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'''Christopher Biggins''' is a British actor who's career has included both theatre and television roles.
'''Christopher Biggins''' is a British actor who's career has included both theatre and television roles.
Christopher Biggins was born in [[Oldham]], England in 1948 and later moved to Salisbury, where he began taking elocution lessons and joined a local theatre group. After leaving school he had small parts in a number of British sitcoms (e.g. Porridge) and later went to on to host the game show ''On Safari''. In addition he has also appeared in more serious television dramas, playing Nero in the BBC version of ''I, Claudius'' and Revd Osbourne Whitworth in the BBC adaptation of ''Poldark''. Biggins is most famous for his performances as a [[Pantomime]] dame, a role that he has filled in a variety of productions almost every year for the past 34 years. More recently he gained fame as the winner of ''I'm a Celebrity...get me out of here!'' in 2007 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html</ref>.
Christopher Biggins was born in [[Oldham]], England in 1948 and later moved to Salisbury, where he began taking elocution lessons and joined a local theatre group. After leaving school he had small parts in a number of British sitcoms (''Porridge'', ''Some mothers do 'av em'') and later went to on to host the game show ''On Safari''. In addition he has also appeared in more serious television dramas, playing Nero in the BBC version of ''I, Claudius'' and Revd Osbourne Whitworth in the BBC adaptation of ''Poldark''. Biggins is most famous for his performances as a [[Pantomime]] dame, a role that he has filled in a variety of productions almost every year for the past 34 years. More recently he gained fame as the winner of ''I'm a Celebrity...get me out of here!'' in 2007 <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/christopher-biggins-oh-yes-he-is-518257.html</ref>.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==