Tom Read Wilson

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Tom Read Wilson
Born
Thomas Read Wilson

(1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 37)
Berkshire, England
Alma mater Rose Bruford College
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actor
  • singer
Television The Voice UK
Celebs Go Dating
Celebrity Best Home Cook

Thomas Read Wilson (born 12 November 1986) is an English television personality, actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he appeared in an array of musical theatre productions and was a contestant on the fifth series of The Voice UK . Since 2016, he has served as the receptionist and client co-ordinator on the E4 reality series Celebs Go Dating . In 2021, he was the runner-up on Celebrity Best Home Cook .

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Early life

Thomas Read Wilson was born in Berkshire on 12 November 1986. [1] [2] He is the son, grandson and great-grandson of teachers who taught at Bradfield College, which he subsequently attended before studying at Pangbourne College. [1] [3] Whilst studying at Rose Bruford College, one of his teachers, who also taught at the Royal Academy of Music, recommended their musical theatre course, which Read Wilson embarked on in 2010. [1] [4]

Career

After his departure from the Royal Academy of Music in 2011, Read Wilson appeared in several pantomimes including Sleeping Beauty , Alice in Wonderland and The Cat in the Hat . He also appeared in concert with the Fingask Follies and portrayed Bill Yorke in the play Sweet Revenge. [1] In February 2016, Read Wilson auditioned for the fifth series of The Voice UK in which he sang "Accentuate The Positive" in the sixth blind auditions episode; however, he failed to receive a turn from the coaches. [5] [6]

In August 2016, Read Wilson joined the E4 dating reality series Celebs Go Dating as the receptionist, which sees him greet the celebrities upon their arrival to the dating agency. [7] In 2018, he was promoted to junior client co-ordinator for the show's fourth series. [8] [9] He was promoted again to senior client co-ordinator during the eleventh series in 2022. [10] [11] Outside of Celebs Go Dating, Read Wilson has made guest appearances on Big Brother's Bit on the Side in 2017, Love Island: Aftersun , Britain's Got More Talent and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two in 2018, and Hey Tracey! and Supermarket Sweep in 2019. [2] [12]

In March 2020, Read Wilson appeared on an episode of Celebrity Mastermind , answering questions on the film My Fair Lady , and playing for his chosen charity Albert Kennedy Trust, subsequently winning the episode after answering all of his specialist subject questions correctly. [3] [13] In 2021, Read Wilson was a contestant on Celebrity Best Home Cook . He reached the final and finished as the runner-up. [14] [15] [16] In 2022, he appeared on an episode of Mary Berry's Fantastic Feasts , Tipping Point: Lucky Stars , The Wheel and the book club chat show Between the Covers . [17] [18] [19]

In May 2023, it was announced Read Wilson would play Squidward in the musical SpongeBob SquarePants . [20] [21] In August 2023, he guest appeared in Dictionary Corner on the Channel 4 game show Countdown . [22]

Filmography

Television

As himself
YearTitleNotesRef.
2016 The Voice UK Contestant; series 5 [6]
2016–present Celebs Go Dating Receptionist/client co-ordinator [7]
2017 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Guest; 1 episode [3]
2017–2022 Celebrity Juice Guest; 3 episodes [2]
2018Britain's Favourite RoyalGuest; documentary [2]
2018 Britain's Got More Talent Guest; 1 episode [3]
2018 Love Island: Aftersun Guest; 1 episode [3]
2018–2020 CelebAbility Guest; 2 episodes [2]
2018'Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Guest; 1 episode [3]
2019Hey Tracey!Guest; 1 episode [2]
2019 Supermarket Sweep Guest; 1 episode [3]
2019–2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Guest; 2 episodes [3]
2019–2021 Sunday Brunch Guest; 3 episodes [3]
2020The Food and Drink AwardsGuest presenter [2]
2020 Sport Relief 2020 Guest [2]
2020The Sarah O'Connell ShowGuest; 1 episode [2]
2020Who Said That?Guest; 1 episode [3]
2020Home Alone with Joel DommettGuest; 1 episode [3]
2020Comedy Game NightGuest; 1 episode [3]
2020 Celebrity Mastermind Contestant; winner [13]
2021 Loose Women Guest; 1 episode [2]
2021 Celebrity Best Home Cook Contestant; runner-up [15]
2021 Steph's Packed Lunch Guest [2]
2021 Kay Burley Guest; 1 episode [2]
2021 Children in Need Guest [2]
2022 The Wheel Guest [3]
2022 Mary Berry's Fantastic Feasts Guest; 1 episode [17]
2022Garraway's Good StuffGuest; 1 episode [2]
2022 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Contestant [3]
2022The Marvellous Maggie SmithGuest; documentary [2]
2022 Moneybags Contestant; 5 episodes [3]
2022 Between the Covers Guest [19]
2023 Laura Whitmore's Breakfast Show Guest; 1 episode [2]
2023 Countdown Guest; Dictionary corner [22]

Stage

YearTitleRoleRef.
2015Sweet RevengeBill Yorke [1]
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward [20]

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