Graham Norton

Graham Norton, born Graham William Walker on 4 April 1963 in Clondalkin, County Dublin, is an Irish comedian, broadcaster, actor and author, best known as the host of the chat show The Graham Norton Show, which he has presented since 2007. He took the surname Norton, his great-grandmother's maiden name, on joining the actors' union Equity. His early broadcasting included appearances on BBC Radio 4 and the early days of Channel 5. Since 2009 he has been the BBC television commentator for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest and co-hosted the 2023 final. He presented a Saturday-morning slot on BBC Radio 2 from 2010 to 2020 and a weekend show on Virgin Radio UK from 2021 to 2024, and has been a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK since 2019. He has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance a record six times, and in 2012 he sold his production company So Television to ITV for about 17 million pounds.