Rob Locke
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| Born |
Robert Peter Locke 7 October 1971 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | actor voice-over artist television host talk show host game show host |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | http://www.roblocke.com |
Rob Locke is a British actor, television host and voice-over artist who lives in Los Angeles.
Locke was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire on 7 October 1971 and grew up in London. His first acting experience was a school play, at the age of six, after which he performed regularly in youth theatre.
At the age of eighteen, he left school and started working in the television industry. In 1992 Locke began acting in children's TV. For the ensuing five years he was a regular on several shows for the Children's Channel (TCC), where he also hosted live interstitial programs and game show segments. In 1996 he guest-starred on Words and Pictures alongside Sophie Aldred, whom he had previously worked with at the Children's Channel.
In 1998 and 1999, Locke's hosted his own regional talk show called The Locke Exchange, alongside a daytime current affairs show and late-night music series. This was in addition to seven years as one of QVC UK's prime-time hosts between 1995 and 2002.
Locke immigrated to the United States in 2003. There he worked on Team Butkus Life Performance (a talk show he developed and co-hosted with Dick Butkus in 2006). In 2007 Locke returned to live television as a prime-time Host on GemsTV USA.
At the end of 2008, Locke moved to Los Angeles. There he guest-starred on Spike TV's 1000 Ways to Die and GSN's Instant Recall pilot, making his film debut in the independent feature Cinema Salvation, and starring as Niles in 2009 VH1 series Megan Wants a Millionaire.
In 2010, Locke starred in a national commercial for Microsoft to launch Internet Explorer 8 in Britain, hosted a pilot for the poker-based game show Call the Floorman, recurred as a BP Executive on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, narrated the VH1 series You're Cut Off!, and played the Science Correspondent in History's pilot Breaking News.
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