Jeff Leach
| Jeff Leach | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeff Alexander Leach 12 February 1984 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, comedian |
| Website | jeffreyleach |
Jeff Alexander Leach (born 12 February 1984) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He has also worked as a television and radio presenter with shows airing in the UK, USA, Australia and Europe. He is most well known for appearing in feature films "The Smoke" as Dean and "London Town" as Ronnie. On television he hosted his own series Jeff Leach +1 on London Live and a number of high-profile shows for BBC Switch, BBC Three and E4.
Jeff Leach was raised in London by his cockney engineer father and Romanian drama teacher mother. Educated at the John Lyon School for boys in Harrow he obtained a degree from the University of Warwick in English Literature and Theatre Studies. After university he worked in commercial radio and as a professional DJ performing at major UK and European festivals and releasing a number of remixes on Ministry of Sound and Island Records. After being discovered by a producer whilst performing at Bestival he screen tested for and secured the presenting job for one of BBC Switch's flagship shows entitled The Surgery on BBC Two. After presenting Scene Stealers for BBC Switch and T in the Park Festival for BBC Three Leach had a stint as presenter of Big Brother's Big Mouth on E4. During 2009–2012 he became the face of Virgin Media and their Music on Demand channel which saw him present each year from V Festival, provide comedy continuity links for all of the content on the channel and interview artists such as Lady Gaga, Example, Kelly Rowland and Professor Green.
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