Joe Sugg Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Early life and ancestry

Sugg was born in Lacock, Wiltshire, and attended The Corsham School in Corsham, Wiltshire, where he gained two A*s, an A and a B in his A-levels. The name of his YouTube ‘ThatcherJoe’ channel is derived from his apprenticeship as a roof thatcher. He is the younger brother of Zoe Sugg, who is also a blogger and internet personality, known on YouTube as Zoella.

In a November 2021 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Sugg discovered that his ancestors from Jersey were working in electrical telegraphy in the early years of its development and implementation. He also found that his 7× great-grandparents were Huguenot refugees from Frênes in Normandy who fled religious persecution in France and made their way to Jersey in the mid-eighteenth century.

YouTube

Sugg created his ‘ThatcherJoe’ channel in November 2011 and reached the one-million-subscriber mark two years later. His channel became known for its pranks, impressions and challenge videos, such as the Whisper challenge, which became a popular YouTube trend after Sugg created a YouTuber version of the challenge in 2014. He also created a YouTuber Innuendo Bingo, similar to the BBC Radio 1 segment, and was later invited to appear on the Radio 1 segment himself. In January 2013, Sugg began his vlogging channel, ‘ThatcherJoeVlogs’, and in June 2014, he created his gaming channel, ‘ThatcherJoeGames’.

In September 2020, Sugg announced that he would be the voice of the robot R-41 in Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who series which was released on YouTube in November 2020 as part of Time Lord Victorious.

In May 2022, it was revealed that Sugg had voiced the host of an animated chat show aimed at children and families called Corpse Talk, based on a series of graphic novels and comics about various historical figures, which is available on YouTube.

Film and television

Sugg had an uncredited voiceover role as a seagull in the 2015 UK version of the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Also in 2015, Sugg appeared alongside Caspar Lee in the direct-to-DVD film Joe and Caspar Hit the Road, which was shown on British television channel E4 in April 2016. A second DVD, Joe & Caspar Hit the Road USA, was released in 2016. Alongside fellow YouTubers Alfie Deyes and Marcus Butler, Sugg starred in an episode of the British television show Release the Hounds, which aired in March 2017.

In 2018, Sugg became the first ‘social media star’ to appear on Strictly Come Dancing, and was partnered with professional dancer Dianne Buswell. The pair reached the final and finished as runners-up. Shortly after the final, the BBC announced Sugg as co-presenter of New Year Live, alongside Stacey Dooley. On 22 February 2019, Sugg co-hosted The One Show on BBC One, with Alex Jones, and he was one of the hosts for the Red Nose Day telethon on the BBC on 15 March 2019.

Sugg voiced Gus in the UK version of the film Wonder Park (2019). In May 2019, he guest starred on the Cartoon Network show, The Amazing World of Gumball, as the voice of Azreal. In July 2019, Sugg announced that he would have a cameo voiceover role in the 2019 Aardman film A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.

In January 2020, Sugg was a guest panellist on the BBC One show Would I Lie to You. In March 2020, he appeared as a contestant on The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off, in which he fainted due to a flesh wound, but recovered to take the title of Star Baker.

It was announced in August 2020 that Sugg would make his television acting debut in the fourth season of the BBC One drama The Syndicate.^[ In May 2021, it was confirmed that Sugg had joined the cast of the animated adaptation of The Amazing Maurice, which will be released in 2022.

Music and stage

Sugg was a member of the YouTube Boyband, which raised money for Comic Relief and became a viral hit. He also featured on the 2014 single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” as part of the Band Aid 30 charity supergroup, raising money for the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. In January 2020, Sugg released his debut single, “Say It Now”. In August 2021, he released his second single, “Wild Things”.

In August 2019, Sugg was cast as Ogie Anhorn in the musical Waitress in London’s West End. He debuted in the role on 9 September 2019, and gave his final performance on 30 November 2019.

Strictly Come Dancing

From September 2018, Sugg participated in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Australian dancer Dianne Buswell. They reached the final, finishing as runners-up.

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Sugg, along with his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell, appeared in the Strictly Come Dancing Live! tour during January and February 2019. The pair made Strictly Live Tour history by winning 25 shows in a row against six other couples, later becoming the overall tour winners having won 28 of the 29 shows.

Personal life

Sugg has been in a relationship with Dianne Buswell, his dance partner from Strictly Come Dancing, since late 2018. The couple confirmed that they were living together in August 2019. In February 2021, they revealed that they had bought a house together. In 2018, Sugg and Caspar Lee established a management company, Margravine, to support up-and-coming digital talent.

In August 2022, it was announced that Sugg’s production company Final Straw Productions had partnered with BBC Studios to develop entertainment and factual entertainment formats for audiences of all ages. Sugg is a keen artist, and often shares his artwork on his social media channels. He is an ambassador for the charity Age UK.