Sean Christopher Walsh (born 2 December 1985), known professionally as Seann Walsh, is an English stand-up comedian.

Early life

Walsh was born in

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in London, but was brought up in

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. He left school with one

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examination pass, in Drama.

Career

Walsh is a graduate of Jill Edwards' comedy workshops and performed his first gig in November 2006. He won several awards early in his career including '' Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (2009)'' and ''Chortle Best Newcomer (2009)''. Walsh supported

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on his 2008/09 ''Find the Funny'' and 2009/10 ''The Feelgood Factor'' tours, as well as at the 2010 '' Reading and Leeds Festival''. Walsh was resident host at Komedia's ''Comic Boom'' in

and has also been an 'audience wrangler' (a more recent version of the traditional warm-up comedian) for '' QI''. Walsh performed his 2012 show ''Seann to Be Wild'' at the

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and toured the country with it. He has performed shows with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe named "Ying and Young". His 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show ''The Lie-In King'' received good press. Walsh's stand-up style has been described as "impressively universal, gag-heavy, observational". Walsh also presents a weekly show on

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with his friend, Mark Simmons. From 8 September 2018, Walsh participated in the sixteenth series of ''

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'' with professional dance partner Katya Jones. Early in the series, it was reported that he had become romantically involved with Jones despite both of them being in long-term relationships, and his popularity suffered as a result. Walsh and Jones did an interview with Zoe Ball following the controversy, where after a televised grilling from Ball, Walsh apologised. The couple was voted out in Week 6. Seann hosted ''Flinch'', a physical gameshow for Netflix,Netflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify , Deadline
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, and

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. In 2022, Walsh participated in

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of ''I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' on ITV1, and finished in 5th place on 25 November 2022.

Personal life

Walsh's relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries ended in October 2018 after a video and photos of him kissing his ''Strictly Come Dancing'' partner Katya Jones were published. Walsh subsequently incorporated his experiences on ''Strictly'' into his standup act. It was later reported that Katya and her husband Neil Jones had separated as an indirect result of the incident. During an interview for

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, in March 2022, Walsh described how the incident was still "trauma" for him and how he underwent treatment for depression and anxiety, to help him cope with the fallout. Walsh has been in a relationship with dance teacher Grace Adderley since 2019. They live in a Victorian terraced house in

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, London and are expecting their first child in February 2023. He is a Queens Park Rangers fan.

Appearances

Television

Film

Radio

*'' Loose Ends v BBC Radio 4'' (March 2009) *'' The Jon Richardson Show'' –

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(November 2009) *''

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's Radio Show'' – BBC Radio 1 (June 2010) *''Matt Forde's Show'' – Talksport Radio (May & June 2010) *'' Act Your Age'' – BBC Radio 4 (April 2011)

Tours

Online releases

Awards

*Winner: '' Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year 2009 *Winner: Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2009 *Second place: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009 *Runner-up: Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008 *Runner-up: ''

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'' 2008

References

External links

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