Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound is a comedian and a presenter and an actor and the owner of a fine moustache.
He likes: Rum, kites, tattoos, Nintendo, driving, Las Vegas (where he got married), making his kid laugh, Scrabble, television and steak.
He doesn’t like: football, Westlife, Tequila, sportless exercise, leafy salad, ill-manners, the widespread disregard for the three lane motorway system and of course, hecklers.
You might have seen him on ITV’s “Thank God You’re Here” (which he won), Channel 4’s “Richard and Judy” (weekly, in a slot called ‘Eurovision’ that was specifically created for him) and on The BBC’s festival coverage (Glastonbury and Reading for the last few years).
Yes – he did used to present “Top of The Pops” (the last one, in fact), or you may have caught him on various panel shows for Dave or on the fact-ent spectaculars “Grime Scene Investigation” (BBC3) or “The Farm: Revealed” (Channel 4 Schools).
That said, you could have glimpsed him on “Law of The Playground” (C4) or many of those talking head shows which featured Rufus’ uncanny knack of remembering things and then, brilliantly, speaking about them.
Indeed, it’s Rufus’ knack of saying words aloud that’s seen him asked to provide voice over for shows such as Sky One’s “Gladiators Ready!”, “The A-Z of Gladiators” and “Playr”, Bravo TV’s weekly video games round-up.
As an actor, Rufus has just completed work on a Funny Cut on E4 called “Think Tank”, and appeared as ‘The Producer’ in bad-taste-TV-show-idea-brainstorm internet short “Life’s A Pitch”. There was more of Rufus on the Internet when he was the co-anchor on spoof news show “NewsLog” (www.log.tv), but that’s apparently not happening any more. Seems like a shame.
So what’s next for Rufus? Why not call and tell us?