Kelvin Warren Fletcher was born on 17 January 1984 and is an English actor, model, racing driver, presenter and farmer.
23 Facts About Kelvin Fletcher
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Kelvin Fletcher played Andy Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1996 until 2016.
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In 2019, Fletcher won the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with his professional partner Oti Mabuse.
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At the age of six, Kelvin Fletcher started attending drama classes at the Oldham Theatre Workshop and was first seen on television on a Saturday Disney report when he was starring as Charlie in Charlie Is My Darling, which he performed in a special show at the London Palladium.
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Kelvin Fletcher co-presented an episode of You've Been Framed with Jeremy Beadle.
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In 1996, Kelvin Fletcher had a bit part in British soap opera, Coronation Street, before being selected to audition for Emmerdale for the role of tearaway Andy Hopwood, a schoolfriend of Robert Sugden.
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Kelvin Fletcher went on to become one of the leading and most popular characters in the show, winning Best Actor and Best Dramatic Performance at the British Soap Awards.
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Kelvin Fletcher was once a National Champion in the minority sport inline hockey.
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Kelvin Fletcher was a national champion in 1998 when he and his team travelled to Newcastle and won the tournament over a weekend.
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Whilst playing for the 'Chaddy' Wildsharks, Kelvin Fletcher gained many young fans who knew him from Emmerdale fame.
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On 8 September 2019, it was announced that Kelvin Fletcher would be a competitor in the 2019 series of the BBC television competition, Strictly Come Dancing, as a replacement for reality TV star Jamie Laing, who had to withdraw from the show prior to airing due to a foot injury.
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Kelvin Fletcher went on to reach the final and win the competition, resulting in his dance partner, Oti Mabuse, winning her first title on the show.
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Since leaving Emmerdale, Kelvin Fletcher has appeared in Death in Paradise and Moving On.
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Kelvin Fletcher first ventured into motor racing after a visit to a motoring show with his father in January 2012.
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Kelvin Fletcher obtained an MSA Competition Licence and won the 2012 Silverstone Classic Celebrity Challenge race.
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Kelvin Fletcher competed in the Mighty Mini's and the Team Trophy.
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Kelvin Fletcher was invited to partake in the Porsche Supercup support race of the 2014 British Grand Prix, where he finished 22nd.
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Kelvin Fletcher signed a contract to drive a Chevrolet Cruze entered by the Power Maxed Racing team in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship in March that year.
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Kelvin Fletcher missed the Knockhill Racing Circuit and the Rockingham Motor Speedway rounds because his wife was due to give birth to their first child.
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Kelvin Fletcher scored no points and was 31st in the final drivers' championship standings.
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Kelvin Fletcher was mentored by FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans class victor Martin Plowman during his rookie season.
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Kelvin Fletcher married fellow actor Elizabeth Marsland, whom he had known since the age of eight, in a secret ceremony on 28 November 2015.
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Kelvin Fletcher is a fan of rugby league; growing up, he was a fan of Paul Sculthorpe and Kevin Sinfield as they were both from Oldham, and he makes occasional appearances at testimonial matches of famous players.