye
Blackwood appeared on the satire comedy series Brass Eye in 2001, during the episode “Paedogeddon!” and is remembered for his facetious description of how pedophiles could hack into computers and make them release fumes in order to subdue children.
He even sniffed a keyboard, claiming that it made him feel more “suggestible”.He also warned watching parents that exposure to the fumes would make their children “smell like hammers”.
Blackwood had acting appearances in Holby City in 2003 and played the title character in the 2002 television series Ed Stone Is Dead. During May 2003.
Blackwood appeared on Channel 5’s Celebrity Detox Camp, which involved him being filmed “pumping 18 liters of coffee solution through his anus into [his] stomach”. In March 2007, he acted in the Bollywood smash-hit film Don’t Stop Dreaming. In 2005, Blackwood appeared in Princes of Comedii DVD release.
Richard Blackwood Radio
Blackwood was a presenter for the London radio station Choice FM and did some cover work on Capital FM. Capital XTRA is a Global-owned radio station that began broadcasting from London on 96.9 and 107.1 MHz in the FM band in 1990.
Alongside DAB Digital Radio, Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media and online nowadays. It is a radio station that exclusively broadcasts contemporary Grime, Hip Hop, and R’n’B music.
Richard Blackwood Movies
In 2010, he played Brightie in the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, alongside Adrian Lester and James Earl Jones at the Novello Theatre in London.
In March 2011, he played the role of Russell – the Store Manager, in Anuvahood, starring Adam Deacon. Also in 2011, he played the role of Donkey in the West End production of Shrek the Musical. The show opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 June 2011.
He has starred alongside such performers as Amanda Holden, Nigel Lindsay, Nigel Harman, Kimberley Walsh, and Neil McDermott.
Richard Blackwood Britain Got Talent
Blackwood appeared with the rest of the Shrek cast on Britain’s Got Talent for ITV on 31 May 2011. They performed “I’m a Believer”.On 17 January 2015, it was announced that Blackwood would be joining the cast of EastEnders as character Vincent Hubbard.
He made his first appearance on 17 February 2015. His last appearance aired on 20 April 2018. He had previously been interviewed in a 2003 EastEnders documentary on the return of Den Watts.
In 2019, Blackwood took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, partnered with professional skater Carlotta Edwards. They were eliminated in Week 3, following a skate-off against Saira Khan and Mark Hanretty.
Richard Blackwood Dating Show
Singled Out is an American dating game show created by Burt Wheeler & Sharon Sussman which originally ran on MTV from 1995 to 1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 singles competing for a date with one main contestant.
The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy. When McCarthy left the show in early 1997 to star in her own sitcom, Jenny, MTV hired Carmen Electra to replace her for the last season and a half.
Richard Blackwood Naomi Campbell
The stand-up comedian and presenter Richard Blackwood is surprisingly related to Naomi Campbell. He became the step-brother of Campbell when his father, Cliff, married her mother, Valerie, in the 1980s, until their divorce several years later. Blackwood was just 10 years old at the time of the marriage.
He told The Guardian: “We were closer when we were younger – then my dad and her mum split up.“She’s got her life to lead, and I have my own.“Remember, we are only together for a short space of time; our parents were together for only seven years.
Richard Blackwood Wife
Richard currently isn’t married and never has been. In 2016 Richard took part in the Celebrity version of First Dates. He said that he doesn’t have trouble dating women but has difficulty finding ‘the one’.
The 46-year-old said that he thinks he’s single because he won’t settle for just anyone. Richard also said on first dates that he’s into “exotic women”.However, his date with Diana Booty went down like a lead balloon when Diana admitted that she didn’t fancy Richard.
Richard joked that she was “too good” and that he likes girls that are an ‘eight’ and Diana was a ‘ten’.
Richard Blackwood Son
He has a son, Keanu, born in January 2001Blackwood has said he once attempted suicide after filing for bankruptcy in 2003. In 2016, Blackwood’s brother, Marcus was jailed for 3 years after being found with cocaine in his possession.
Richard Blackwood Height
The star stands at a height of 1.8 m Richard Blackwood’s statistics like age, body measurements, height, weight, bio, wiki, net worth posted above have been gathered from a lot of credible websites and online sources.
Richard Blackwood Net Worth
Richard Blackwood net worth is currently under review, he went broke in 2002. Proved he has bounced back from bankruptcy by showing off his new £100,000 supercar on an outing to Nando’s.
was spotted taking his prized BMW sports car out for a shopping trip before making a stop at a Nando’s. He was declared bankrupt 14 years ago after frittering away the fortune me made from his career in the spotlight.
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