Axel Blake
{{short description|English comedian (born 1988)}}
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| birth_place = London, England
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| occupation = {{hlist|Stand-up comedian|presenter|}}
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Axel Blake (born 2 June 1988) is an English comedian who won the 2022 series of Britain's Got Talent.
Biography
Prior to his big breakthrough on Britain's Got Talent, Blake worked as a property maintenance manager and part-time comedian, performing stand-up gigs at comedy clubs and uploading sketches to social media as well as doing some presenting for SB.TV and UNILAD. He also appeared in the film Loves Spell and his self-funded 2018 show, I'm Not Gonna Lie, which was filmed at the Indigo at The O2 Arena, was picked up for broadcast by Amazon Prime in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/06/who-is-britains-got-talent-2022-winner-axel-blake-16775566/|title=Who is Britain's Got Talent 2022 winner Axel Blake?|date=6 June 2022 |publisher=metro.co.uk|access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bgt-winner-axel-blakes-life-27160817|title=BGT winner Axel Blake's life before fame – from celeb support to Amazon Prime special|date=6 June 2022 |publisher=The Mirror|access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/06/britains-got-talent-winner-axel-blake-defends-amazon-stand-up-special-16776010/|title=Britain's Got Talent winner Axel Blake defends Amazon Prime Video stand-up special: 'I financed it all myself'|date=6 June 2022 |publisher=metro.co.uk|access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/axel-blake-golden-buzzer-bgt-23721897|title=Britain's Got Talent's Axel Blake makes career admission after Golden Buzzer controversy|date=5 June 2022 |publisher=chroniclelive.co.uk|access-date=2024-06-01}}
Blake was Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer act in the auditions for series 15 of BGT which aired on ITV1 from 16 April 2022 to 5 June 2022. He won the final ahead of ventriloquist Jamie Leahey and singer Tom Ball, taking home £250,000 in prize money and a spot at the 2022 Royal Variety Performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/61702218|title=Britain's Got Talent Final 2022: Axel Blake is crowned the winner|work=BBC Newsround |date=6 June 2022 |access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/west-london-comedian-axel-blake-24152349|title=West London comedian Axel Blake WINS Britain's Got Talent 2022|date=5 June 2022 |publisher=My London|access-date=2024-06-01}} Figures released by ITV showed Blake received almost a fifth of the public votes cast during the 11-act final at 19.7% while Leahey got 14.7% and Ball tallied 14.2%.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/britainsgottalent/articles/britains-got-talent-2022-voting-percentages-revealed|title=Britain's Got Talent 2022 voting percentages revealed!|publisher=ITV|access-date=2024-06-01}}
Since his victory, Blake has been on numerous television shows including CBBC's Saturday Mash Up, the RuPaul hosted Celebrity Lingo and hip-hop based comedy panel gameshow Don't Hate The Playaz.
{{cite web|url=https://www.bracknellnews.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/23561619.bgt-winner-axel-blake-make-special-return-itv-show/|title=BGT winner Axel Blake to make special return to ITV show|date=June 2023 |publisher=Bracknell News|access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7055585/|title=IMDb profile of Axel Blake|publisher=IMDB|access-date=2024-06-01}} In January 2023, he competed on America's Got Talent: All Stars.{{cite web|url=https://talentrecap.com/meet-axel-blake-comedy-superstar-from-britains-got-talent/|title=Meet Axel Blake, Comedy Superstar from 'Britain's Got Talent'|date=28 January 2023 |publisher=Talent Recap|access-date=2024-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://thecomicscomic.com/2023/02/02/axel-blake-on-americas-got-talent-all-stars/|title=Axel Blake On America's Got Talent: All-Stars|date=2 February 2023 |publisher=thecomicscomic.com|access-date=2024-06-01}} Blake also returned to Britain's Got Talent in June 2023 for a guest appearance during the semi-finals.
Filmography
=As actor=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2015
| Handle With Care | Comedian | Short film |
| 2015
| Pranksterz | | TV movie |
| 2020
| Loves Spell | Cruz | |
=As himself=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| Axel Blake - I'm Not Gonna Lie | | TV special |
| 2022
| Contestant | 3 episodes |
| 2022
|Presenter | |
| 2022
|Saturday Mash-Up | | 1 episode |
| 2022
|Celebrity Lingo | Guest | 1 episode |
| 2022
|Don't Hate the Playaz |Special guest | 1 episode |
| 2022
|The Royal Variety Performance | | |
| 2023
| America's Got Talent: All-Stars | Contestant | 1 episode |
| 2023
|Comedian |1 episode |
| 2023
| Tonight With Target | Guest | 1 episode |
| 2023
| Contestant |1 episode |
| 2023
| Special guest | 1 episode |
| 2023
| The Stand Up Sketch Show | | 3 episodes |
| 2023
| Sorry I Didn't Know |Panelist | 1 episode |
| 2024
|Air Fryers - Which is the Right One for You? | | TV special |
| 2024
|Richard Osman's House of Games | Contestant | 5 episodes |
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{Succession box
|before = Jon Courtenay
|title = Winner of Britain's Got Talent
|years = 2022
|after = Viggo Venn
}}
{{S-end}}
{{Britain's Got Talent}}
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Category:Britain's Got Talent winners