Elroy Powell, better known by his stage name Spoonface (born 28 August 1973), is a British singer, songwriter, producer and actor. He is known as a member of the music group Black Legend.

Career

Spoonface achieved international recording success with the Black Legend cover of

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's song, " You See the Trouble with Me". The single reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. He has collaborated with a number of artists including

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and the

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. He has also made screen appearances as Biggy Spect in the

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series '' Trexx and Flipside'' and as a presenter on Trouble TV’s interactive game show, ''Freakin Famous''. Spoonface also appears on the BBC TV soap opera ''

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'' and in '' Star Wars Episode VII'' as Rosser Weno. More recent appearances include the film ''

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'', ''

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'', Jingle Jangle and the Harry Enfield 100 years of BBC special. Spoonface is also a video game voice actor. He has appeared in '' Dying Light 2 Stay Human'' for which he won the One Voice Conference award for Best Male Voice in Gaming. Spoonface has also appeared in ''

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'' voice the character Magnus, and as the character Knowledge in ''

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''.

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* * 1973 births Living people British male singer-songwriters Musicians from Sunderland 21st-century Black British male singers 21st-century British male singers English people of West Indian descent Place of birth missing (living people) Black British male actors British male film actors British male television actors 21st-century British male actors {{UK-singer-stub