D.O.B : 20th August 1961
Catchphrases : 'La la la la' 'Mmmm' 'you foxy lady'
Birth Place : Grays Essex
Star Sign : Leo
About Joe
Joe was born Joseph Pasquale, on August 20th 1961.
Joe is a great British Comedian with the misfortune of possessing a voice which has been described as
"a cartoon waterfowl" and "a demented helium balloon".
Holiday camps were where Joe was able to finally work on his comedy talent and develop his natural
chirpy cockney personality. He had left school to join the Civil Service working in the Department of
Transport and Environment before moving to Smithfields meat market and then on to the motoring
giants at Fords in Dagenham. Another spell was spent on working on building sites but inside the
comedian was just bursting to get out.
His time working in holiday camps in Torquay and Great Yarmouth helped him understand how to work
an audience. For two years he was entertainments manager at a holiday camp and hovered on the brink
of national success.
Joe's first video had sales of more than £1,000,000 and earned him a Platinum Retail Performance Award
and he has recorded four videos as well as co-writing The Big Thick Joe Pasquale Book.
Joe's entry into comedy came via working as a Greecoat at Warner's holiday camp. He started entering
numerous talent competitions (like his father before him) and in 1987 he came second in the New Faces
Final. "I won New Faces, (the television talent show) in 1993 and then waited, but nothing happened," he
said. "It was the time of 'alternative comedy' but now everything has changed. People now want a laugh
and that is what I hope I can give them." This was the start of what has been, in his words: A fantastic
life. I'm just wondering when my career is going to begin"
Joe Pasquale is Britain's top 'live' comedian, selling out theatres all round the country. He has many
die-hard fans including Frank Skinner, Johnny Vaugh and the Royal Family. He has been likened to
Tommy Cooper and hailed as a "comedy genius".
Over the last decade he has appeared in no less than four Royal Variety Performances and his first
video has sales in excess of £1,000,000 which earned him a Platinum Retail Performance Award from
the British Video Association. He has made numerous television apperances, including his own specials
for ITV, recorded five videos -
- Joe Pasquale, Live and Squeaky (1996)
- Twin Squeaks (1997)
- The Crazy World of Joe Pasquale (1998)
- Bubble and Squeak (2000)
- The Best of Everything I Have Ever Done and the First of many Goodbye Tours (2004) Click Here for
more info
- as well as co-writing the fantastic "The Big Thick Joe Pasquale Book".
In 1999 he turned his hand to acting and toured for twelve weeks in the lead role of the critically
aclaimed play, "The Nerd". Time out called his performance "rib-shatteringly funny".
In December 2001 he went to Los Angeles where he was the only British performer to be invited to appear in a show
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Muppets (alongside his hero Jon Voight).
Joe is currently in the latest series of I'm A Celebrity! Good Luck Joe - we're all voting for you! Click here for more
info
Song/Piece of music I know a song that'll get on your nerves
TV Programme The League of Gentlemen
Film Pulp Fiction
Book Of Mice and Men
Actor George Clooney
Actress Michelle Pfeiffer
National Newspaper Express
Comedian Steve Martin
Sport Snooker
Dream Dinner Guest Michael Keaton
Hobby Astronomy
Holiday Destination South of France
Word Flatulence
Inspirational Figure Freud
Special Treat Sleeping in Late
Meal Any chinese meal
Place in Britain Jersey
Drink St Clements
Flower Sunflower
Animal Parrot
Sandwich BLT
Shop Corner Shop or Dixons
Theatre Production Jesus Christ Superstar