Reggie Yates | |
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 Yates in 2009 | |
| Born | Reginald Yates[1] 31 May 1983[2] London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, director, documentary filmmaker, actor, television presenter, DJ |
| Television | Presenting:
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| Website | reggieyates |
Reginald Yates (born 31 May 1983) is a British television presenter, actor, writer and director with a career spanning three decades on screen as an actor, television presenter and radio DJ. Yates played Leo Jones in Doctor Who and has worked at the BBC in radio and television–presenting various shows for BBC Radio 1 for a decade as well as hosting the BBC One singing show The Voice UK, hosting the first two series with Holly Willoughby.
Yates co-presented the prime-time BBC One game show Prized Apart, alongside Emma Willis, The ITV2 reality show Release the Hounds from 2013 until 2017 and was also the presenter of the BBC Three documentary series Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia, Extreme South Africa and Extreme UK as well as featuring as lead voice actor for the CBeebies animated cartoon series Rastamouse.[3]
In 2021, Yates released his first feature film as writer/director, Pirates.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007
- ^ Murray, Janet (23 April 2007). "College days". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Hogan, Michael (15 February 2011). "Rastamouse: righteous rodent or rank stereotype?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2019.