Shane Richie

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Shane Richie
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Richie in 2005
Born
Shane Patrick Paul Roche

(1964-03-11) 11 March 1964 (age 60)
Kensington, London, England
Occupation(s) Actor, singer, presenter
Years active1978–present
Known forRole of Alfie Moon in EastEnders
Notable work EastEnders (2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present)
Kat and Alfie: Redwater (2017)
Flushed Away (2006)
Spouses
  • (m. 1990;div. 1999)
  • Christie Goddard
    (m. 2007)
Children5; including Jake Roche

Shane Patrick Paul Roche (born 11 March 1964), [1] known as Shane Richie, is an English actor, comedian, television presenter and singer. Following initial success as a stage and screen performer, he became best known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders (appearing 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present) and then in its spin-off RTÉ Drama Redwater in 2017. In 2020, he appeared on the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here and finished in fourth place. [2]

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Richie has presented a number of BBC game shows including Reflex , Win Your Wish List and Decimate .

He also regularly appears in pantomime and in the last few years has starred as Robin Hood. He first took the role appearing at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton in 2016, then repeated it again in 2017 at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. He then reprised the role once again in 2018 at the Milton Keynes Theatre. In 2019 he starred alongside Jennie Dale as the title character in Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome in Bristol. [3]

Early life and career beginnings

Richie was born at St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, London [4] to Irish parents. [5] He attended Willesden High School [6] and was a member of a youth theatre as a child, and began his professional career in adolescence as a bluecoat entertainer at a Pontins holiday camp Little Canada, on the Isle of Wight. He progressed to the live stand up circuit, receiving a nomination for best new stand-up at the inaugural British Comedy Awards.

In 1989, Richie made nightly appearances for Sky TV's chat show series Jameson Tonight, which was hosted by Derek Jameson and Richie and recorded at the Windmill Theatre, London. In 1990, Richie made his first terrestrial television appearances as one of the comics on the BBC One sketch show Up to Something! with Suzy Aitchison, David Schneider, Frances Dodge, Mike Hayley and Lewis MacLeod; however, the show was axed after one series. Richie was one of five comics, along with Maddi Cryer, Annette Law, George Marshall and Billy Pearce.

Richie later branched out into hosting game shows after proving successful as host of the childrens quiz show Run the Risk , which was played during the BBC Saturday morning show Going Live! . He moved into mainstream presenting with Caught in the Act, Win, Lose or Draw , The Shane Richie Experience (later revamped as Love Me Do) and Lucky Numbers . He also replaced Danny Baker in the 'doorstep challenge' TV ads for Daz detergent; he had previously replaced Baker as host of Win, Lose or Draw. In the 2012 Christmas episode of The Sarah Millican Television Programme , Richie said that Daz gave him so much money for doing the adverts that he would have "snorted the stuff" if they had asked him.[ citation needed ]

Career

Musicals and music career

Richie has had success in musicals, appearing in such musicals as Boogie Nights and the 1993 London revival production of Grease . He released two albums, The Album in 1997, and Once Around the Sun in 2000, to limited commercial response. Richie had a number 2 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 2003, with his Children in Need cover version of Wham!'s "I'm Your Man".

Over Christmas 2005, Richie appeared in a touring run of Scrooge: The Musical.

In 2009, Richie was reportedly scheduled as the opening act for Michael Jackson's concerts at The O2 Arena. [7] The concerts were cancelled following Jackson's death.

During Christmas 2009, 2013 and 2014, Richie appeared as Aladdin, Buttons and Dick Whittington, in the pantomimes Aladdin, Cinderella and Dick Whittington at the Wycombe Swan Theatre in High Wycombe.

In 2017, Richie signed with East West Records and released his debut country music album, A Country Soul on 10 November 2017, which featured songs co-written by his son, Rixton member Jake Roche. [8] [9]

Television

Richie was a regular co-host alongside Derek Jameson on "Jameson Tonight", an early Sky One talk show in 1990.

In 1995, Richie began hosting the game show Lucky Numbers and starred in The Shane Richie Experience (1995–1996).

From 2002 to 2003, Richie played the villainous Danny Dexter on Night and Day . He won supporting roles in low-profile British films, beginning with Chris Barfoot's award-winning short comedy movie Dead Clean and then later Distant Shadow. In 2003, Richie was executive producer for the British film Shoreditch, in which he also appeared in a lead role. He invested a six-figure sum into the budget of the film, which ultimately made little profit.

In 2007, Richie starred in ITV drama The Good Samaritan, and Father Frank for BBC One. He also starred in the second series of Skins on Channel 4 as Bruce Gelcart, a lecherous college drama lecturer.

On 11 May 2008, Richie hosted a quiz show on Sky One called Don't Forget the Lyrics! , whereby contestants must finish off the lyrics to lines of popular songs in order to win money.

On 25 April 2008, he was due to be a guest on The Paul O'Grady Show , but due to Paul O'Grady falling ill, Richie stood in as host.

In February 2009, Richie starred in a revamp of the series Minder on Channel 5. Rather than a remake of the original, Richie starred as Archie Daley, the nephew of the character Arthur Daley from the original series, which ran from 1979 to 1994 on ITV. [10]

On 26 July 2009, Richie appeared in a one-off television drama called Whatever It Takes playing a character called JJ Merrick who comes to the aid of a girl who wins a radio competition – and catapults her into stardom, thus giving her a new lease of life.

The BBC announced on 14 November 2011 that following Jimmy Savile's recent death, Jim'll Fix It would return for a one-off Christmas Special in December 2011, with Richie as host. [11]

In January 2014, Richie presented one series of the BBC One game show Reflex , made by Objective Productions. In December 2014, Richie began hosting The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List , a new Saturday night game show. A second series began airing in February 2016. [12]

Richie has guest-hosted numerous episodes of The One Show . Between 2015 and 2016, Richie presented the BBC One daytime game show Decimate .

In June 2015, it was announced that he would be appearing in an episode of Benidorm . [13]

In 2019, Richie filmed Caravanning With Shane Richie for Channel 5.

In November 2020, it was announced that Richie would appear on the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here . He finished in fourth place. [2]

EastEnders

In 2002, Richie joined the cast of EastEnders as Alfie Moon, a humorous character in a programme which had been criticised for being too depressing. The role won him numerous awards, including the award for Best Male European Actor at the Rose D’or Festival and National Television Awards for Most Popular Actor in 2005, shortly before he and co-star Jessie Wallace left the programme on Christmas Day in 2005.

On 8 May 2008, he said in an interview with Digital Spy that he would love to return to EastEnders. [14]

On 23 July 2009, Richie announced on The One Show that his character Alfie Moon would return to EastEnders. [15] Following an absence of almost five years, Richie made his on-screen return to EastEnders on 21 September 2010.

As well as appearing in EastEnders, Richie also narrated three episodes for the documentary series EastEnders Revealed, a series that goes behind the scenes to explore characters and storylines; the episodes were "The Secret Mitchell" (2009) about Ronnie Mitchell and Danielle Jones, "Peggy Mitchell – Queen of the Vic" (2010) about Peggy Mitchell, and "Farewell Pat" (2012) about Pat Evans.

On 4 April 2015, it was announced that Richie would appear alongside Jessie Wallace in a six-part BBC One drama series, Redwater . In the spin-off, Kat and Alfie Moon visited Ireland as they put their past behind them. Speaking about the series, Richie commented: "Both Jessie and I are absolutely thrilled to be given this amazing opportunity. To have a whole drama focussed around Kat and Alfie is a huge honour for us both and we just can't wait to start filming. [16]

Richie briefly reprised the role in 2018, [17] with the character leaving once again in early 2019. [18]

In July 2022, it was announced that Richie would reprise the role of Alfie again, returning to the soap in the autumn. [19]

Film

In 2003, Richie produced and starred in the film Shoreditch, into which he had reportedly invested half a million pounds of his own money. The film received negative reviews and was not widely seen. [20]

In 2006, Richie played a rat named Sid in the Aardman Animation film Flushed Away . He was subsequently seen in the UK stage tour of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle McMurphy, and heard as a presenter on Virgin Radio, where he interviewed Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.

Stage

In July 2015, it was announced that Richie would star alongside his EastEnders co-star Jessie Wallace in The Perfect Murder at the Theatre Royal in February 2016. [21]

Since 2016, Richie has appeared in pantomime as Robin Hood. [22] [23] [24]

In 2019, Richie starred as retired drag queen Hugo Battersby/Loco Chanelle in the hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre. He then reprised the role for the 2020 UK tour, running until 2022, despite some Covid interruptions.

Personal life

Richie married Coleen Nolan in 1990. Together, they had two sons, Shane Roche Jr. (born 1988) and Jake Roche (born 1992). The couple divorced in 1999. [25] Richie has three children with wife Christie. [26]

In 2003, Richie released his autobiography Rags to Richie. In the book, he claims to have had sex with six girls in a chalet[ citation needed ] during his time as a Pontins Bluecoat, and says that he broke the law by orchestrating ticket touts outside the theatre where he was appearing in Grease.[ citation needed ] Richie also claims to have given free tickets to the touts, who went on to sell them at a large profit for Richie.[ citation needed ]

Charity

Richie is patron of Shinfield Players Theatre, an amateur little theatre in Reading, Berkshire, taking the role from Anton Rodgers who died in 2007. [27] He made his first appearance in the audience on 11 July 2009 for the Youth Group production of Disco Inferno .

Richie is patron of the UK's Huntington's Disease Association. [28] He is also a patron of a charity called Cherry Trees, which provides respite care for children with disabilities. [29]

In 2019, Richie admitted that he had to live in a squat when a job failed to happen. After the squat was raided by police, he ended up homeless and was cautioned by the police for vagrancy. Of the experience, Richie said "What I learnt almost 40 years ago has had, and will always have, a lasting effect on me." [30]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRole
1998Dead CleanNicos Malmatakis
1999 Distant Shadow Paul
2001Silent SoulChippy
2003ShoreditchThomas Hickman / Executive producer
2006 Flushed Away Sid (voice)
What we did on our Holiday
2010 Risen Mike Barrett
2011The ReverendPrince
2013 Prisoners of the Sun Kalfhani

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 Grange Hill SchoolboyEpisode #1.1 (uncredited)
1985 Bergerac Henry Hoffman's BodyguardEpisode: "Sins of the Fathers" (uncredited)
1989Jameson TonightHimselfCo-presenter
1992Caught in the Act12 episodes [31]
1992–1994Run the Risk
1994 Win, Lose or Draw [32] Presenter
1995–1997 Lucky Numbers
The Shane Richie experience
2000 Burnside Tony ShottonRecurring role
2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present EastEnders Alfie Moon Series regular: 1,060 episodes
2003 Night and Day Danny DexterRecurring role
2007 Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind Trooper No.1Voiceover role
2008 Skins Bruce Gelcart 1 episode
The Paul O'Grady Show HimselfGuest presenter: 1 episode
2009 Minder Archie DaleySeries regular
New Tricks Johnny Tevis1 episode
2010 71 Degrees North HimselfContestant
2011 Jim'll Fix It Presenter
2013–2015 Children in Need Co-presenter
2014 Reflex Presenter
2014–2016 The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List
2015–2016 Decimate Presenter
2015–2020 The One Show Guest presenter
2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story Bill Pertwee Main cast
2016, 2018 Benidorm Sammy Valentino Guest (2016); Supporting (2018)
2016 Moving On TerryMain cast: 5 episodes
2017 Kat & Alfie: Redwater Alfie Moon Main cast: 6 episodes
2018Star Boot SaleNarrator
2019Caravanning With Shane RichieHimselfPresenter

Discography

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