James Lock (TV personality)
{{Short description|English television personality (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = James Lock
| birth_name = James Stephen Lock
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tower Hamlets, London, England
| television = The Only Way Is Essex
Celebs Go Dating
Celebrity Ex on the Beach
| occupation = Television personality
| partner =
}}
James Stephen Lock{{cite web |title=James Stephen LOCK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/aZUufym57Ks16ceURbek3FxvqDQ/appointments |website=GOV.UK |access-date=4 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=James Stephen Lock |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=277447106:5800&d=bmd_1689976433 |website=freeBMD |access-date=4 August 2023}} (born 6 December 1986) is an English television personality, who is best known for being a cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex since 2013.
Career
In 2013, Lock joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its eighth series and has been a member of the cast ever since.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/celebs-go-dating-james-lock-age-towie-net-worth/|title=Celebs Go Dating James Lock: Age, TOWIE career and net worth revealed|website=amp.heart.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a853210/towie-james-lock-yazmin-oukhellou-row-cross-the-line/|title=Did James Lock's aggression on TOWIE cross the line?|website=Digital Spy |date=March 26, 2018}}
In 2020, Lock appeared on the eighth series of Celebs Go Dating.{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/celebs-go-dating-season-8-singletons-announced|title=Celebs Go Dating Season 8 Singletons Announced | Channel 4|website=www.channel4.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/celebs-go-dating-series-8-cast/|title=When is Celebs Go Dating series 8 on TV? Which celebrities are taking part?|website=Radio Times}}
In 2022, Lock was a cast member on the second series of Celebrity Ex on the Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/celebrity-ex-beach-2022-release-date/|title=Celebrity Ex on the Beach 2022 release schedule and time, cast, latest news|website=Radio Times}} He also appeared on Celebrity Dinner Date and an episode of the BBC Three show Eating with My Ex.{{cite web | title=Dinner Date | website=ITVX | date=21 August 2023 | url=https://www.itv.com/watch/dinner-date/1a8783/1a8783a0313 | access-date=31 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a35490706/towie-yazmin-oukhellou-james-lock-cheating-eating-with-my-ex/|title=TOWIE's Yazmin Oukhellou and James Lock confront cheating rumours|website=Digital Spy |date=February 12, 2021}} He also appeared on an episode of CelebAbility.{{cite web |title=Iain Stirling's CelebAbility |url=https://www.itv.com/watch/iain-stirlings-celebability/2a5129/2a5129a0043 |website=ITV}}
In 2023, Lock was eliminated first as a contestant on the first series The Challenge UK, the British version of MTV's reality-competition series The Challenge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/thechallenge-2023cast|title=THE CHALLENGE UK: CAST REVEALED FOR NEW CHANNEL 5 SERIES|date=February 5, 2023|website=TVZoneUK}} Later the same year, he competed on the thirty-ninth of the main series, titled The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion. In November 2023, Lock joined OnlyFans.{{cite web | url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/towie/james-lock-new-job/ | title=TOWIE's James Lock announces new job after QUITTING show | date=11 February 2023 }}
Filmography
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!Year !Title !Notes |
| 2013–2023
|Main cast (series 8–30) |
| 2020
|Main cast (series 8) |
| 2022, 2024
|Main cast (series 2), (series 3){{Cite web |date=2024-02-14 |title=Celebrity Ex On The Beach UK Season 3 cast: Meet the contestants |url=https://www.dexerto.com/reality-tv/celebrity-ex-on-the-beach-uk-season-3-cast-meet-the-contestants-2532003/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Dexerto |language=en}} |
| 2022
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| 2023
|Contestant (1st eliminated) |
| 2023–24
|The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion |Contestant (13th eliminated) |