Chris Ramsey is a South Shields-born comedian who began his career in comedy in 2007 and the following year he made the final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award. He was a member of the
Comedy Zone showcase at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe and his first solo show, Aggrophobic, came the following year.. His 2011 show, Offermation, was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award and was later recorded for BBC Radio 4. From October 2012 to December 2013, he starred as Jack Pearson in the BBC Two sitcom Hebburn.
In 2014, Ramsey appeared on Live At Te Apollo for the first time. He co-presented I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 in 2016. In 2017, he began presenting The Chris Ramsey Show on Comedy Central.
Ramsey competed in the 17th series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2019, finishing in fourth place with his partner Karen Hauer.
He also co-hosts the successful podcast Shagged Married Annoyed with his wife, Rosie.