Wikipedia

Craig Wilde

Craig Wilde (born 4 March 1982) is an English actor, voice actor, voice-over artist, television presenter, creative director and television producer.

Craig Wilde
Craig Wilde in 2023
Born
Craig Wilde

(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 42)
Hatfield, Doncaster, England
Occupation(s)Actor, television presenter, creative director, playwright, author, television producer
Years active1990–present
SpouseA J Hall (2006–2017) Filipe Neves Ribeiro (2017–2022)
Websitecraigwilde.com

Early life and education edit

Wilde was born in Hatfield, Doncaster. He trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Career edit

House music, news writing, and marketing (1990s – 2010) edit

He promoted and produced House Music clubs from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s. He became widely known for his work with Fruitfly,[1] a club that he promoted at the Arches nightclub in Glasgow from 1999 to 2002.[2] He became the focus of several TV documentaries, one of which was STV and Grampian's 2001 documentary This Scotland.[3] Also Lanarkshire TV's 'Nightclubing' programme, which explored Craig's world as a Club Promoter. At this time he also contributed to print media such as the Glasgow culture magazine Yum Yum and the newspaper The Herald, as well as a semi regular guest on some of BBC Radio Scotland's shows, notably 'The Brian Morton show'. In 2017 Craig continued to write for various newspapers and magazines, notably as food, travel and lifestyle contributor to North of England-based 'LA DI DA MAGAZINE'.[4]

As Creative Director led several small marketing agencies based in Glasgow, Scotland in the early 2000s, principally serving the Drinks Industry and Licensed Leisure operators, before opening Bar Warhol[5] in 2006, on Glasgow's Bath Street. Relocating to Newcastle to work with the city's leisure operators in 2006.[6] Most notable was the reinvention of the Powerhouse club venue.[7]

Acting (2010 – 2020) edit

From 2010 onwards Craig has Presented live Streaming Bingo Web TV Channel 'Bingo Studio Live'.[8][9] As creative director, Craig has worked with a number of television personalities, notably Channel 4 show 'Britain's Benefit Tenants'[10] and BBC Show 'The Customer Is Always Right[11] stars, and Millionaire Property personalities – Andrew Dyke and Alan Lee Ogden, developing vehicles for their careers, as writer and producer, principally of their YouTube show Between the Bricks.[12][13]

Wilde is a highly successful voice actor for radio, television and corporate clients around the world, with notable projects for The Bank of China, Coca-Cola, Madbid, Fanta,[14] as well as Narrating Documentaries for Reality Entertainment with their Conspiracy theory / Mystery series of films for Amazon Prime Video and Netflix distribution, also British Muslim TV series 'Half my Faith, all my struggle – All the Extras,[15] and more recently Devolver Digital Films & Fizz Pictures release the Call of Duty documentary titled 'CODumentary' released in September 2017.[16][17]

In 2013 Wilde established a global voice actor agency now full-service agency Niltoni Creative,[18] which as of 2023 includes the Photography, Audio recording/Podcasting Studios 'Niltoni Studios' in central Newcastle upon Tyne .[19][20]

In 2019 he returned to TV screens playing the part of 'Marvin' in the Showtime Christmas movie 'A Very British Christmas'[21] which starred Rachel Shenton known for Channel 4 daytime Soap Opera Hollyoaks, Mark Killeen known for Game of Thrones and Michele Dotrice known for classic TV comedy Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.[22] Christmas 2020 'A Very British Christmas premiered on Channel 5 as part of their Christmas scheduling under the localised title A Very Yorkshire Christmas.[23]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Craig led as part of his work with his agency Niltoni, the development of an online shopping solution for Newcastle's 185 year old Grainger Market, creating what has been described as a 'Mini Amazon' store - with multiple traders taking part with one next day delivery. The project has continued to garner considerable local and national media interest; the project has been heralded as a significant factor in keeping the world famous market and its many market traders 'Alive",[24] A noted Food Blogger Craig has continued to be a huge supporter of the UK's Hospitality and food industry.[25][26]

Authorship (2021 – present) edit

In 2021, Craig published his first book, a children's title The Elf Who Saved Christmas now in second edition on his own Publishing company Niltoni Publishing and retitled Tip Top, the Elf who saved Christmas,[27] the book was animated for the 2021 Christmas commercial for Grainger Market Delivery, with live action elements of the commercial starring Big Brother and How Clean Is Your House TV Star Kim Woodburn.[28] Subsequently, Craig, along with now Co-Author Filipe Neves Ribeiro and illustrator Monique Scott followed up the initial book with two more titles Tip Top and the Magic Christmas Tree and Tip Top, the Wizard and the Dinosaur

Bibliography edit

Publications by Craig Wilde
Target/
Type 		Series/
Description 		Title Date Ref.
Children's
fiction 		Tip Top, Santas favourite Elf series 1. Tip Top, The Elf Who Saved Christmas[29][30] 20 Nov 2021
2. Tip Top and the Magic Christmas Tree[31] 2 Nov 2022
3. Tip Top, The Wizard and the Dinosaur[32] 3 Oct 2023

References edit

  1. ^ "Fruitfly Website". Peterwilson.me.uk. 7 June 2002. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Glaschu – Glasgow Scene". ScotsGay Magazine (59a). September 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  3. ^ "'Out & About' Production website". Aficionadofilms.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ "LA DI DA MAGAZINE".
  5. ^ "Bar Warhol Video". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2012 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Relaunch of Powerhouse Nightclub". Out! Northeast Magazine (10): 12. June–July 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  7. ^ "The Cockpit". Out! Northeast Magazine (10): 10. June–July 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Craig Wilde official website".
  9. ^ "Bingo Studio Live official X Profile".
  10. ^ "IMDB".
  11. ^ "BBC".
  12. ^ "Who we are..." Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. ^ "PR & CREATIVE MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: THE PROPERTY BOYZ".
  14. ^ "Portfolio".
  15. ^ "CODumentary (2017)". IMDb. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Game Informer Website". Game Informer.
  17. ^ "Half My Faith, All the Extras". IMDb. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Niltoni Creative".
  19. ^ "Niltoni:Voice".
  20. ^ "Northern Insight Magazine".
  21. ^ "IMDB".
  22. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  23. ^ "A Very Yorkshire Christmas". Channel 5.
  24. ^ "It Kept Us Alive". Newcastle Chronicle. 27 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Use It Or Lose It". Daily Mirror. 7 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Big Brother icon Kim Woodburn becomes Mrs Claus for Grainger Market's Christmas advert". Daily Mirror. 8 November 2021.
  27. ^ Wilde, Craig (October 2021). The Elf Who Saved Christmas. United Kingdom: Niltoni Publishing / Kindle. p. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09KDSV4TK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. ISBN 9798754506626.
  28. ^ "Big Brother icon Kim Woodburn becomes Mrs Claus for Grainger Market's Christmas advert". Daily Mirror. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  29. ^ "Big Brother icon Kim Woodburn becomes Mrs Claus for Grainger Market's Christmas advert". Daily Mirror. 8 November 2021.
  30. ^ "Lots of Christmas news and fundraising ball total". The Sunshine Fund. 19 November 2021.
  31. ^ "Books by Craig Wilde and Filipe Neves Ribeiro". Watertstones.
  32. ^ "Books by Craig Wilde and Filipe Neves Ribeiro". Watertstones.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig_Wilde&oldid=1220519571"