An English actor and television presenter, Joseph Adam Swash professionally known as Joe Swash is well known for his role as Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders and various presenting roles with ITV2.
Born in London, United Kingdom, Swash studied at Highbury Grove School in Islington and attended Anna Scher Theatre School.
Swash made his first television appearance in an Andrex advertisement at age seven. In 1991 when he was 9 years old he played the role of a little boy pretending to be an orphan in You Rang M’Lord?
In November 2008, Swash entered the Australian jungle to star in the eighth series of the British reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, which he went on to win.
The show was renamed I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp in 2016. Swash has co-presented this show with Vicky Pattison (2016), Stacey Solomon (2016), Chris Ramsey (2016), Joel Dommett (2017–2018), and Scarlett Moffatt (2017–2018).
On July 20, 2019, it was confirmed that Swash had left the show and would not return for the series that year.
Swash appeared as a contestant on the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice in January 2020. He was paired with Alexandra Schauman from week 1 until she sustained an injury in week 3.
He was re-partnered with Alex Murphy in week 4. Swash and Murphy went on to win the series, beating Perri Kiely and his partner Vanessa Bauer.
How did Joe Swash get famous?
Joe Swash became famous after winning the eighth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2008 and the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice in 2020.