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Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, writer, producer, and media personality. He presented the television chat shows ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' (2001–2010) and ''The Jonathan Ross Show'' (2010–present), hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 from 1999 to 2010, and served as film critic and presenter on the television programme ''Film…'' (1999–2010).

Ross began his television career as a TV researcher, before débuting as a presenter for ''The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross'' on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade, he presented numerous radio and television programmes, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995, he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC in 1997. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the ''Film'' programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show,. Two years later, he began hosting ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', for which he won three British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007.

Ross's other television work includes being a panellist on the comedy sports quiz show ''They Think It's All Over'' (1999–2005), presenting the British Comedy Awards (1991–2007, 2009–2014), judging on the musical competition show ''The Masked Singer'' (2020–present) and its spin-off series ''The Masked Dancer'' (2021–2022), and competing on the reality show The ''Celebrity Traitors'' (2025). In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. In 2008, he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled ''Why Do I Say These Things?'', detailing some of his life experiences. He has also written his own comic books, ''Turf'' and ''America's Got Powers''. Provided by Wikipedia