James Argent
| James Argent | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James David Thomas Argent 5 December 1987 Waltham Forest, Leytonstone, England |
| Residence | Chigwell, Essex |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television personality, singer and radio presenter |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television |
The Only Way Is Essex (2010—) Celebrity Super Spa (2013) Sugar Free Farm (2016) The Jump (2016) |
| Relatives | Martin Argent (father) Patricia Argent (mother) |
James David Thomas "Arg" Argent (born 5 December 1987) is an English television personality, singer and radio presenter.
Argent has been a cast member of ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex since its first series in 2010. He has appeared in other television shows including Sugar Free Farm and The Jump.
Argent was born on 5 December 1987 in Waltham Forest, London, England and is of partial Irish ancestry. In 2002, at the age of 16, he won a Kenny Award at Essex's answer for Oscar theatres. He is the son of Martin and Patricia Argent. In 1992, when he was four years old, Argent moved to Essex with his parents. He has lots of Irish uncles, aunties and cousins in Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon as well as Kildare and Dublin. His grandfather came from Carrick on Shannon, Co. Roscommon and his grandmother from Kildare.
Argent attended Trinity Catholic High School in Woodford. Argent began acting and singing in 2002 after winning The Kenny Award at the Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford, east London.
In August 2014, Argent was reported missing from his home when he failed to show up for a scheduled flight; however, he was found just over 24 hours later and tweeted "Hi I'm so sorry to have worried everyone. I'm fine and safe but again can't apologise enough."
In October 2014, Argent was suspended from The Only Way Is Essex after failing a drugs test. He attended rehab over Christmas 2014. He returned to The Only Way Is Essex in 2015, he has lost weight and is a reformed character of his former self.
Since 2010, Argent has been a cast member of the ITV2 reality series The Only Way Is Essex. He had appeared in series 1 with his girlfriend Lydia Bright, who also appeared in series 2 and is also best friends with fellow TOWIE cast member Mark Wright. Finally, Argent opened his own theatre during at the studios in Essex on TOWIE Live in December 2012.
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