CJ de Mooi
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De Mooi in 2011
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| Born |
5 November 1969 Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor and television personality |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Website | Official website |
 CJ de Mooi on homelessness, 15:49, August 15, 2013 |
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CJ de Mooi (pronounced [də moːi̯], also known as Connagh Joseph De Mooi or Joseph Connagh, born 5 November 1969) is a British professional , best known for his time as a panellist on the BBC Television show Eggheads. He adopted the name de Mooi when he began working as a model; he translates it as Dutch for "handsome", though the actual translation would be "the beautiful".
De Mooi appeared on a number of television quiz shows before Eggheads (first aired in 2003), where he was one of five original members of the show's eponymous team. In December 2011, de Mooi announced he had left Eggheads permanently to pursue an acting career. He appeared in broadcast episodes until August 2012 and was replaced on the show by Dave Rainford. However, he returned to a new, short-lived format of Eggheads in 2014 called Revenge of the Egghead. He stated he returned because of his 'love of the show'. He then returned to the main version of Eggheads replacing Daphne Fowler.
In 2016, Mooi was accused of sexual assault but was subsequently cleared. In an interview with the Daily Mirror de Mooi also mentioned that he had been axed from Eggheads and had re-located to South Africa, to pursue a career in acting. In September 2016 he was arrested on suspicion of a homicide allegedly committed in 1988, under a European Arrest Warrant issued in the Netherlands, regarding claims reported to have been made in his autobiography.
In his autobiography, de Mooi states that he was given the names Andrew Paul at his birth, in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He moved to Rotherham in his childhood, and attended a local comprehensive school. De Mooi studied English and Performing Arts at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology before embarking upon a modelling career in Germany which lasted for four and a half years.
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