Brendan Cole
| Brendan Cole | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 April 1976 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Residence | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Dancer |
| Television |
Strictly Come Dancing Dancing with the Stars |
| Spouse(s) | Zoe Hobbs (m. 2010) |
| Children | 1 |
Brendan Cole (born 23 April 1976) is a New Zealand ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing as a professional dancer on the BBC One show, Strictly Come Dancing. From 2005 to 2009, he was a judge on the New Zealand version of the show, Dancing with the Stars.
Cole was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has danced since he was six, and moved to the United Kingdom when he was eighteen, where he studied the Pasodoble, Ballroom, Ballet and The Robot at Donaheys, Clayton, Manchester. Before becoming a professional dancer Cole was a builder and roof layer, having left school at 17.
He danced with Camilla Dallerup, a fellow contestant on the BBC's earlier long-running show Come Dancing, as amateurs from 1996, and from 2002-2004 as professionals. They competed for New Zealand: Dallerup is Danish-born. In 2003 Dallerup and Cole were placed 3rd for Latin American at the UK Closed Championships.
In the winter of 2004 he had his first acting experience featuring in the UK feature film Everything To Dance For alongside Sasha Jackson, Travis Oliver and Sally Reeve.
In October 2009 Cole appeared on the New Zealand travel show Intrepid Journeys. During a hunting lesson filmed in Vanuatu he was shown killing and eating a chicken, prompting international news coverage.
Before the first series of Strictly Come Dancing Cole and Dallerup were engaged. However, they split following his partnership with Natasha Kaplinsky
Following the end of his engagement Cole was rumored to be involved with a number of women including Shelly Ross, Abi Titmuss, Lady Victoria Hervey, Martine McCutcheon, Adele Silva and Emma Gray.
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