Lloyd Griffith (comedian)

Lloyd Griffith (born 5 July 1983) is an English comedian from Grimsby, England, and was a presenter on Sky Sports show Soccer AM until the end of the 2018-2019 season.

Lloyd Griffith
Born (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
OccupationTelevision presenter, comedian
Years active2009–present
Known forSoccer AM, Taxi to Training, The Football Republic

Career

Griffith was a chorister at Grimsby Minster and then read music at the University of Exeter where he was also a choral scholar in the Exeter Cathedral choir. He has featured a number of times on Songs of Praise[1]. Griffith made his way into comedy in 2010, starring in comedy short Inheritance and on the BBC Radio 1 Comedy Lounge in 2014.[2] He also appeared on BBC, Sky TV and Comedy Central shows including Drunk History, Rugby's Funniest Moments and Sweat the Small Stuff.

In recent years Griffith has acted as tour support for Rob Beckett and Jack Whitehall. As well as his stand-up work, Griffith hosts online YouTube shows on a channel called The Football Republic alongside fellow comedian Rhys James, has appeared in Hashtag United F.C. videos as a goalkeeper and hosted a one-off 23 minute long show called Quest for the Best made by EA Sports for Sky Sports featuring Lionel Messi, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Adebayo Akinfenwa and Carles Rexach.[3]

Griffith started his TV career on BBC Three show Taxi to Training in which he would interview professional footballers (such as Troy Deeney, Asmir Begovic and Dele Alli) as he drove them to their respective training grounds. He was then announced as a new host of Soccer AM, when he replaced Helen Chamberlain for the 2017-18 run of the show.[4]. Griffith left the show in July 2019, before the start of the 2019-20 run.[5]

Griffith serves as a host on Flinch, a physical gameshow for Netflix,[6] alongside Seann Walsh, and Desiree Burch.[7] The show is produced by Stellify Media.

Griffith has also appeared on television shows Comedy Central Live at The Comedy Store, Comedy Central's Roast Battle and E4's 8 out of 10 Cats. Griffith still sings professionally and can be seen singing as a deputy in the choirs of St George's Chapel Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey.

Personal life

Griffith is a keen football fan, supporting home town team Grimsby Town. On occasion, he does commentary on some of their games for BBC Radio Humberside.[8]

gollark: Oh, and the way you have to manually "file" taxes sounds bad.
gollark: Also whatever America is doing with guns.
gollark: Well, to clarify, I find many of the things the *federal government* does bee. Such as basically everything involving the NSA and its border control.
gollark: Increasingly, people seem to want their preferred laws to be enforced at the federal level, probably because something something internet something something greater visibility of further away regions of the country.
gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

References
  1. "LLOYD GRIFFITH". Just the Tonic. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "LLOYD GRIFFITH". Latitude. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. "TEAM OF THE YEAR". Electronic Arts. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. "Grimsby comedian Lloyd Griffith named as new co-host of Sky Sports' Soccer AM". Trinity Mirror. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. "Lloyd Griffith steps down as Soccer AM presenter". Grimsby Telegraph. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. Netflix Orders ‘Jackass’-Meets-‘Wipeout’ Format ‘Flinch’ From Sony’s Stellify | Deadline, Published on November 9, 2017, Retrieved on October 23, 2018
  7. Comedians to host Netflix gameshow : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide, Published on August 23, 2018, Retrieved on October 23, 2018
  8. "About: Lloyd Griffith". Les Connolly. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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