He played for local club 'Chaddy' Wildsharks. From there he went on to star in a string of television shows, in programmes such as In Suspicious Circumstances, Cracker, Heartbeat and Chiller. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? † As Fletcher was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. I said 'Oh, costume will get you something but are you up for doing it?' [3], He signed a contract to drive a Chevrolet Cruze entered by the Power Maxed Racing team in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship in March that year. https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/kelvin-fletcher.html Digital Spy now has a newsletter – sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox. Strictly Come Dancing: Shirley and Craig's Perfect 10 [DVD], Dance with Oti by Oti Mabuse, with illustrations by Samara Hardy, Behind the Sequins: My Life by Shirley Ballas, Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street by Craig Revel Horwood, Official Strictly Come Dancing Annual 2021, Strictly Come Dancing: Anton's Truly Madly Strictly [DVD] [2019], In Strictest Confidence by Craig Revel Horwood, Strictly Come Dancing - Bruno's Bellissimo Blackpool [DVD] [2018], Dancing Out of Darkness: My Story by Kristina Rihanoff, Better Late Than Never: From Barrow Boy to Ballroom by Len Goodman, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Kelvin was once a National Champion in the minority sport Inline Hockey. Kelvin Fletcher has said he would be a proud father if his daughter chose to be a dancer. [2], Fletcher first ventured into motor racing after a visit to a motoring show with his father in January 2012.
Fletcher said he would be proud if his daughter Marnie, now three, chose to pursue the same career as his Strictly partner. "He even went for a haircut and bought some talc powder so he could put it on the dancefloor and slide along. He even booked the day off work! (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races). Kelvin Warren Fletcher (born 17 January 1984) is an English actor and racing driver, best known for playing Andy Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 1996 until 2016. [7], For the 2017 season, Fletcher moved to the British GT Championship and shared a Nissan 370Z Nismo with fellow driver Tim Eakin for the UltraTek Racing RJN in the GT4 category. 24/11/2019. Fletcher said the pressure-cooker of Strictly needs an element of release, and he celebrates each week after congratulating Mabuse on helping him steer through another routine. At the age of six, Fletcher started attending drama classes at the Oldham Theatre Workshop and was first seen on television on a Saturday Disney report when he was starring as Charlie in Charlie Is My Darling, which he also performed in a special show at the London Palladium.