Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, singer, and former professional footballer. He has portrayed DS Ronnie Brooks in Law & Order: UK, and Graham O'Brien in Doctor Who, and hosted ITV game shows The Chase and Cash Trapped. He recently started a series with his son Barney Walsh called Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad.
Walsh also hosted the annual Crime Thriller Awards and the Specsavers Crime Thriller Club on ITV3. He hosted the variety show Tonight at the London Palladium and was a team captain on the sports-themed panel show Play to the Whistle.
Walsh was born in 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire, to a Scottish mother, Margaret, and her husband Daniel. He grew up near Watford, in Leavesden, with his parents and sister Kerri. Walsh attended what is now Francis Combe Academy, a comprehensive school in Garston, Hertfordshire, which was then known as simply Francis Combe School. Leaving school at 16, Walsh got a job as an apprentice at Rolls-Royce's aircraft engine factory in Watford.