Julian Peter McDonald Clary was born on 25 May 1959 and is an English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter.
35 Facts About Julian Clary
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Julian Clary was brought up in Teddington, Middlesex, with two older sisters.
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Julian Clary attended St Benedict's School, Ealing and, later, he studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths' College, University of London.
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Julian Clary has been assisted by Hugh Jelly and others in audience participation segments.
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Julian Clary began his career under the name Leo Hurll, a fake keyboardist for pop band Thinkman.
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Julian Clary entered the alternative comedy scene in the early 1980s, first under the alias Gillian Pieface and later as The Joan Collins Fan Club.
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Since then, Julian Clary has undertaken several successful tours of his stage act, some of which have been released on home video, including:.
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Julian Clary was named Ambassador for the 2016 Adelaide Fringe, responsible for promoting the festival internationally.
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Julian Clary later starred in the 1992 audience participation sitcom Terry and Julian with Lee Simpson, again for Channel 4.
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Julian Clary is a recurring performer and one of the most popular performers in the ITV Pantos.
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Julian Clary was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2001 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel during the curtain call of the pantomime Cinderella at the Richmond Theatre.
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Julian Clary was joined by two guest judges every week to assess celebrity performances and co-presented with Myleene Klass and Andi Peters.
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Julian Clary narrated the Channel 5 children's series The Little Princess with Jane Horrocks.
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From 20 March 2007, Julian Clary presented a brand-new show for the BBC called The Underdog Show.
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Julian Clary appeared on television regularly in 2008, starting in January when he was drafted in as a relief presenter for This Morning, co-presenting alongside Fern Britton and Ruth Langsford during Phillip Schofield's absence.
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In 2012, Julian Clary was one of the contestants in Celebrity Big Brother 10 and went on to win the series.
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In March 2015, it was announced that Julian Clary would take part in ITV's Give a Pet a Home show which works alongside the RSPCA in Birmingham.
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Julian Clary played Leigh Bowery in the West End of London musical Taboo in 2002.
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Julian Clary took part in the touring production in 2004.
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In Spring 2007, Julian Clary did a theatre tour of the UK with his show An Evening with.
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Julian Clary starred as Michael in Le Grand Mort, a play written specifically for him by playwright Stephen Clark, opposite James Nelson-Joyce as Tim from 20 September to 28 October 2017 at Trafalgar Studios 2 in London's West End.
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Julian Clary was due to appear as Norman in a UK tour of The Dresser by Ronald Harwood, alongside Matthew Kelly as 'Sir' in September 2020, however due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the production was postponed to 2021.
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Julian Clary has appeared in numerous Christmas pantomimes and has recently become a regular star of the London Palladium pantomimes.
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In December 2019, Julian Clary was inducted in a ceremony held by Andrew Lloyd Webber onto the Wall of Fame, joining the many stars that have appeared at the Palladium.
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Julian Clary appeared in the film Carry On Columbus, an unsuccessful attempt to revive the "Carry On" series of films.
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Julian Clary returned to film in 2001 in the film The Baby Juice Express which starred Lisa Faulkner, Samantha Womack, Ruth Jones and David Seaman, about a prisoner who is desperate to find some way of conceiving with his wife whilst he is in prison, but the sperm ends up getting hijacked.
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In 1992 Julian Clary hosted a radio show for the BBC called Intimate Contact, the premise of which was for him to act as a genial 'Mr Fix-it' for a wide range of 'punter' problems.
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Julian Clary attempted to solve these issues over the telephone, with the assistance of roving reporter "Hugh Jelly".
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Julian Clary has often been a guest on Just a Minute, the BBC Radio 4 comedy show.
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Julian Clary has released two large format comedy books: My Life With Fanny The Wonder Dog and How To Be A Man.
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Between 2005 and 2008, Julian Clary wrote a fortnightly column for the New Statesman magazine.
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Julian Clary published an autobiography, A Young Man's Passage, which covers his life and career up to the 1993 "Norman Lamont incident" at the British Comedy Awards.
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In 2007, Julian Clary released his first novel, Murder Most Fab, published by Ebury Press.
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Julian Clary released a music single in 1988, a humorous rendition of "Leader of the Pack", which he often performed in his stage and television appearances at the time.
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Julian Clary has been in a relationship with Ian Mackley since 2005, and the couple were married on 19 November 2016.