Trey Farley
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Trey Farley is an actor and television presenter.
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as well as the British programmes Masters of Combat, Loves Like a Dog, Grandstand
and Live & Kicking
. He began his character working for Channel [V
] in Asia as producer, director and presenter. He also won an award for 'Most Innovative Presenter' at the Asian Television Awards.
He now hosts Cha$e
on the Sci Fi Channel.
where he played Taz, Containment where he played Jacob, The Run, Martyr and Slow Fade. He has also appeared on stage in London
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Farley's most recent acting appearance on TV was in 2006, playing a police officer in the British medical drama Casualty
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, whom he met whilst presenting Live & Kicking. They have a daughter - Kaya Skye, and a son - Akira.
Early life
Farley's father is English and his mother Filipino. He studied Environmental Geoscience at University College LondonUniversity College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
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Presenting career
Farley has presented for MTV EuropeMTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
as well as the British programmes Masters of Combat, Loves Like a Dog, Grandstand
Grandstand (BBC)
Grandstand was a British television sport programme. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the BBC's longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year.Its first presenter was Peter Dimmock...
and Live & Kicking
Live & Kicking
Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's magazine programme, running from 1993 to 2001. The fourth in a succession of Saturday morning shows, it was the replacement for Going Live!, and took many of its features from it, such as phone-ins, games, comedy, competitions and the showing of...
. He began his character working for Channel [V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
] in Asia as producer, director and presenter. He also won an award for 'Most Innovative Presenter' at the Asian Television Awards.
He now hosts Cha$e
Cha$e
Cha$e is a reality television show aired on Syfy in the United States around the same time as Estate of Panic. It is based on the successful Japanese show "" which began airing on Fuji Television in June 2004...
on the Sci Fi Channel.
Acting
Farley has acted in various films including Bend it like BeckhamBend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
where he played Taz, Containment where he played Jacob, The Run, Martyr and Slow Fade. He has also appeared on stage in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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Farley's most recent acting appearance on TV was in 2006, playing a police officer in the British medical drama Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
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Personal life
He is married to fellow television presenter Katy HillKaty Hill
Katy Hill is an English television presenter, who worked on the BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter for five years.-Biography:...
, whom he met whilst presenting Live & Kicking. They have a daughter - Kaya Skye, and a son - Akira.