| Terry Alderton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Terry John Alderton 31 October 1970 Rochford, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Comedian and television presenter |
| Website | |
| www.terryalderton.co.uk | |
Terry Alderton (born 31 October 1970 in Rochford, Essex) is an English comedian who had some high profile acting and presenting roles in the early 2000's before returning to stand-up comedy a decade later.
When he was younger Alderton was a goalkeeper with Southend United before moving on to comedy. In 2004 the club re-signed him after injuries weakened their squad, following his performance in goal for the Celebrities team in the Sky One reality television series, The Match.[1]
In 1999, Alderton was nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award. Later that year, television producer Johnny Finch himself attempted to launch his own BBC TV show dedicated to video games titled Bleeding Thumbs. The series would have ran between 1999-2000 and had hoped to emulate the success the 1990's Channel 4 show GamesMaster achieved, which Finch was on the production team of as well as being a co-commentator. Two pilots were created hosted by Dermot O'Leary and Kate Thornton, and then Alderton accompanying Thornton, the commissioning editor de-commissioned the show claiming that "People want to play games, not watch them".[2]
Alderton went on to present the National Lottery show "Red Alert" with Lulu later that year. He has also presented his own show on Capital Radio called "Terry's Turnstiles". He was also confirmed as a presenter on Setanta Sports News channel.[3]
Alderton has also worked as an actor, one of his bigger roles was as the character Charlie Mead in the final series of London's Burning.. He currently presents a number of video shows on Virgin Media Sport. His characters include Mr Sheepskin and Danny Dire.. He made his West End London début when he performed his one man show at The Bloomsbury Theatre on 21 May 2010 [1]
Alderton is married to former model and Page Three Girl Dee Ivens, and married in 2001 in Epping Forest.[4]
He is close friends with Crusader Norman Housley and is the godfather to Housley's eldest daughter.