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Joel Patrick Dommett[3] (born 8 June 1985)[4] is an English actor, author, comedian, and television presenter. He is known for his television roles in Live in Chelsea, Impractical Jokers UK, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Joel & Nish vs The World and from 2020 onwards has been the host of The Masked Singer UK.

Joel Dommett
Dommett in 2022
Born	Joel Patrick Dommett (1985-06-08) 8 June 1985 (age 37) Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, England[1]
Occupation	Actor, author, comedian, presenter
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Hannah Cooper ​ (m. 2019)​ [2]
Website	www.joeldommett.com

Career

Dommett is originally from Rockhampton, Gloucestershire and attended The Castle School in Thornbury.[5] As a teenager he was a member of a nu metal band called Psirus, which played five shows.[6] He moved to London at the age of 19.[7] Before standup comedy, Joel did some minor acting roles such as the roles of Josh in Teenage Kicks (2008), Jonathon Hansel in Casualty (2004) and Dale in The Golden Hour (2005).

His first stand-up gig was at a bar in Los Angeles, and he has since performed in locations including Reykjavik, Gravesend and The Netherlands.[8] In 2008, he won Best Newcomer award and was a finalist in Stand Up Comedian of the year.[9]

Also in 2008, he appeared in a feature film called The Edge of Love as a train soldier who featured briefly in a scene and the film is a Second World War drama.[10]

In 2009, he was a co-host on Paul Foot's podcast from episode 1–20.[11] Dommett is a member of the National Youth Theatre.[12]

In 2010, Dommett appeared in a recurring role in E4's Skins as D.C. Sweeney and appeared in all six episodes of Popatron,[13] a sitcom produced by Charlie Brooker's Zeppotron that appeared on BBC Two as part of its BBC Switch brand. Beginning in 2011, Dommett hosted Live in Chelsea, a live discussion show revolving around the events of the popular reality show Made in Chelsea. Dommett appeared in the first two series of Impractical Jokers UK from 2012 until 2014 on BBC Three.[14][15]

In 2015, Dommett was a team captain on ITV2's comedy show Reality Bites.[16] He was also a regular panellist on Nicole Scherzinger's team on the Sky 1 panel show Bring the Noise.[17] In November 2015, Dommett appeared on a celebrity edition of The Chase.[18] In 2016, Joel was cast as a supporting character in the Fulwell 73 movie White Island (based of off the Collin Butts novel, A Bus Could Run You Over) where he played the character of Dexter – a DJ who is friends with the protagonist, Connor – who is arrested for cocaine possession and Connor attempts to track down who set Dexter up in Ibiza. The film received mixed reviews and did not become a success.

In November 2016, Dommett took part in the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in second place, losing out to Gogglebox's Scarlett Moffatt.[19]

In 2018, Dommett released his first book of memoirs, It’s Not Me It’s Them: Confessions of a hopeless modern romantic.[20] The book details his romantic encounters with 40 women before meeting his now wife, Hannah Cooper, and has the running narrative that he is on his first date with her and is recalling the women that he had relationships with. Towards the final page of the book, Joel asks Hannah whether she would want to marry him.

From November 2017 until December 2019, Dommett co-presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2.[21] The aftershow was axed in January 2020 due to it becoming too expensive to film.

In 2019, Dommett began presenting the quiz show Hey Tracey alongside Donna Preston, who plays the computer-generated ‘Tracey’ and the reality dating show Singletown alongside Emily Atack, both on ITV2. Singletown only lasted one series whereas it has not been announced whether Hey Tracey would have a third series following its second filmed during the COVID 19 pandemic.

On 9 September 2019, Dommett was announced as the presenter for ITV's The Masked Singer, the UK version of the international music game show Masked Singer, which began airing on 4 January 2020.[22] Dommett also hosts the sister show The Masked Dancer, which premiered in May 2021.

In 2020, Dommett was scheduled to go on tour across the UK in his Unapologetic: (If That Is Ok?) stand-up comedy tour, although that was postponed to 2021 to 2022 if no further restrictions are imposed. Only a few shows in February and early March were performed before a nationwide March lockdown was imposed; the show has the theme of Joel being newly married and his newfound primetime television presenting roles.

On 9 September 2021, Dommett hosted the 2021 National Television Awards ceremony proceeding David Walliams's stint in 2020. He was on the long list for the best presenter but failed to make the final shortlist.

Personal life

Dommett married Hannah Cooper in 2019. They began dating in 2016 after she sent him a "cat with the heart eye emoji" (😻) in an Instagram direct message.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Edge of Love	Train Soldier	Feature film
2010	Bashment	J.J.	Feature film
2016	White Island	Dexter Ward	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
	Bricking It
2004	Casualty	Jonathon Hansell	BBC One
2005	The Golden Hour	Dale Harper	ITV
2005	Totally Frank	Cory	Channel 4
2007	Inspector Lynley	Josh Tyler	BBC One
2007	Signs of Life	Joe	BBC One
2007	Up Close and Personal		ITV2; Non-broadcast pilot
2008	Teenage Kicks	Josh	ITV
2010	Popatron	Toby Wood	BBC Two
2010	Skins	DC Sweeney	E4
2011	Russell Howard's Good News Extra	Guest	BBC Three
2011–?	Live in Chelsea	Presenter	4oD
2011	Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes	Contributor	BBC Three
2011	EMA Voices 2011	Presenter	MTV
2012	How To Survive A Disaster Movie	Co-presenter	Channel 5
2012	MTV News	Newsreader	MTV
2012	World's Greatest Body Shockers	Contributor	E4
2012–14	Impractical Jokers UK	"Joker"	BBC Three
2013	Sweat the Small Stuff	Guest	BBC Three
2014	The Dog Ate My Homework	Guest	CBBC
2015	Reality Bites	Team captain	ITV2
	Bring the Noise	Regular panellist	Sky1
2015–2017	Drunk History	Storyteller	Comedy Central
2016	World of Weird[24]	Co-presenter	Channel 4
	The Chase Celebrity Special	Contestant	ITV
	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Contestant, 2nd place	ITV
2017	Loose Women	Guest panellist, 1 episode	ITV
2017–present	Joel & Nish vs The World	Co-presenter	Comedy Central
2017–19	I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp	Co-presenter	ITV2
2017–present	The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice	Panellist	Channel 4
2017	8 Out of 10 Cats	Panellist	Channel 4
2018–19	Roast Battle	Contestant episode 5	Comedy Central
2018–present	Celebrity Juice	Contestant	ITV2
2018	Gemma Collins: Diva España	Narrator	ITVBe
2018	Celebrity Lego Masters at Christmas	Contestant	Channel 4
2018	Celebrity Call Centre - Stand Up To Cancer	Call Centre Agent	Channel 4
2019	Comedians of the World	Comedian	Netflix
2019	Pointless Celebrities	Contestant with James Acaster	BBC One
2019	The Stand-Up Sketch Show	Comedian	ITV2
2019	Through the Keyhole	Panellist	ITV
2019	Thronecast: Gameshow of Thrones	Panellist	Sky
2019	Comedy Bus	Co-presenter	Comedy Central
2019–present	Hey Tracey	Presenter	ITV2
2019	Singletown	Co-presenter	ITV2
2020–present	The Masked Singer	Presenter	ITV
2020	Home alone with Joel Dommett	Presenter	ITV2
2020	The Chase Celebrity Special	Contestant	ITV
2020	Celebrity Crystal Maze	Contestant	Channel 4
2021	The Wheel	Celebrity Expert	BBC One
2021–present	The Masked Dancer	Presenter	ITV
2021–present	National Television Awards	Presenter	ITV
2022	DNA Journey[25]	Himself	ITV
2022	Celebrity I Literally Just Told You	Contestant	Channel 4

References

External links

• Official website
• Joel Dommett at IMDb
• Chortle profile page and tour dates
• Digital Spy interview
• BBC Impractical Jokers profile
• Official Home

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