Des Coleman

Presenter

Birthday March 14, 1975

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Derby, England

Age 49 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

#35635 Most Popular

1969

Desune "Des" Franklin Coleman (born 14 March 1969) is an English actor, singer

and weather presenter.

He has appeared in numerous stage musicals, and played the role of Lenny Wallace in BBC's EastEnders.

He is currently a weather presenter for Good Morning Britain and ITV News Central.

Coleman worked as a welder after leaving school aged 16, before deciding to pursue a career in performing.

1993

He attended the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey, and after graduating in 1993 he worked as a singer in Germany for six months in the stage musical Chicago.

He then landed a starring role in the musical Miss Saigon.

1996

In 1996, he was cast as wide boy Lenny Wallace in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

1999

His first television job, Coleman remained with the soap until 1999.

2001

His television work post EastEnders has included: Is Harry on the Boat? (2001); Casualty (2003); The Bill (2004), and Doctors (2004; 2006).

He also appeared in the 2001 film Submerged with Sam Neill.

On stage he has appeared in London's West End's Rent, Simply Heavenly, and understudied the lead in Trevor Nunn's musical opera Porgy and Bess.

Currently, Des works on The One Show as a reporter.

Coleman has worked for BBC Radio Derby, where he was asked to do the weather report at the Broadcast Centre in Nottingham.

This led to a career change.

2007

He trained as a weather presenter and in 2007 he began presenting for BBC's East Midlands Today television.

2009

The witness had four incidents of road rage since 2009, and in one instance, threatened another motorist with a knife.

The judge suggested the case should not have come to trial and ordered that a transcript of the proceedings be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

2010

In 2010, Coleman was arrested and charged for allegedly pointing an imitation firearm at another driver on a motorway.

Coleman denied the charges.

2011

The BBC terminated his contract in 2011 after Coleman used a live weather report to protest his innocence over firearm charges; he deliberately put the wrong temperature on the weather map and told viewers they should not believe everything said by the media.

He has reported for Inside Out and Politics Show for BBC East Midlands.

In April 2011, Coleman was completely exonerated of the allegations.

According to the Judge at the court hearing, prosecution acted negligently, having not discovered details of past convictions of the prosecuting witness.

2016

In March 2016 he presented for BBC Radio Nottingham.

In 2016, he joined ITV Central's ITV News Central as the weather presenter.

2018

In November 2018, Coleman was rushed to hospital after a collapse due to haemorrhage in the bowels.

He underwent surgery to remove tumours in his bowel and spent two days on life-support.

2019

He made a recovery three months later in February 2019.

2020

On 8 September 2020 and August 2021, Coleman made his debut as a guest weather presenter for ITV Breakfast’s Good Morning Britain.

He also stars as singer Sammy Davis Jr alongside Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin impersonators in a stage performance called The Rat Pack.

On 9 April 2020 it was announced Coleman was self-isolating in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.