Ramsey began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in
Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2008, he was a nominee for the "Chortle Student Comedian of the Year". In 2010, Ramsey took his first solo show,
Aggrophobic, to the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His 2011 show,
Offermation, was nominated for an
Edinburgh Comedy Award.
Offermation was recorded for
BBC Radio 4, and broadcast in March 2012. Ramsey's 2012 Edinburgh show was
Feeling Lucky which was followed by a national tour. In November 2012 he appeared on
Sky 1's
Soccer AM as a guest but was removed from the programme for using offensive language twice live on air. From October 2012 to December 2013, Ramsey starred as Jack Pearson in
Jason Cook's
BBC Two sitcom
Hebburn. The show is set in
Hebburn, near to Ramsey's hometown,
South Shields. It screened for two series and a Christmas special. In 2014, Ramsey appeared on
Live at the Apollo for the first time. In 2015, he took part in the
Channel 4 series
Time Crashers. In 2016, Ramsey co-presented ''
I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp on ITV2 alongside Joe Swash, Vicky Pattison and Stacey Solomon. He was replaced by Joel Dommett for the 2017 series. He replaced Kevin McHale as the presenter of Virtually Famous from December 2016. He also presented his own series The Chris Ramsey Show'' for
Comedy Central, beginning January 2017. Ramsey is a regular fixture at the Funny Way To Be Comedy Club in
Barnard Castle, having performed there on eight occasions. In May 2017, it was confirmed that Ramsey would take over from
Russell Howard as the host of
Stand Up Central, due to Howard being busy with tour commitments. In March 2020, it was announced that Ramsey would be presenting the
BBC talent competition series
Little Mix: The Search, which began airing in September 2020. Also since 2020, Ramsey has hosted BBC's
Children in Need telethon, with a selection of other presenters, including
Mel Giedroyc,
Alex Scott,
Stephen Mangan,
Ade Adepitan,
Graham Norton,
Jason Manford, and
Lenny Rush. In 2022, Ramsey took part in the thirteenth series of
Taskmaster, finishing as runner-up.
Strictly Come Dancing From September 2019, Ramsey competed in the
seventeenth series of
Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer
Karen Hauer. The couple reached the semi-final and finished in fourth place. 1Score awarded by guest judge
Alfonso Ribeiro ==Personal life==