Name	Johnny Vegas
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	11-September-1971
Place of Birth	St Helens, Lancashire, England, UK
Famous for	Acting

Johnny Vegas is an English actor and comedian. He is known for his angry rants, surrealism, portly figure, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club. More recently he has moved into dramatic acting.

In 1996, Vegas made his TV debut as a contestant on Win, Lose or Draw in the UK under his real name of Michael, but made references to the fact he wanted to be a comedian and that his stage name was "Johnny Vegas". His appearance was briefly shown during Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and BBC Three's Almost Famous 2. In the mid-nineties, Vegas spent time living in London and Glasgow with the intention of becoming a stand-up comedian. In London, he was mentored by 'comedy godfather' Malcolm Hardee.

Before his success in the late '90s, Vegas was a compere of many comedy nights at the Citadel Arts Centre in St Helens where he developed his character's stage performance; in London, Malcolm Hardee repeatedly booked him at his Up The Creek stand up comedy club in Greenwich. His career took off when he won the Festival Critics' Award at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was the first newcomer to be nominated for the Perrier Award. Vegas also won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year Competition in 1997. His early shows The Johnny Vegas Gameshow and The Johnny Vegas Show contained elements such as Butlins style sing-a-longs, onstage pottery, verbal abuse of the audience, and drunkenness.