Anthony Richard Anstead is an English television presenter, motor specialist, car builder, designer and artist, best known for co-presenting the Channel 4 automotive show For the Love of Cars with Philip Glenister.
In 2017 Anstead took over from Edd China as co-host of the show Wheeler Dealers, alongside Mike Brewer. Anstead started his own television production company in 2014, producing his own show The World’s Most Expensive Cars.
In 2014, he was approached to host a new Channel 4 car show with British actor Philip Glenister. Since then Anstead has hosted a number of television shows and in 2015, Anstead hosted BBC Two’s live show Building Cars Live, alongside James May and Kate Humble.
Anstead hosts the live stages of some of UK’s car shows as well as after dinner speaking and motivational speaking in schools and charities.
In his 2019 TV show Ant Anstead Master Mechanic, Anstead uses a variety of components, from spare parts to donor cars to hand-build an homage to the Alfa Romeo 158. The show sees Anstead work with a variety of automotive personalities and experts in the field.
Anstead has a daughter and son with his first wife Louise. They divorced in 2017.
He began dating American television personality Christina Haack in October 2017. On 22 December 2018, they married at their Newport Beach, California home. Together they have a son, born in September 2019. They announced their separation on September 18, 2020.
Seven months after his split from Haack, in April 2021, he began dating American actress Renée Zellweger.
Anstead is patron of Harrison’s Fund, a charity that supports research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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