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Infobox person| name = Shane Richie| image = Shane Richie headshot.jpg| caption = Richie in January 2005.| birth_name = Shane Patrick Roche| birth_date = Birth date and age|df=y|1964|03|11| birth_place = Harlesden , London, England| height = convert|6|ft|0|in|m|sigfig=3| death_date =| death_place =| nationality = British| television = EastEnders Minder (TV series)|Minder | notable_works = #Filmography|See below | yearsactive = 1986–present| occupation = Actor, comedian, Infotainment|media personality , singer, Presenter|broadcaster |children =nowrap|Shane Roche, Jr. (born 1988) Jake Roche (born 1992) Mackenzie Blue Roche (born 2006) Lolita Bell Roche (born 2008) Romani-Skye Angel Shelley (born 2011)| spouse =marriage| Coleen Nolan |1990|1999 marriage|Christie Goddard|2007|Shane Richie (born Shane Patrick Roche on 11 March 1964) is an English actor, comedian, singer and media personality , known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders .
Early life and career beginnings
Born Shane Patrick Roche cte web|author=British Broadcasting Corporation |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/patrickkielty/guests/shaneritchie.shtml |title=BBC factfile |publisher=BBC |date=11 March 1964 |accessdate=23 September 2011 in Harlesden to Irish Catholic parents,cite web|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0319/1224243066364.html |title=Thu, Mar 19, 2009 – An Irishman's Diary |work=The Irish Times |date=3 March 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2011 He attended Willesden High Schoolcite news| url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/09/philip-ohear-teaching-new-schools |location=London |work=The Guardian | first=Peter | last=Wilby | title=From one end of the corridor to the other | date=9 December 2008 and was a member of a youth theatre as a child, and began his professional career in adolescence as a bluecoat entertainer in Pontins holiday camp s. He progressed to the live stand up circuit – receiving a nomination for best new stand-up at the inaugural British Comedy Awards . In 1989, Richie made nightly appearances for Sky TV's chat show series Jameson Tonight , which was hosted by Derek Jameson and Richie and recorded at the Windmill Theatre , London. In 1990 Richie made his first terrestrial television appearances as one of the comics on the BBC One sketch show Up to Something! with Suzy Aitchison, David Schneider, Frances Dodge, Mike Hayley and Lewis MacLeod. The show got axed after one series and was replaced by another sketch show You Gotta Be Jokin in 1991. Richie was one of five comics, the others being Maddi Cryer, Annette Law, George Marshall and Billy Pearce .
He later branched out into anchoring game shows after proving successful as host of the kids' quiz show Run the Risk , which was played during the BBC Saturday morning show Going Live . He moved into mainstream presenting with Caught In The Act , Win, Lose or Draw (UK)|Win, Lose or Draw , The Shane Richie Experience (later revamped as Love Me Do ) and Lucky Numbers (TV series)|Lucky Numbers . He also replaced Danny Baker in the 'doorstep challenge' TV ads for Daz (detergent)|Daz detergent ; he had previously replaced Baker as host of Win, Lose or Draw .
Musicals acts
Richie was a success in musicals – including Boogie Nights (musical)|Boogie Nights and a London production of Grease (musical)|Grease . He released two albums, to limited commercial response, and had a Number 2 single in the UK Singles Chart in 2003, with his Children in Need single, a cover version of Wham! 's " I'm Your Man (Wham& #33; song)|I'm Your Man ".
Over Christmas 2005, Richie appeared in a touring run of Scrooge: The Musical .
He took part in an early edition of Blind Date (UK TV series)|Blind Date . After being asked the question "How would you wow me on a first date? ", Richie burst into song, singing " Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)|Wild Thing ."
In 2009, Richie was reportedly scheduled as the opening act for Michael Jackson 's concerts at the The O2 arena (London)|O2 Arena .cite web|url= http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/89385/Shane-Ritchie-to-warm-up-02-for-Jackson |title=Home of the Daily and Sunday Express & #124; UK News :: Shane Ritchie to warm up 02 for Jackson |publisher=Express.co.uk |date=15 March 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2011 The concerts were cancelled following Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death .
Television roles
From 2002 to 2003, Richie played the villainous Danny Dexter on Night and Day (soap opera)|Night and Day . He won supporting roles in low-profile British films beginning with Chris Barfoot 's award winning short comedy movie Dead Clean and then later Distant Shadow . In 2003 he was executive producer for the British film Shoreditch , in which he also appeared in a lead role. He invested a six-figure sum into the budget of the film, which ultimately made little profit.
As Alfie Moon , in EastEnders , Richie received immediate acclaim for bringing humour to a programme often panned for being too depressing. The role won him numerous awards including the award for "Best Male European Actor" at the Rose D'or Festival and National Television Awards for "Most Popular Actor" in 2005, shortly before he, and co-star Jessie Wallace , left the programme on Christmas Day, 2005.
In 2007, Richie starred in a new ITV1 drama The Good Samaritan , and Father Frank for BBC One . He also starred in the second series of Skins (TV series)|Skins on Channel 4 as List of Skins characters#Bruce Gelcart|Bruce Gelcart , a lecherous college drama lecturer.
It was announced on 28 January 2008 that Richie will be hosting a brand new music lyric quiz show on Sky1 called '' Don't Forget the Lyrics& #33; (UK game show)|Don't Forget the Lyrics! , whereby contestants must finish off the lyrics to lines of popular songs in order to win money. This commenced on 11 May 2008.
On 25 April 2008, he was due to be a guest on '' The Paul O'Grady Show '', but due to Paul O'Grady falling ill, Richie had to stand in as host.
On 8 May 2008, he said in an interview with Digital Spy that he would love to return to EastEnders as Alfie Moon.cite web|author=Thursday, 8 May 2008, 09:18 BST |url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a95460/richie-hopes-for-albert-square-return.html |title=Soaps – News – Richie hopes for Albert Square return |publisher=Digital Spy |date=8 May 2008 |accessdate=23 September 2011
On 23 July 2009, Richie announced on The One Show that his character Alfie Moon would return to EastEnders . On 7 February 2010 it was confirmed that he would be returning to Eastenders as Alfie Moon.cite web|url= http://uk.imdb.com/news/ni1530952/ |title=Internet Movie Database page for Shane Richie |publisher=Uk.imdb.com |accessdate=23 September 2011 Following an absence of almost 5 years, Richie made his on-screen return to Eastenders on 21 September 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hKvEmWa9sPTXAZbik4TUEC67wLjQ dead link|date=September 2011
Starting in February 2009 Ritchie was set to star in a revamp of the series, Minder (TV series)|Minder , in a six part series on Five (TV channel)|Five . Rather than a remake of the original, Ritchie stars as Archie Daley, the nephew of the character Arthur Daley from the original series, which ran from 1979 to 1994 on ITV cite web |url= http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html? Shane_Richies_Minder_is_launched& in_article_id=475852& in_page_id=7& in_a_source= |title=Shane Richie's Minder is launched |publisher=metro.co.uk |date=13 January 2009 |accessdate=14 January 2009 |quote=Shane plays Archie Daley, with Royal Shakespeare Company actor Lex Shrapnel taking on the role of his minder, Jamie Cartwright...The show will be screened on Five, and those behind it emphasised it was not a re-make...The new six-part series of Minder is due to begin airing next month
On 26 July 2009, Richie appeared in a one-off TV drama called Whatever It Takes (2009 film)|Whatever It Takes . He played a character called JJ Merrick who comes to the aid of a girl who wins a radio competition – and catapults her into stardom, thus giving her a new lease of life to what she has been used to before in her lifetime.
The BBC announced on November 14, 2011, that following Jimmy Savile 's recent death, Jim'll Fix It would return for a one-off Christmas Special in December 2011, featuring Shane Ritche as the programme's host.cite news| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15724602 | work=BBC News | title=Jim'll Fix It returns to BBC One for Christmas special | date=15 November 2011
Film career
In 2003 Richie produced and starred in Shoreditch in which he reportedly invested half a million pounds of his own money. The film received negative reviews and was not widely seen.cite web|author=Reviewed by Jamie Russell Updated 20 November 2003 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/11/20/shoreditch_2003_review.shtml |title=BBC, Shoreditch, Reviewed by Jamie Russell |publisher=BBC |date=20 November 2003 |accessdate=23 September 2011 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354012/combined Internet Movie Database page for Shoreditch
In 2006, Richie played a rat named Sid in the Aardman Animation film Flushed Away and appeared in What We Did on our Holidays is None of Your Business for ITV1 . He has recently been seen in the UK stage tour of '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Randle McMurphy , and heard as a presenter on Virgin Radio , where he interviewed Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet .
He will be seen in the film Prisoners of the Sun (film)|Prisoners of the Sun with former EastEnders co-star Michael Higgs .Citation needed|date=February 2011
Personal life
Richie married Coleen Nolan in 1990Citation needed|date=April 2011 and together they had two sons, Shane Roche Jr and Jake Roche. They divorced in 1999.Citation needed|date=February 2011 He proposed to his fiancée Christie Anne Goddard at her 26th birthday party in April 2005,Citation needed|date=February 2011 and on 23 April 2006Citation needed|date=April 2011 she gave birth to a boy, Mackenzie Blue. They got married on 21 July 2007.Citation needed|date=April 2011Christie gave birth to a daughter, Lolita Bell, on 28 July 2008.Citation needed|date=April 2011 Another daughter, their third child together, was born on 27 April 2011 called Romani-Skye Angel Shelley.cite news|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a316764/shane-richies-baby-daughter-is-born.html|title=Shane Richie's baby daughter is born|last=Kelly|first=Kirsty|date=27 April 2011|work= Digital Spy |publisher= Hachette Filipacchi UK |accessdate=27 April 2011|location=London
In 2003, he released his autobiography Rags To Richie , which was a best-seller. In the book, he claims to have had sex with six girls in a chalet, during his time as a Pontin's Bluecoat and he broke the law by orchestrating ticket touts outside of Grease . He also claims to have given free tickets to the touts, who went on to sell them at a large profit for Richie.
Richie has recentlyWhen|date=February 2011 become patron of Shinfield Players Theatre, an amateur theatre company in Reading, Berkshire|Reading , Berkshire taking the role from recentlyWhen|date=February 2011 deceased Anton Rodgers .cite web|url= http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/entertainment/theatre_and_dance/s/2044874_shane_ritchie_becomes_patron_of_shinfield_players_theatre |title=Shane Ritchie becomes patron of Shinfield Players Theatre – Theatre and Dance – Entertainment – getwokingham – The Wokingham Times |publisher=getwokingham |date=12 February 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2011 He made his first appearance in the audience on 11 July 2009 for the Youth Group production of Disco Inferno (musical)|Disco Inferno .
Richie is patron of the UK's Huntington's Disease Association .cite news|last=Lomas|first=Clare|title=Tony Hadley and Shane Richie named Huntington’s Disease Association’s new patrons|url= http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/primary-care/tony-hadley-and-shane-richie-named-huntingtons-disease-associations-new-patrons/5002692.article|accessdate=10 December 2011|newspaper=Nursing Times|date=2009-06-11
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a95460/richie-hopes-for-albert-square-return.html Shane Richie hopes for EastEnders return
http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_shane_r.shtml Shane Richie as Alfie Moon on the BBC's EastEnders page
IMDb name|name=Shane Richie|id=0724986
http://www.myspace.com/ragstorichie Official MySpace page
http://www.the-mayflower.com/event.asp? show=NEST07 Shane Richie appearing in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at The Mayflower Theatre Southampton
http://www.hootie16.freeserve.co.uk Shane Richie from the beginning
71 Degrees NorthUse dmy dates|date=September 2011 Persondata | NAME =Richie, Shane | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =11 March 1964 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Harlesden , London, England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Richie, Shane Category:English comedians Category:English male singers Category:English game show hosts Category:English television presenters Category:English soap opera actors Category:English film actors Category:English stage actors Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:British people of Irish descent Category:People from Harlesden
