Rufus Hound

Gifted Presenter, Writer, Stand Up Comic & Actor

Rufus Hound is an actor, presenter and comedian. As a comedian Rufus won Let’s Dance for Sport Relief dressed up as Cheryl Cole, captained the Blue Team for three series of Dave’s Argumental and appeared each week on Celebrity Juice. He’s a regular on the panel shows: Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Would I Lie To You? among many others.

Once described as "the rich man’s Simon Pegg" by the high priest of wit, Stephen Fry

Topics

Comedy
Presenter
Compère
Master of Ceremonies

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Rufus has the uncanny gift of getting an audience on his side and he manages to turn run-of-the-mill everyday situations into really funny gags. His ability to think on his feet puts other shows to shame. He is one of the most energetic performers – highly intelligent, observant and likeable.

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In Detail

As an actor he appeared as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre, West End 2014. Original London Cast), Cucumber (Channel 4, 2014), The Wedding Video (Film, 2011), One Man Two Guv’nors (UK Tour & Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End 2012/13), Neville’s Island (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2013), appeared in A Touch of Cloth 2 (TV 2013) Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (Film, 2011) and played the eponymous hero in Hounded (CBBC, 2010). As a presenter, he’s hosted Top of the Pops, Glastonbury and The Brits: Backstage. On the Radio, he hosts Radio 4’s My Teenage Diary which won a Sony Award in 2013, initiated What’s So Funny? (on Radio 4Extra) and has guested on shows such as The Unbelievable Truth, The Jonathan Ross Show, The Graham Norton Show.

What he offers you

Constantly in demand on the comedy and corporate circuit, Rufus is a big draw to any event. Rufus has a natural charm, big stage presence, lots of energy and great ad-libs. He’s also cultivated some of the finest facial hair in the business.