Joby Harte
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joby Harte |
| Born | 30 January 1982 |
| Origin | London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter Actor |
| Years active | 1998–Present |
Joby Harte is a British television personality.
He has worked on many television shows including the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. Joby was part of the original production team and played a role in the creation of the worldwide hit reality series Pop Idol along with series producer Ken Warwick.
As a television actor, Harte's credits include "the baker" on the ITV children's show SMTV Live. Before being a warm-up artist, he was a radio presenter for local UK radio station 97.6 Chiltern FM.
In 2009, Harte created the company Hot Rock Media, Inc. as an entertainment empire. In 2011, Stephanie Wayland became VP, Talent & Literary of the company based in Beverly Hills, California. Hot Rock Media acquired offices at the NBC Burbank Studios and has partnered with talent managers Paul Cohen and Sheri Anderson Thomas of Cohen Thomas Management. The company currently represents 22 clients including actors and singers in film and television.
Harte is the host[1] of the Hub Network (now Discovery Family) TV show Majors & Minors, which premiered on 23 September 2011.
In September 2019 he had a lawsuit filed against him by former client and Forever in Your Mind member Ricky Garcia, claiming that Joby had been involved in trafficking and raping him at the age of 12 years old.[2][3]
Filmography[]
Note: Unless noted, these roles are behind-the-scenes work.
- Majors & Minors: Host
- Baggage
- William & Kate
- Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures
- X-Men First Class
- Million Dollar Money Drop
- 1 vs. 100
- The $25,000 Pyramid
- The Newlywed Game
- True Jackson, VP
- BrainSurge
- Dancing with the Stars
- Step It Up and Dance
- Dance on Sunset
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Just the Two of Us
- Russell Brand's Got Issues
- The Russell Brand Show
- TRL
- TOTP
- Big Brother
- Ministry of Mayhem
- SMTV Live
- CD:UK
- Pop Idol
- Diggit
- The Farm
- 1 Leicester Square
- Play the Game
- Shark Infested Custard
- BRIT Awards
- It Started With Swap Shop
External links[]
- Joby Harte at IMDb
References[]
- ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/majors-and-minors/listings/
- ^ "Former Disney Channel actor alleges manager sexually assaulted him 'almost weekly'". USA Today. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Singer in boy band Forever in Your Mind, Ricky Garcia, accuses ex-manager of sexual assault". NBC News.
- British entertainers
- 1982 births
- Living people