Kevin Connelly was born in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

, England

England

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. He is an impressionist

Impressionist (entertainment)

An impressionist or a mimic is a performer whose act consists of imitating the voice and mannerisms of others. The word usually refers to a professional comedian/entertainer who specializes in such performances and has developed a wide repertoire of impressions, including adding to them, often to...

 comedian

British comedy

British comedy, in film, radio and television, is known for its consistently quirky characters, plots and settings, and has produced some of the most famous and memorable comic actors and characters in the last fifty years.-Film comedy:...

, and after dinner speaker and is probably most famous for his role on the popular BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 television programme 'Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers (comedy)

Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry...

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He was educated at St Marys RC College, Middlesbrough where he would mimic his fellow students and teachers. Later whilst working in the restaurant business he would entertain his customers with unrehearsed cameo pieces. This lead directly to engagements as an after dinner speaker.

Kevin Connelly lives in North Yorkshire. He spends much of his time travelling to London for work with the BBC on Dead Ringers both on radio, and latterly TV. The remainder of his time is spent delivering after dinner speeches using his talent for impersonation - principally sports personalities.

Appearances

• Dead Ringers
  Dead Ringers (comedy)
  Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry...
  
   - BBC 2002
• The Impressionable Jon Culshaw
  The Impressionable Jon Culshaw
  The Impressionable Jon Culshaw is a satire sketch show, starring the impressionist Jon Culshaw. A deal with ITV enabled Culshaw to make this while simultaneously starring in BBC Two's Dead Ringers. He also starred in another show, Alter Ego, which is also shown on ITV...
  
   - ITV 2004
• Today with Des and Mel
  Today with Des and Mel
  Today with Des and Mel was a British television series hosted by Des O'Connor and Melanie Sykes. The show featured celebrity guests, phone-in competitions and chat between the hosts. It was produced by Carlton Television, at The London Studios...
  
  
• BBC Sports Review of the Year
• Des O'Connors World Cup Party
• The Full Motty
  The Full Motty
  The Full Motty was a one off comedy show, shown in 1998. The subject of this comedy was a quiz of football commentator John Motson , about his World Cup knowledge on the eve of his seventh World Cup....
  
   - BBC 1998
• We're On Our Way To Wembley
• The Sports Show
• It's Just Not Cricket, With Rory Bremner
• Saint & Greavsie
• The Pavilion End
• Double Take
  Doubletake (TV series)
  Doubletake was a BBC comedy programme, created by Alison Jackson. It made extensive use of celebrity look-alikes playing their doubles in apparently embarrassing situations, seen through CCTV cameras and amateur video, using distance shots and shaky camera-work to disguise the true identity of...
  
  

Well known impressions

• Andrew Marr
  Andrew Marr
  Andrew William Stevenson Marr is a Scottish journalist and political commentator. He edited The Independent for two years until May 1998, and was political editor of BBC News from 2000 until 2005....
  
  
• David Dimbleby
  David Dimbleby
  David Dimbleby is a British BBC TV commentator and a presenter of current affairs and political programmes, most notably the BBC's flagship political show Question Time, and more recently, art, architectural history and history series...
  
  
• Andrew Neil
  Andrew Neil
  Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics and This Week...
  
  
• Mark Lawson
  Mark Lawson
  Mark Gerard Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author.-Life and career:Born in Hendon, London, Lawson was raised in Yorkshire and is a Leeds United fan. He was educated at St Columba's College in St Albans and took a degree in English at University College London, where his lecturers...
  
  
• Harvey Haines

External links

• Kevin Connelly on BBC Comedy Guide
• Kevin Connelly on the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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