Russell Brand
Until 2007, Russell Brand presented Big Brother's Big Mouth.
In April 2007, announcing his retirement from the show, Russell Brand said: "the three years I've spent on Big Brother's Big Mouth have been an unprecedented joy."
As well as Big Brother's Big Mouth, Brand has also presented Kings Of Comedy on E4.
In 2004, Channel Four transmitted The Russell Brand, and in 2006 MTV transmitted 1 Leicester Square presented by Brand.
Russell Brand was arrested for stripping at the 2003 May Day protest in London.
According to The Telegraph of November 3, 2006, Russell Brand has been arrested 11 times and was once sacked from MTV for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden.
Along with Fearne Cotton, Russell Brand was voted sexiest vegetarian.
Russell Brand has his own official website.
In September 2006, E4 started broadcasting Russell Brand's Got Issues. The audience was lower than expected considering that, at Edinburgh, his live show was a sell-out.
Nevertheless, in November 2006, Channel 4 decided to schedule a new show, The Russell Brand Show, on Channel 4 itself, in the slot opposite BBC1's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
It coincided with the news that Russell Brand was to present a new show on BBC Radio 2 after the success of his digital BBC 6 Music show.
In 2007, Russell Brand was voted the eight most stylish man by GQ at the same time as being judged the worst dressed.
Russell Brand's sex life is the source of constant speculation by the tabloids. In January 2007, the News of the World reported that he was 'going steady with Laura Gallacher, 19, sister of TV presenter Kirsty'.
However, Russell Brand and Laura Gallacher split up later in 2007.
In February 2007, Russell Brand played a druggy DJ, Terry, in ITV's sitcom, The Abbey, which also featured Omid Djalili as Tony.
In June 2007, the BBC reported that Russell Brand accepted substantial damages from the Daily Star over claims a girl was drugged and raped during a party at his flat during the Edinburgh Festival.
In 2007 Russell Brand released his autobiography, My Booky Wooky. In the same year he starred as Flash Harry in St. Trinian's.
In 2008, Russell Brand played a sex-obsessed rock star in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
