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![]() Deley at the Gadget Show Live 2011
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Born |
Balham, London, England |
2 June 1973
Occupation | TV presenter, actor, radio DJ |
Ortis Deley (/ˈoʊtɪs/ OH-tis; born 2 June 1973) is a British television presenter, radio DJ and actor of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent. As of 2016[update], he is a presenter on The Gadget Show.
Deley went to Ernest Bevin College in Tooting Bec, London. Deley studied for a degree in pharmacy at the University of Sunderland and graduated in 1995.
An appearance on London Weekend Television's (LWT)s Blind Date as a contestant that put him in the public eye, having been spotted by industry manager Jan Simmonds.
Deley had a cameo in the 2006 feature film Derailed alongside Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. He has starred in the BBC drama serial Doctors, and taken part in a production of Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions at the Leatherhead Theatre. He has also played a lead role in the critically acclaimed fringe theatre production of Talkin' Loud at the Latchmere Theatre. In 2005, he played Tom in the Doctor Who spin-off audio plays Wildthyme at Large and The Devil in Ms Wildthyme. In 2006, he appeared as Derek, the brother of Moony, in the low-budget British film Kidulthood. On 3 May 2007, he played the part of a drug dealer on ITV's The Bill. He also played a policeman in CBBC's children's show Scoop.