Actor

1993-01-28 · United States · Male

33 series in the catalog

Roman Kemp (born 28 January 1993) is an American-born British television presenter and podcast host. He presented The One Show on BBC One. From 2017 to 2024, he presented the national radio network Capital FM breakfast show. In 2019, he finished in third place in the 19th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In 2025, he and his sister won the third series of Celebrity Race Across the World.

Early life

Kemp was born on 28 January 1993 in Los Angeles. He is the son of English parents, the actor and musician Martin Kemp and the singer Shirlie Holliman. George Michael was his godfather. Kemp was educated at Berkhamsted School, a private day school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, until he was 15.

Career

2010s

In November 2014, Kemp joined Capital FM to present Sunday 6–9 am. He was promoted to Saturday 5–8 pm and Sunday 9 pm – 12 am a year later, where he had the chance to interview artists on his show. In February 2016, Kemp became the new face of The Capital Evening Show, weeknights 7–10 pm in addition to his Sunday show. In 2017, Kemp started hosting Capital Breakfast from 6 am–10 am with Vick Hope across London and Saturday 6 am–9 am across the Network. As a result, he left the evening show. In 2018, Sonny Jay joined Capital Breakfast full-time as a co-presenter.

In 2016, Kemp was The X Factor UK's digital presenter and social media correspondent. He also co-hosted Nick Kicks on Nicktoons. Since January 2017, he has co-presented 2Awesome on ITV2 with Vick Hope. He also presented The Hot Desk on ITV2. From 2 May 2017, Kemp took over Capital FM London's breakfast show with Hope. He narrated Bromans on ITV2 in 2017, in which his father played Emperor. He appeared in an episode of Len Goodman's Partners in Rhyme. He took part in a celebrity edition of First Dates for Stand Up to Cancer in November 2017.

In November 2017, Kemp was the backstage reporter on Children in Need Rocks the 80s. On 1 March 2018, Kemp hosted the Global Awards alongside Rochelle Humes and Myleene Klass, and returned to present the 2019 Global Awards. On 8 April 2019, Kemp, Hope and Jay became the hosts of the new Capital National Breakfast. In May 2019, it was announced that he would play in the 2019 edition of Soccer Aid, representing the Rest of the World due to his birth in Los Angeles allowing him to be classed as American. Since June 2019, Kemp has appeared in the Channel 4 reality series Celebrity Gogglebox alongside his father. In 2019, Kemp was a contestant on the nineteenth series of the ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Kemp finished in third place. Kemp has also presented London's New Year celebration show twice in 2017 and 2019 alongside performers Nile Rodgers, Chic and Craig David respectively.

2020s

In 2020, Kemp co-hosted a Sunday morning programme with his father, titled Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! on ITV from 14 June 2020. On 19 November 2020, Kemp featured as a guest panellist on the ITV Daytime show Loose Women and was part of the first all male panel in the show's 21-year history. In March 2021, Kemp presented a documentary on BBC Three, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency, exploring the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men. His friend, producer Joe Lyons, took his own life in August 2020.

From April 2021, Kemp and Martin Kemp presented Martin & Roman's Weekend Best!, a spin-off of Martin & Roman's Sunday Best!

He presented the 2023 BBC documentary Boot Dreams: Now or Never, about young footballers trying to gain a professional contract. Since July 2023, Kemp has co-presented the game show The Finish Line on BBC1 with Sarah Greene.

In November 2023, Kemp presented a documentary on BBC Three, Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives, exploring potential solutions for improving the mental health of young people in the UK.

On 8 October 2023, it was reported that Kemp would be departing from Capital Breakfast as main host after seven years, due to his new career being a television presenter for BBC and ITV1. On 19 February 2024, he announced that he would present his final show on 28 March 2024. After leaving, he explained that it was to avoid reliving the day in 2020 when, in the middle of his radio show, he found out about producer Joe Lyons' death.

On 2 March 2024, he hosted the annual BRIT Awards alongside Maya Jama and Clara Amfo.

In 2025, Kemp returned to play in the annual Soccer Aid charity match for UNICEF, joining the England squad at Old Trafford.

Personal life

Kemp is a close friend of the English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan. They host a podcast on BBC Sounds called You About?, and have appeared together on the Write Me Dirty podcast. In the documentary, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency, Kemp said that he came close to attempting suicide after battling with depression for 13 years. In the documentary, Roman Kemp: The Fight for Young Lives, Kemp further revealed that he has dealt with depression since he was 15 years old, and has taken sertraline for 12 years.

Kemp is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.

Kemp also holds British and American citizenship.