Joseph Ellis Pasquale (born 20 August 1961) is an English comedian, actor and television presenter.
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 Pasquale in 2007 | |
| Birth name | Joseph Ellis Pasquale |
| Born | 20 August 1961[1] Grays, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Alison Pasquale (1978–1986) |
| Children | Joe Tracini |
| Website | joepasquale |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, actor and television presenter |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
He won the fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 and participated in the eighth series of Dancing on Ice in 2013. He also hosted the revived version of the game show The Price is Right.
Career
Stage
Pasquale's live shows include Live and Squeaky (1996), Twin Squeaks (1997), The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale (1998), Bubble and Squeak (2000), The Everything I Have Ever Done & The First of Many Goodbye Tours (2004), Does He Really Talk Like That? The Live Show (2005) and Return of the Love Monkey (2006).
In 1999, Pasquale made his stage acting debut in Larry Shue's The Nerd before playing Guildenstern in a UK tour of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 2004 and in 2007, Pasquale played Leo Bloom in the UK tour of Mel Brooks' musical The Producers opposite Cory English and Russ Abbot. He also played Tony Grimsdyke in a UK tour of Doctor in the House opposite Robert Powell in 2012 and played King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End an on a UK tour from 2013 to 2016. He also appeared on Ha! Ha! Holmes on a UK tour in 2013.
In 2018, Pasquale played Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em based on the BBC sitcom on a UK tour to critical acclaim. Due to the success of the tour, another tour was announced for 2020, however was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, he played Al in John Godber's April in Paris on a UK tour opposite Sarah Earnshaw.
Pasquale has starred in numerous Christmas pantomimes for various venues across the country such as Birmingham Hippodrome, The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, Bristol Hippodrome, Theatre Royal, Nottingham and the Royal & Derngate, Northampton.
Television
On 28 December 1996 he starred in his own show The Joe Pasquale Shows.[2]
From 2007-2008, Pasquale voiced Nine the Cat in CBBC's adaptation of Frankenstein's Cat.
In March 2020, he guest starred in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors as himself, in an episode titled "The Joe Pasquale Problem".[3]
Reality TV
On 6 December 2004, he won the fourth series of the United Kingdom television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.[4]
In January 2013, Pasqaule became one of twelve celebrities participating in the eighth series of Dancing on Ice, with skating partner Vicky Ogden.[5] They were eliminated on 10 February, claiming sixth place.
Allegations of plagiarism
In 2005, Stewart Lee accused Joe Pasquale of stealing the opening line of his Royal Variety performance from Michael Redmond. Lee further alleged that Pasquale sent his writers to the performances of alternative comedians to copy their jokes. Lee incorporated his criticisms of Pasquale into his 90s Comedian stage show.[6]
Frank Skinner also accused Pasquale of plagiarism in 2010, in using a routine about a rollercoaster prank from one of Skinner's DVD performances.[7]
Other work
Pasquale wrote the musical stage version of Rentaghost which toured the UK in 2006.[8]
On 24 September 2005, the 30-minute Breakout Trust DVD, entitled "It's a Boy", was published.[9] Pasquale starred as the voice of an Innkeeper named Garralus. Alongside him were such performers as Cannon and Ball, and Sir Cliff Richard. The production is a new take on the nativity story and was released in time for Christmas 2005. He performed the voice of a rat in the 2006 film Garfield 2 , also as the voice of The Dentist in 2008's Horton Hears a Who![10]
Pasquale also provides the voice over for Underdog, the cartoon dog mascot of personal injury firm National Accident Helpline.[11]
Stage and screen credits
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Robinson Crusoe | Swansea Grand Theatre | |
| 1993 | Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Swansea Grand Theatre |
| 1994 | Aladdin | Wishee Washee | Swansea Grand Theatre |
| 1995 | Peter Pan | Smee | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea |
| 1996 | Peter Pan | Smee | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton |
| 1998 | Peter Pan | Smee | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
| 1999 | The Nerd | Rick | UK tour |
| Peter Pan | Smee | New Wimbledon Theatre | |
| 2000 | Peter Pan | Smee | Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham |
| 2001 | Peter Pan | Smee | Wycombe Swan |
| 2002 | Peter Pan | Smee | Theatre Royal, Nottingham |
| 2003 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack | Derngate Theatre, Northampton |
| 2004 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Guildenstern | UK tour |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack | Birmingham Hippodrome | |
| 2005 | Peter Pan | Smee | Birmingham Hippodrome |
| 2006 | Peter Pan | Smee | Bristol Hippodrome |
| 2007 | The Producers | Leo Bloom | UK tour |
| Cinderella | Buttons | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea | |
| 2008 | Peter Pan | Smee | Orchard Theatre, Dartford |
| 2009 | Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Birmingham Hippodrome |
| 2010 | The Wizard of Oz | Scarecrow | UK tour |
| Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Theatre Royal, Nottingham |
| 2012 | Doctor in the House | Tony Grimsdyke | UK tour |
| Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | New Theatre, Cardiff | |
| 2013 | Spamalot | King Arthur | Playhouse Theatre, London |
| Ha Ha Holmes! | Sherlock Holmes | UK tour | |
| Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton | |
| 2014 | Spamalot | King Arthur | Playhouse Theatre, London |
| Peter Pan | Smee | Derngate Theatre, Northampton | |
| 2015 | Spamalot | King Arthur | UK tour |
| Aladdin | Wishee-Washee | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton | |
| 2016 | Snow White | Muddles | Orchard Theatre, Dartford |
| 2017 | Aladdin | Wishee-Washee | Bristol Hippodrome |
| 2018 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Frank Spencer | UK tour |
| Peter Pan | Smee | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | |
| 2019 | Aladdin | Wishee-Washee | Milton Keynes Theatre |
| 2020 | Sleeping Beauty | Muddles | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton |
| 2021 | April in Paris | Al | UK tour |
| Aladdin | Wishee-Washee | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | |
| 2022 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | Frank Spencer | UK tour |
| Snow White | Muddles | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | |
| 2023 | Peter Pan | Smee | Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea |
Personal life
Pasquale has overcome a fear of flying, and has a pilot's licence. He studied Earth Sciences at the Open University and was hoping to graduate with a BSc degree in 2014.[12]
His son, Joe Tracini,[13] is an actor and singer, known for playing Dennis Savage in Hollyoaks.
Pasquale moved to Norfolk in 2022.[14]
On the 5th of August 2023, Pasquale revealed on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast that he had accidentally impaled himself on a pair of prop moose antlers in Skegness.[15][16][17] Pasquale, 61 at the time, described himself as "lucky to be alive", and recalled having tripped initially but then contorting evasively as he fell "like Tom Cruise in the new Mission Impossible film" to avert greater injury.[18]
Stand-up VHS and DVDs
- Live and Squeaky (1996)
- Twin Squeaks (20 October 1997)
- The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale (26 October 1998)
- Bubble and Squeak (13 November 2000)
- The Everything I Have Ever Done & The First of Many Goodbye Tours (1 November 2004)
- Does He Really Talk Like That? The Live Show (21 November 2005)
- Return of the Love Monkey (20 November 2006)
References
- ^ "Joe Pasquale - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Joe Pasquale Show (1996)". Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
- ^ Writer: Stephen Keyworth; Director: David Lewis Richardson; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild (12 March 2020). "The Joe Pasquale Problem". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0593073483.
- ^ [1] Archived 22 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Youtube - Stewart Lee Joe Pasquale Joke
- ^ Chortle - Skinner Squeals on Joke Thief Pasquale
- ^ "アークテリクスのタウンユースバッグカタログ". Rentaghostthemusical.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "The Breakout Trust: Pioneering Evangelism through the ministry of Steve Legg". Breakout.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Garfield 2 (2006) : Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "The Underdog returns to challenge the perceived complexity of claims". National Accident Helpline. National-accident-helpline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "The OU is comedian Joe Pasquale's midlife crisis". Open.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ [2] Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "'I really like the accent' - Joe Pasquale has moved to Norfolk". Eastern Daily Press. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "White Wine Question Time on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Joe Pasquale impaled in freak moose antler incident in Skegness". BBC News. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Comerford, Ruth (5 August 2023). "Joe Pasquale thought he was 'going to die' after impaling his leg on moose antlers". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Connolly, Hannah (4 August 2023). "Joe Pasquale 'nearly dies' after freak accident on-stage". Metro. Retrieved 10 August 2023.