Frank Skinner Bio | Wiki
Frank Skinner (Full name: Christopher Graham Collins) is an English comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he became named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. Frank’s television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004.
He hosted The Frank Show from 1995 to 2005, Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, and Room 101. Since 2009 he has hosted The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, broadcast live on Saturdays, and later released as a podcast.
Along with David Baddiel, Frank provided vocals and wrote the lyrics for “Three Lions”, the official song in collaboration with Liverpudlian indie band The Lightning Seeds. This was to mark the England national football team’s participation in the 1996 European Championship.
Frank Skinner Age
Frank was born on January 28, 1957, in West Bromwich, United Kingdom. He is 65 years old.
Frank Skinner Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx.1.78 m).
Frank Skinner Family
He was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, and raised in a council house in neighboring Oldbury by his parents John Collins and Doris. Frank was the youngest of four children including Keith, Nora, and Terry.
In his autobiography, he wrote that his father played for Spennymoor United before the Second World War, and met his mother in a local pub after Spennymoor had played West Bromwich Albion in an FA Cup game in 1937. However, club officials and historians could not find his father in their records.
Frank Skinner Real Name
He was born Christopher Graham Collins but adopted the stage name Frank Skinner when the actors’ union Equity told him there was already a singer from Burnley on their books called Chris Collins. He took the name from a member of his late father’s dominoes team.
Frank Skinner Wife
Frank married in 1990, but the marriage was annulled shortly after. He and Cath Mason, his longtime partner, have a son, Buzz Cody who was born in 2012. His brother-in-law is the writer Jack Thorne, who is married to Mason’s sister
Frank Skinner Education
He attended Moat Farm Infant School from 1961 to 1964 and St Hubert’s Roman Catholic Junior School from 1964 to 1968. Later, Frank enrolled at Oldbury Technical Secondary School in 1968 and graduated in 1973. He passed two O-levels in the summer of 1973 and took A-levels in English language and art, along with several O-level resits, at Oldbury Technical School Sixth Form.
Subsequently, Frank took 4 A-levels at Warley College of Technology and graduated from Birmingham Polytechnic in 1981 with a degree in English. Additionally, he received a Master’s degree in English literature at the University of Warwick in Coventry the following year.
Frank Skinner Three Lions | David Baddiel
Frank has worked with David Baddiel, notably on the popular late-night entertainment show Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004 and on Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned from 2000 to 2005. The two also co-wrote and performed the football song “Three Lions” with the Lightning Seeds and the England national football team for Euro 1996, and re-recorded it for the 1998 World Cup.
The song reached #1 in the UK charts both times. “Three Lions” re-entered the charts at number 1 in July 2018. Fans were celebrating the progress of England at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with the phrase “it’s coming home” featuring heavily on social media and television.
Frank Skinner Podcast | Show
Frank serves as the host of The Frank Skinner Show which was later released as a podcast. He launched the show in 2009 on Absolute Radio and broadcast live on Saturdays. He and David Baddiel covered the 2006 FIFA World Cup by podcast for The Times. The podcasts received a nomination for the 2007 Sony Radio Academy Awards.
Frank Skinner Taskmaster
In 2015, Frank appeared in the inaugural season of Taskmaster, a British comedy panel game show created by comedian and musician Alex Horne. It is presented by both Horne and Greg Davies. In the program, a group of five celebrities, mainly comedians attempt to complete a series of challenges, with Horne acting as umpire in each challenge and Davies judging the work and awarding points based on contestants’ performances.
Frank Skinner Doctor Who
A longtime fan of Doctor Who, Frank appeared alongside Peter Capaldi’s Doctor in the 2014 episode Mummy on the Orient Express. Subsequently, he featured in the 2019 Big Finish Productions audio release The Sinestran Kill, the first episode of Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures, Season 8.
Frank Skinner Book | On The Road
In October 2001, Frank’s autobiography was published. In August 2009, he released a book centered on his comedy career On the Road: Love, Stand-up Comedy, and the Queen of the Night. The Collected Wisdom of Dispatches from the Sofa became published in September 2011. It consists of his weekly columns for The Times, written from 2009 to 2011. Frank, who is a practicing Christian, released a book of prayers, A Comedian’s Prayer Book, in 2021.
Frank Skinner Ukulele
He plays the banjo ukulele and in 2010, Frank contributed ukulele parts to a song by Fairport Convention called “Ukulele Central”. The song became featured on their album Festival Bell. He hosted a BBC Four TV documentary, on George Formby, which aired on 27 October 2011.
Frank Skinner Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Frank’s estimated net worth is $876,544.
Who Is Frank Skinner
Frank is an English comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he became named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. Frank’s television work includes Fantasy Football League from 1994 to 2004. He also hosted The Frank Show from 1995 to 2005, Baddiel and Frank Unplanned, and Room 101.