Ollie Locke

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Ollie Locke
Ollie Locke at The Asian Awards.jpg
Locke in 2015
Born20 March 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 37)
Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actor
Years active2011–present
Television
Spouse
Gareth Locke
(m. 2020)
Children2

Oliver Locke (born 20 March 1987) is an English television personality and actor from Southampton, England, known for appearing in E4's constructed reality series Made in Chelsea . He has also competed in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother , as well as Celebrity Hunted .

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Life and career

Locke's mother is former BBC Radio Solent DJ Sarah Locke. [1]

While on Made in Chelsea , Locke came out as bisexual, and then later came out as gay. [2] At the time, he wrote a book called Laid in Chelsea. [3]

In January 2014, Locke became a housemate in the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother . He finished in third place behind Dappy and winner Jim Davidson. [4]

Locke has been seen on such shows as Celebrity Juice , Alan Carr's Chatty Man , The Jonathan Ross Show , Britain's Got More Talent, The Xtra Factor, Do the Dishes, the twelfth series of 8 Out of 10 Cats [5] and the second series of Fake Reaction . [6]

In 2016, Locke and his co-founders Jack Rogers and Maxim Cheremkhin founded the gay dating app Chappy. [7] [8]

In 2018, Locke landed his first major film role, Greed , directed by Michael Winterbottom. [9] In 2022, Locke appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Hunted alongside husband Gareth. He was the first candidate caught in the series. [10]

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