Ian Wright
Birthday: Born in 1963-11-03 in Woolwich, London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Ian Wright is an English former professional footballer and television and radio personality.
TV Credits
Top Gear
Character: Self
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff....
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band....
They Think It's All Over
Character:
They Think It's All Over is a British comedy panel game with a sporting theme produced by Talkback and shown on BBC One. The show's name is taken from Kenneth Wolstenholme's famous 1966 World Cup commentary quotation, "they think it's all over...it is now!" and the show used the phrase as the last line of every programme. In 2006 the show was axed after 11 years of being on-air....
You Bet!
Character:
You Bet! is a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran on ITV, mostly on Saturday nights but sometimes on Fridays, between 20 February 1988 and 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by Matthew Kelly from 1991 to 1995 and finally by Darren Day from 1996 to 1997. It was replaced the following year by Don't Try This At Home!, which emulated the challenges of You Bet!, but were considerabl...
Match of the Day 2
Character: Pundit
A light-hearted look at the United Kingdom's Premier League action, rounding-up the weekend's football action....
Gladiators
Character: Host
Contenders enter the arena to demonstrate their strength, skill, speed and stamina throughout a host of challenges against the formidable Gladiators....
Match of the Day
Character: Guest
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015....
Gary Neville's Soccerbox
Character: Self
Expert soccer pundits and retired footballers talk to Gary Neville about the sport and speak about a few compelling matches they played against each other....
Ted Lasso
Character: Ian Wright
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he’s hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?...
Match of the Day Top 10
Character: Self - Presenter
Gary Lineker and the Match of the Day pundits pick their Premier League top 10s....
An Audience with...
Character: Self
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style....
Match of the Day
Character: Self - Pundit
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015....
Match of the Day
Character: Presenter
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015....
Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team
Character: Self
In this docuseries, the U.S. women's national soccer team pursues their third consecutive title amid trials and triumphs at the 2023 FIFA World Cup....
Room 101
Character: Self
Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101....
The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out....
Match of the Day 2
Character: Self - Pundit
A light-hearted look at the United Kingdom's Premier League action, rounding-up the weekend's football action....
Match of the Day
Character: Expert
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015....
Wright Across America
Character: Self
Ian Wright fullfills a life long dream to travel coast to coast across America on a Harley-Davidson motorbike. Joining him for the trip is custom bike builder Nicky Bootz, whose tumultuous rapport and rocky relationship with Wright makes for compulsive viewing. Together they take in the amazing sights and bizarre experiences the country has to offer and put on a show that you'll want to watch over and over again....
Top of the Pops
Character: Self - Host
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show....
The Big Narstie Show
Character: Self
Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilligan....
Icons of Football
Character: Self - Interviewed Guest
The incredible stories of how some of Scottish football’s biggest stars made their names on the pitch... and off it....
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Character: Self - Participant
Michael McIntyre's Big Show is a British variety and stand-up comedy television series, presented by British comedian, presenter and former Britain's Got Talent judge Michael McIntyre....
Out of Their Skin
Character:
In this documentary miniseries, football legend Ian Wright investigates the black players of the Premiere League, and the abuse that they endured based on the colour of their skin....
Stick to Football
Character:
An original series from The Overlap with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott, Ian Wright and Roy Keane, featuring special guests discussing all things football....
Match of the Day
Character: Pundit
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015....
The First Team
Character: Himself
The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane....
M&S: Dress The Nation
Character: Self - Guest Judge
10 of Britain’s best amateur designers compete to win a dream job as a fashion designer at high street giant M&S hosted by AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay....
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Character: Self
Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally....
The Overlap On Tour
Character: Himself
The Overlap On Tour sees former international footballers Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville and Roy Keane, who had hugely successful careers on the pitch, get together for a trip around the UK and Ireland. The three stars are now taking Gary Neville’s YouTube podcast series The Overlap on tour and revisiting the cities that shaped them as individuals and top flight players....
Live from Studio Five
Character: Self - Host
Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. It was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness news and celebrity gossip, after originally covering stories from a popular news agenda. It aired its final edition on 4 February 2011 and was replaced by OK! TV in February 2011 which lasted just nine months ...
All or Nothing: Arsenal
Character: Self
Follow the iconic football club during an unforgettable season. As fans return to stadiums, the 2021-22 football season puts pressure on Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta and his young team to get back to their former glories and back into Europe. Offering unprecedented access and capturing the highs and lows of life on and off the pitch, this is football at its finest: raw, dramatic and full of passion....
Movie Credits
Arsène Wenger: Invincible
Character: Self
Framed against the backdrop of Arsenal’s historic “Invincible” season of 2003-04, the first and only occasion a team has gone an entire Premier League campaign without defeat, the film sees Wenger reflect candidly on his revolutionary era at Arsenal and the emotional and personal turmoil that surrounded his controversial exit after 22 years....
Cat Burglar
Character: Cat Burglar
Tom the Chauffeur's weekend isn't going to plan. His only task is to feed the wealthy widow's cat whilst she's away. Brilliant! This is his chance to impress his date Dolores by masquerading as the owner of the huge mansion. But they're interrupted by a burglar who manages to kidnap the cat and blackmail Tom into a Menage-a-Trois!...
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture....
Countdown to the Full Motty
Character:
Match of the Day's Gary Lineker introduces a special countdown of some of John Motson's greatest football commentaries from over 50 years as a broadcaster....
Nike: Good vs. Evil
Character: Ian Wright
In this commercial for Nike, a total eclipse of the sun occurs behind the ruins of an ancient coliseum. "And on that day, a dark warrior arose on the Earth," the announcer explains, "to destroy the beautiful game." A special-effects extravaganza ensues, ostensibly as a soccer match pitting the forces of good and evil against each other in mortal combat. As crowds in the stands wave banners and martial music blares on the soundtrack, the forces of evil are vanquished. In a final apocalyptic momen...
Do I Not Like That - The Final Chapter
Character: Self
A real 'video nasty' in which England football manager Graham Taylor buckles under the pressure of securing the national team a place in the World Cup Finals. First shown on Channel 4, the camera crew were given unparallelled access to the England camp, climaxing with the emotionally exhausting spectacle of Taylor's touchline breakdown as England lose to Holland in a vital qualifying game. The video includes previously unseen footage....
The Very Best of They Think It's All Over
Character: Self
Celebrating its tenth year on the screen this hilarious compilation of the very best of the show features regulars David Gower, Gary Linekar, Rory McGrath, Lee Hurst, his replacement Jonathan Ross and hapless quiz master Nick Hancock. Of course that doesn’t include a decades worth of top sports and TV stars both on the teams and taking part in the infamous “feel the sportsman” round. More laddish and less staid than A Question Of Sport this really is the very best of They Think It’s All Over....
The Kitchen
Character: Lord Kitchener
Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decisions....
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
Character:
Bruce Forsyth entertains a VIP audience as he stars in a spectacular one-man show....
Lionesses: Champions of Europe
Character: Self
Through the eyes of key figures, including captain Leah Williamson and manager Sarina Wiegman, this documentary relives England’s incredible European Championship triumph in July 2022. No senior England football team had claimed a major tournament title since 1966 until the women’s side secured an unforgettable 2-1 win in the final against old enemies Germany. This documentary features all the key moments on the pitch, while candid interviews with the likes of Williamson, player of the tournamen...
Jason Marriner Football Hooligan
Character: Self
Jason Marriner was one of Britain's most feared football hooligans. Known as 'The General' he was a key member of the notorious Chelsea Head Hunters and was jailed for 6 years after the BBC's Donal MacIntyre infiltrated his Firm. Now Jason tells the story of his brutal life on the Terraces. The Fights, the Firms & what he really thinks of MacIntyre! It's a Riot!...
Nike | The Wall
Character: Wright
Nike | The Wall...
Waiting for Gascoigne: The Story of a Legend
Character:
The story of Paul Gascoigne through the 1995-96 season, as one of the most famous football players in the UK....
Gun of the Black Sun
Character: Duke
A Nazi Luger Pistol from W.W.2 with dark and mystical powers re-emerges in modern day Bucharest and is taken to London. En-route it falls into the hands of a Media Mogul intent on using its power to bring the return of the Forth Reich through Technology and Music ....
89
Character: Himself
89 tells the incredible story of one of football’s greatest triumphs: when against all odds Arsenal snatched the Championship title from Liverpool at Anfield in the last minute of the last game of the 1988/89 season. It’s a universal tale of a band of brothers who, led by a charismatic and deeply respected manager, came together to defy the odds and create history....
Ian Wright - It Shouldn't Happen To A Footballer
Character: Presenter
Ian Wright: It Shouldn't Happen To A Footballer' comprises the best of the best legendary footballing mishaps, as chosen by the thousands of readers of the nation's favourite football bible, FourFourTwo magazine. In the biggest ever survey of its type, FourFourTwo united the nation's terraces to establish once and for all the most humiliating footballing cock-up. Guaranteed to include all the best (and worst!) moments from football history, 'Ian Wright: It Shouldn't Happen To A Footballer' also ...
Ian Wright: It Really Shouldn't Happen To A Footballer
Character: Presenter
Ian Wright, the multi talented Arsenal and England legend, football pundit, radio host, TV presenter and columnist – presents a compilation of some of the most painful, embarrassing and hilarious football bloopers available, along with commentary from football-folk talking heads...
Rocky & Wrighty: From Brockley to the Big Time
Character: Self
How childhood friends David Rocastle and Ian Wright, one a teenage prodigy and the other a late bloomer, went on to become Arsenal legends....
The Fabric Of Football: Arsenal
Character: Himself
A short film giving an in-depth look at the identity, community and values that make Arsenal FC so unique. With experiences and insights of club legends, current male and female stars, hopefuls of the future, as well as fans to explore what the club means to them....
Ian Wright: Home Truths
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Footballer Ian Wright shares his own story and investigates what effect growing up in a psychologically abusive and violent home has on children in the UK....