Richard Osman
| Richard Osman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Thomas Osman 28 November 1970 Billericay, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Creative director, presenter, producer and director |
| Years active | early 1990s–present |
| Employer | Endemol UK |
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Television |
Pointless Two Tribes Insert Name Here Child Genius |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Mat Osman (brother) |
Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer and director. He is the creator and co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He also presents the BBC Two quiz show Two Tribes and is a team captain on the comedy panel show Insert Name Here.
Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, executive producing shows such as Cormorant Island for ITV.
Osman was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. His mother is a teacher. Osman attended Warden Park School in Cuckfield and studied Politics and Sociology at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1989 until 1992, where he was a contemporary of Pointless co-presenter Alexander Armstrong, who read English Literature.
Since 2009, Osman has co-presented the BBC One teatime quiz show Pointless with host Alexander Armstrong, He created the show where he is jokingly known as Armstrong's "pointless friend". Having previously worked exclusively in behind-the-camera roles, Osman got the job as co-presenter/assistant when he pitched the idea for the show to a panel of BBC daytime heads, taking the role of the assistant in the demonstration.
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